Elimination is a four-player version of Pong

Pong

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by Atari Inc.

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 subsidiary Kee Games

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, and designed by Steve Bristow. It was later released as
Quadrapong under the Atari label.

Technology

Elimination and its Quadrapong counterpart were the first cocktail cabinet arcade video games. The cabinet consists of a woodgrain 35" x 37" cocktail cabinet. Two control paddles are mounted on each side of the cabinet, with a horizontally mounted Zenith television diagonally set in the cabinet.

Gameplay

Two, three, or four players move their paddles to defend their goal area, consisting of openings in the players' walls. Each player starts with four points, and loses one point each time the ball penetrates their goal. If all four points are lost the player's paddle is removed and the goal "closes", creating a solid wall and removing the player from the game. The game continues until only one player is left.

Clones

The simultaneously released Atari version, Quadrapong, has a white cocktail cabinet that measured 35" x 24.25".

Legacy

• The game was ported to the Atari 2600
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   as part of the Video Olympics
  Video Olympics
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  game program.
• In 1980, the gameplay format was expanded into the Atari arcade game Warlords, which was also ported to Atari's home consoles and computers.

External links

• Quadrapong on Everything2
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• Pong variants page on System 16, The Arcade Museum