History VideoGame / EliminateDown

'''Eliminate Down''' is a horizontal scrolling ShootEmUp for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision in 1993. The game gave players immediate access to three directional-based weapons that could all be powered up as they fought strange alien ([[TheLegionsOfHell ?]]) enemies through eight, enormous levels. [[NoExportForYou The game was never released anywhere other than Japan and Korea]].

Reminiscent of {{Creator/Toaplan}}'s ''Hellfire'', the Steel Pylon had three firing directional weapons all ready at their disposal: a forward firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, four-way firing bombs. The forward firing attack also had the Super Crash Shot, a small white straight-firing rocket, that with upgrades would change into a [[EnergyWeapon long white laser beam]] that could [[ArmorPiercingAttack fire through foreground objects]]. Unlike Hellfire however, the game had no checkpoint system, though the game made the players restart a level once they lost all of their lives. [[EveryTenThousandPoints Extends were set at every 100,000 points]].

The weapons were upgradeable by collecting Power-Up icons; obtaining a certain number of Power-Ups would level-up the size and strength of the player's weapons, but the weapons were upgradable to just 3 Levels. The only other defenses the players had was a shield pick-up called the Barrier that protected the ship for at least two hits. The A and C buttons allowed the player to switch among the three weapons. Players could also change the speed of the ship by pausing the game and adjusting the speed level on the pause screen. Eliminate Down also had a mini-game that was playable at the main menu similar to Concentration where players had to find the right image under a certain time limit.

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Stage 6 had an advancing ''lava'' wall of doom. All it did was to limit your movement space.

* BossArenaUrgency: The MiniBoss of Stage 4 had tooth-like walls that slowly shut behind your character after a set time passed, limiting your movement space.
* ContinuingIsPainful: Your three directional weapons all get downgraded once, but the real pincher is that your regular shot drops all the way down to level one. The energy capsules you needed to get to upgrade your regular shot into a [[ArmorPiercingAttack piercing]] laser aren't easy to find, either.

* GoForTheEye: The weak point of the FinalBoss. Better destroy that eye [[TimeLimitBoss quickly]]...

* MiniGame: Plays like Whack-a-mole.

* OneHitPointWonder: Although you can get shields to help you survive three extra.

* TechnoWreckage: The start of stage 5 is like this. Be careful of the wreckage machines, they are {{Invincible Minor Minion}}s!

In the galactic year 299X, a time when humanity has colonized most of the Milky Way, a mysterious space-time distortion is detected. While the distortion exists for just a brief moment, the same can't be said for the lifeform that emerged from it. Dubbed the "Amulet Monster" by humanity, it immediately makes a direct charge for Earth, expanding and generating an army all the while. The entire human military force is arrayed to intercept the Amulet Monster's forces, while your vessel, the state-of-the-art Steel Pylon, is commissioned to seek out and destroy the Amulet Monster itself.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Done with in the ending. Your ship is incapacitated and floating outside Earth's atmosphere when a wave of mooks approach and try to capture/finish off the Steel Pylon. They get [[JustForPun eliminated down]] with a [[BeamSpam laser barrage]] from your mothership before that happens.]]

Reminiscent of [[Creator/Toaplan]]'s ''Hellfire'', the Steel Pylon had three firing directional weapons all ready at their disposal: a forward firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, four-way firing bombs. The forward firing attack also had the Super Crash Shot, a small white straight-firing rocket, that with upgrades would change into a [[EnergyWeapon long white laser beam]] that could [[ArmorPiercingAttack fire through foreground objects]]. Unlike Hellfire however, the game had no checkpoint system, though the game made the players restart a level once they lost all of their lives. [[EveryTenThousandPoints Extends were set at every 100,000 points]].

Reminiscent of [[VideoGame/Hellfire]], the Steel Pylon had three firing directional weapons all ready at their disposal: a forward firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, four-way firing bombs. The forward firing attack also had the Super Crash Shot, a small white straight-firing rocket, that with upgrades would change into a [[EnergyWeapon long white laser beam]] that could [[ArmorPiercingAttack fire through foreground objects]]. Unlike Hellfire however, the game had no checkpoint system, though the game made the players restart a level once they lost all of their lives. [[EveryTenThousandPoints Extends were set at every 100,000 points]].

'''Eliminate Down''' is a horizontal scrolling ShootEmUp for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision in 1993. The game gave players immediate access to three directional-based weapons that could all be powered up as they fought strange alien ([[TheLegionsOfHell ?]]) enemies through eight, enormous levels. [[NoExportForYou The game was never released outside of Japan]].

'''Eliminate Down''' is a horizontal scrolling ShootEmUp for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision in 1993. The game gave players immediate access to three directional-based weapons that could all be powered up as they fought strange alien enemies through eight, enormous levels. [[NoExportForYou The game was never released outside of Japan]].

Reminiscent of Hellfire, the player's space ship, the Steel Pyron, had three firing directional weapons all ready at their disposal: a forward firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, four-way firing bombs. The forward firing attack also had the Super Crash Shot, a small white straight-firing rocket, that with upgrades would change into a [[EnergyWeapon long white laser beam]] that could [[ArmorPiercingAttack fire through foreground objects]]. Unlike Hellfire however, the game had no checkpoint system, though the game made the players restart a level once they lost all of their lives. [[EveryTenThousandPoints Extends were set at every 100,000 points]].

* AttackItsWeakPoint: ALL the bosses are like this.
* BattleshipRaid: Your second boss is a giant mechanical battleship oarfish.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Done with in the ending. You ship is incapacitated and floating outside Earth's atmosphere when a wave of mooks approach and try to capture/finish off your character. They get [[JustForPun eliminated down]] with a [[BeamSpam laser barrage]] from your mothership before that happens.]]
* BodyHorror: The first MiniBoss of Stage 6 ([[http://www.shmups.com/reviews/elimdown/images/27heap.gif here]]). Stage 4's boss counts too [[http://www.shmups.com/reviews/elimdown/images/20bosb.gif in its final phase]].

* ContinuingIsPainful: Your three directional weapons all get downgraded once, but the real pincher is that your regular shot drops all the way down to level one. The energy capsules you needed to get to upgrade your regular shot into a [[ArmorPiercingAttack piercing]] laser aresn't easy to find either.

* ExactTimeToFailure: Done against the final boss. You have 100 seconds to destroy this bionic thing, or else you will burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
* ExcusePlot: Erm... you're fighting aliens which are attacking Earth?
* ExplosionsInSpace: LOTS of them indeed.

* JustifiedTutorial: The first stage forces you to use your weapons effectively- it pits you against slightly durable Mooks coming from the front (use the front shot), missile-shooting ships that come from the top and bottom (use the vertical-firing bombs), and after that a group of ships that encircle and close in on the player (get out of the circle, then use the back shot).
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: In the ending, your ship is badly damaged by the {{Big Bad}}'s explosion. The enemy senses this opportunity and sends a wave of Mooks to try to capture (or destroy) your ship. [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes Your mothership blasts the little suckers down]].]]

* ReentryScare: During the final boss, both you and the boss will be falling towards Earth. You have 100 seconds to beat it before you burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

* SegmentedSerpent: The MiniBoss of the first stage is one of these.

* TimeLimitBoss: The final boss is this... you're fighting it while going down Earth's atmosphere, and must kill it before you burn up.

* WallCrawl: You 4-directional missile weapon gets this trait.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Despite all your attempts, the enemy aliens succeed in reaching Earth's atmosphere... You have to shoot the leader down [[TimeLimitBoss before it's too late]].

Reminiscent of Hellfire, the player's space ship, the Steel Pyron, had three firing directional weapons all ready at their disposal: a forward firing blaster, a rear laser attack and diagonal, four-way firing bombs. The forward firing attack also had the Super Crash Shot, a small white straight-firing rocket, that with upgrades would change into a [[FrickinLaserBeams long white laser beam]] that could [[ArmorPiercingAttack fire through foreground objects]]. Unlike Hellfire however, the game had no checkpoint system, though the game made the players restart a level once they lost all of their lives. [[EveryTenThousandPoints Extends were set at every 100,000 points]].

Eliminate Down is a horizontal scrolling ShootEmUp for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Aprinet and published by Soft Vision in 1993. The game gave players immediate access to three directional-based weapons that could all be powered up as they fought strange alien enemies through eight, enormous levels. [[NoExportForYou The game was never released outside of Japan]].

* IThoughtItMeant: No, you are NOT trying to destroy soft feathers or Down's syndrome in this game.

Not to be confused with BorderDown, a relatively more recent shoot 'em up game made by G.Rev.

* NoExportForYou: The game was only released in Japan, hence its obscurity.