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Elevator Action for the Game Boy came out in 1991, published by Taito. It was a time when portable versions of arcade games were common, and this one tried to bring the tense, vertical action of the original to a smaller screen. You play as a spy infiltrating a multi-story building, moving floor by floor to complete your mission.

You control your agent through side-scrolling levels, running down hallways, ducking into doors, and riding elevators between floors. The main goal is to collect secret documents from specific rooms while avoiding or eliminating guards. Key mechanics include shooting enemies with your pistol, timing elevator movements to avoid getting shot, and using light switches to plunge areas into temporary darkness. The pacing is methodical; you have to watch patrol patterns and think about your route. It feels like a careful, tense game of cat and mouse where one wrong move can bring a quick end.