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Elevator Action came out on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, a conversion of the Taito arcade game. It was a straightforward action title from a time when many games were built on clear, simple premises, and it fit right in with the NES library's growing emphasis on quick, skill-based challenges.

You control a spy who must retrieve secret documents from specific rooms across a multi-story building, then escape from the garage. Movement is screen by screen, with a heavy focus on using elevators to descend and navigating side-to-side across floors. You kick open doors to enter rooms, shoot enemy agents who appear from those doors or patrol the halls, and can even turn out lights to hide in the shadows. The pace is constant, and the timing needed to avoid enemy fire or make precise jumps between elevator cars adds a layer of tension. It feels like a tense, methodical race against an entire building full of enemies.