1. Gameplay

2. Atari 2600 port

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

Up'n Down is a video game developed and published by Sega.^[1] It was first released in 1983 as an arcade game, then later ported to the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64. In Up'n Down the player drives a car forward and backward along a branching, vertically scrolling track, collecting flags and jumping on other cars to destroy them.

Gameplay

Up'n Down is a vertically scrolling game that employs a pseudo-3D perspective.{{cn|date=May 2016}} The player controls a purple dune buggy that resembles a Volkswagen Beetle.{{cn|date=May 2016}} The buggy moves forward along a single-lane path; pressing up or down on the joystick causes the buggy to speed up or slow down, pressing right or left causes the buggy to switch lanes at an intersection, and pressing the "jump" button causes the buggy to jump in the air. Jumping is required to avoid other cars on the road; the player can either jump all the way over them, or land on them for points.{{cn|date=May 2016}}

To complete a round, the player must collect 10 colored flags by running over them with the buggy. If the player passes by a flag without picking it up, it will appear again later in the round. The roads feature inclines and descents that affect the buggy's speed, and bridges that must be jumped. A player loses a turn whenever the buggy either collides with another vehicle without jumping on it, or jumps off the road and into the grass or water.{{cn|date=May 2016}}}

Atari 2600 port

Sega released a port for the Atari 2600 in 1984, noted for its jarring background music.{{cn|date=May 2016}} According to Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design by Karen Collins, the arcade version's "bluesy F-sharp minor groove" was transformed by the Atari 2600's sound tunings into "a very unsettling version based in C minor with a flattened melodic sound".

See also

• Bump 'n' Jump

References

External links

• {{KLOV game|id= 10273}}
• {{IAg|atari_2600_up_n_down_1984_sega_phat_ho_-_bally_midway_-_beck-tech_009-01|platform=Atari 2600}}

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