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Eliminator

Overview

Eliminator (エリミネーター) is an arcade game developed by Sega/Gremlin, and published by Sega in Japan and Sega/Gremlin in US for the G80 vector arcade hardware. It was released in 1981.

It is a top-down space shooter set within a bounded playfield, where the player maneuvers a ship using rotation, thrust and forward-firing controls (much like Asteroids or Space War). Each stage is populated by autmated drone ships (or by competing players), and dominated by the titular enemy: a moving, rotating space fortress surrounded by a lethal force field.

This circular force field instantly destroys anything that smacks against it. Shots fired by the player (and the drones) are non-lethal: the target is simply kicked back across the playfield, bouncing off the walls. The exception is the enemy ship hidden inside the Eliminator - it can (and must) be destroyed by sneaking a shot through the structure's narrow opening. If this isn't done quickly enough, it will emerge and start pursuing the player with deadly fireballs.

Developers
Sega/Gremlin
Platform
Arcade
Genre
Shooter
Alternate Names
No information available

Media

Advertisement Flyer - Back

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Advertisement Flyer - Front

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Box - 3D

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Clear Logo

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Fanart - Box - Front

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Screenshot - Game Over

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Screenshot - Game Title

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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Screenshot - High Scores

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