Eliminator (1981 video game)

Eliminator is a multi-directional shooter space combat game, created and released by Sega/Gremlin in 1981.

Similar to the monochrome Star Castle,[2] Eliminator uses color vector graphics and allows both cooperative and competitive multiplayer gameplay.

The players fire causes any enemy that is struck (with the exception of the Eliminator itself) to rebound and careen off in another direction.

The playfield becomes enclosed in an invisible barrier that bounces shots and ships off it, thus increasing the chances of death.

Michael Blanchet's 1982 book How to Beat the Video Games praised Eliminator as offering "the best two-player action I've seen in a long time".