{{Short description|1983 video game}} {{about|the video game|the song|Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox video game | title = Up'n Down | image = Up'n Down cover.jpg | alt = | caption = | developer = Sega | publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Sega|NA|Bally Midway<ref name="Akagi">{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |pages=35, 125 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n125/mode/2up}}</ref>}} | designer = | platforms = Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 | release = '''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 1983<ref name="Akagi"/>|NA|March 1984<ref name="Akagi"/>}} '''2600'''{{vgrelease||October 1984<ref>{{cite web |title=Atari VCS game release dates |url=https://www.atariarchive.org/atari-vcs-game-release-dates/ |website=Atari Archive}}</ref>}} | genre = Maze | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | arcade system = }}
'''''Up'n Down''''' is an arcade video game developed by Sega and released in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10273 |title =Up'n Down |publisher =The International Arcade Museum |access-date =9 Nov 2013}}</ref> It was ported to the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit computers, 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 == thumb|left|Arcade original
''Up'n Down'' is a vertically scrolling game which has a pseudo-3D perspective. The player controls a purple dune buggy that resembles a Volkswagen Beetle. 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 over them, or land on them for points.
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 which must be jumped. A player loses a turn whenever the buggy either collides with another vehicle, or jumps off the road into the grass or water.
== Ports == thumb|right|Atari 2600 port
Sega released a port for the Atari 2600 in 1984 with jarring background music. 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 into "a very unsettling version based in C minor with a flattened melodic second" because of limitations of the 2600 sound hardware.<ref name="CollinsGameSound" />
== Reception == In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Up'n Down'' as the second most successful new table arcade unit of October 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型新製品 (New Videos-Table Type)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=223|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 November 1983|page=33|lang=ja}}</ref>
== See also == * ''Bump 'n' Jump''
== References == <references>
<ref name="CollinsGameSound">{{cite book | title = Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design | first = Karen | last = Collins | page = 23 | publisher = MIT Press | date = October 31, 2008 | isbn = 978-0-262-03378-7 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gnw0Zb4St-wC&q=+%22up%27n+down%22++%22sega%22&pg=PA23 }} </ref>
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== 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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