Eliminate Down
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- For the 2024 aftermarket re-release, see Eliminate Down (Retro-Bit).
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Soft Vision (Japan), Samsung (South Korea) | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: Aprinet, Varie (sound?) | |||||||||||||||
| Distributor: Samsung (KR) | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: Shooting[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Eliminate Down (エリミネートダウン) is a Sega Mega Drive horizontal shoot-'em-up developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision. It was first released in Japan in June 1993[2] and later brought to South Korea. It has developed a modern reputation as one of the most consistently expensive aftermarket Mega Drive games.
Contents
Story
Mankind has begun its space pioneering era as the 30th century is about to begin. However, an alien race known as the Amuleto appears out of a space distortion and travels toward the Earth. Its intentions prove hostile as human investigations are destroyed and the Amuleto space fleet grows. Mankind's best chance against the invaders is the Steel Pylon (スティールパイロン), a space fighter designed for multiple combat situations and warp drive jumping.
Gameplay
The game is a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up similar to Toaplan's earlier Hellfire. Players command the Steel Pylon, which has three directional weapons at its disposal: a forward-firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, and four-way firing bombs. It is additionally equipped with a forward-firing main gun that fires in conjunction with the directional weapons. Stages have a mid-boss and a boss. The design of the stages often makes it necessary to choose the correct directional weapon to overcome obstacles or defeat enemies.
The Steel Pylon moves in any direction with the D-Pad. The player can adjust its movement speed by pausing the game with START and pressing 
or 
. It fires its weapons with 
, which can be held for rapid-fire. The player can cycle through the three directional weapons with 
or 
(which both cycle the same way). All of the directional weapons and the main gun can be upgraded by collecting power-up items.
The Steel Pylon is destroyed in one hit, unless it is equipped with a barrier. It respawns in place if the player has extra lives remaining; otherwise, the game can be continued from the beginning of the current round. Losing a life costs the ship one directional weapon level and resets the main gun to its baseline. The player earns extra lives at certain points thresholds.
The Config menu has a target practice mini-game that presents a grid containing pictures of the Steel Pylon. When a picture starts spinning, the player must move the cursor with the D-Pad to select it and press , , or to shoot it. The challenge is timed, and pictures spin for shorter durations as time runs out.
Directional Weapons
| 前方へ | |
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| Fires bursts of bullets forwards. Initially fires two parallel streams, but higher levels cover a larger area in a helical pattern. | |
| 前方と後方に撃つ | |
| Fires destructive waves behind the ship. Higher levels have larger waves as well as diagonal projectiles that ricochet off surfaces. | |
| 前方と上下に撃つ | |
| Fires bombs in the intermediate directions. Bombs roll along surfaces. Initially only fires in two directions, but higher levels fire in four directions. |
Items
| P | |
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| Collect 5 to upgrade the directional weapons, up to 3 levels. | |
| B | |
| Surrounds the Steel Pylon in a protective barrier that absorbs several hits. | |
| E | |
| Upgrades the forward-firing main gun, up to 4 levels. |
Rounds
| Round 1 | |
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| Round 2 | |
| Round 3 | |
| Round 4 | |
| Round 5 | |
| Round 6 | |
| Round 7 | |
| Round 8 | |
Production credits
- Game Design: A·Tomonaga
- Program: J·Takahashi
- Graphics: M·Hirata, J·Inoue☠, A·Tomonaga
- Sound: T·Matsumoto
- Special Thanks: H·Kashi!, Dhal·Kuri, N·Nakamura, K·Ebihara, K·Miyahara, H·Sugihara, R·Miura
Magazine articles
- Main article: Eliminate Down/Magazine articles.
Promotional materials
Physical scans
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 Cover
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  Cart  Manual |
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   Cart |
Technical information
- Main article: Eliminate Down/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:EliminateDown MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:Eliminate Down MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 105
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 21
- ↑ Dengeki Mega Drive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-xx), page 33
- ↑ Famitsu, "1993-07-02" (JP; 1993-06-18), page 40
- ↑ Hippon Super, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 45
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
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