---
title: Elevator Panic
tags:
- elevator
- platform
years:
- '1984'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_1.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1984'
  - label: companies
    value: Epoch (publisher)
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: cartridge
  - label: systems
    value: Epoch Cassette Vision
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 player
  screenshots:
  - title: Level 1 intro screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_1.jpg
  - title: Level 1 - collect crosses and avoid enemies
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_2.jpg
  - title: Level 1 complete
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_3.jpg
  - title: Level 2 intro screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_4.jpg
  - title: Level 2 - use blue elevators to access other platforms
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_5.jpg
  - title: Kill enemies by jumping below them
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_6.jpg
  - title: Level 3 intro screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_7.jpg
  - title: Level 3 - the traps are moving
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_8.jpg
  - title: The hero fell and died
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_9.jpg
  - title: Game over
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_ss_10.jpg
  - title: Box inlay
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/epoch_cassette-vision_elevator-action_inlay_1.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/epoch-cassette-vision
  company: /companies/epoch
  oc_id: 848
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230607132801/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=848
    date: '2023-06-07'
---

Elevator Panic is the last game released for the Epoch Cassette Vision, and offers one of the most advanced gameplay from the Cassette Vision game library.

In fact Elevator Panic is a kind of remix of [Monster Mansion](/software/monster-mansion/), an earlier game for the Cassette Vision, inspired by Donkey Kong.

This time ladders have been replaced by elevators, but the principle remains the same: collect all items and defeat the enemies !

The game re-use the exact same intro scenes from [Monster Mansion](/software/monster-mansion/), with the building and its windows lighted according to the floor level in play, echoing the famous Donkey Kong interlude with its stacked donkeys and iconic slogan "how high can you get ?".