Up'n Down

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Up'n Down
System(s): Sega System 1, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS
Publisher: Sega, Bally Midway (US)
Developer:
Release Date RRP Code
ColecoVision
US
1984 $? ?
Commodore 64
US
Commodore 64
UK
(Disk)
£12.9512.95
Commodore 64
UK
(Cassette)
£9.959.95
IBM PC compatibles
US
Apple II
US
Atari 8-bit Family
US
Atari 8-bit Family
UK
(Cassette)

Up'n Down is an arcade game developed by Sega in 1983. In it, the player drives a car down a series of diagonal roads attempting to avoid other cars while collecting coloured flags. To make things difficult, the cars' speeds are affected when travelling up hills, and the player must accelerate/decelerate at the right times to make sure he/she does not get hit. The map will loop until all the flags have been collected. In the west, the arcade game was distributed by Bally Midway.

Though not an extremely successful arcade game, Sega/U.S. Gold ported it to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and DOS computers. It was also advertised in Japan and Finland for SG-1000, but never released, thus it has never been released on a Sega console outside of Sega Memorial Selection Vol.1 on the Sega Saturn. A port was also due for the ZX Spectrum but was cancelled.

Magazine articles

Main article: Up'n Down/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #38: "December 1984" (1984-11-16)
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Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #40: "February 1985" (1985-01-16)
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Physical scans

System 1 version

System 1, US
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System 1, JP

Apple II version

Apple II, US
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Cover

Atari 2600 version

Atari 2600, US
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Cover
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Atari 8-bit Family version

Atari 8-bit family, US

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Cart
Atari 8-bit family, UK

ColecoVision version

ColecoVision, US
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Cover
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Commodore 64 version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
71 №1, p124/125[2]
Commodore 64
71
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Zzap!64 (UK)
68
[2]
Commodore 64
68
Based on
1 review

Up'n Down

Commodore 64, US (cartridge)
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Cover
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Cart
Commodore 64, US (disk)
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Cover
Commodore 64, UK
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Cover

DOS version

DOS, US

References

  1. Computer & Video Games, "January 1985" (UK; 1984-12-16), page 48
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:Zzap64 UK 001.pdf, page 124 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap64 UK 001.pdf_p124" defined multiple times with different content