Taito's Claustrophobic Classic Elevator Action Drops into the Console Archives

Sugar, we're going down.

Grab your spy satchel and throw on your best jump-kick shoes, as Hamster's Console Archives recognises one of Taito's earliest and most notable contributions to the coin-op scene. The NES edition of arcade classic Elevator Action is available now on PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2.

Originally released in arcades in 1983, before being ported to the Famicom in 1985 (and eventually the NES), Elevator Action is a single-screen spy adventure that challenges the player - as superspy "Agent 17" - to descend a series of high-rise buildings, dipping in and out of offices to steal secret documents, exchanging fire with enemy agents, and making it to the getaway car on the ground floor in one piece.

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