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''Eliminator'' is a multi-directional shooter space combat game, created and released by Sega/ Gremlin in 1981. Similar to the monochrome '' Star Castle'', ''Eliminator'' uses color
vector graphics Vector graphics is a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display ...
and allows both cooperative and competitive
multiplayer A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system ( couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or ...
gameplay. It is the only four-player vector game ever made.


Gameplay

Players pilot a space ship around the playfield (space) and must destroy alien drones. The ultimate goal is to evade and destroy the Eliminator, a huge asteroid base. The players fire causes any enemy that is struck (with the exception of the Eliminator itself) to rebound and careen off in another direction. With a little skill, shots can propel the enemy into the Eliminator thus destroying them. There is only one way to destroy the Eliminator, fire a cannon blast down the trench into its center. This can be done directly or via a ricochet. Failure to destroy the Eliminator after a preset time causes the center to activate a drone that flies out of the Eliminator to shoot down the player with a destructive energy blast. The playfield becomes enclosed in an invisible barrier that bounces shots and ships off it, thus increasing the chances of death. Once the Eliminator is destroyed, the game restarts with a tougher set of enemies. The four player version allowed four players to simultaneously make attack runs on the Eliminator while trying to evade or destroy various other opponents. In four player mode, players must also dodge other player's ships.


Legacy

The game is included as an unlockable game in the PSP version of '' Sega Genesis Collection''.


References


External links

* {{KLOV game, id=7704, name=Eliminator
GameArchive's entry for Eliminator
(copy at the
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) 1981 video games Arcade video games Sega arcade games Vector arcade video games Shooter video games Gremlin Industries games Video games developed in the United States