---
title: Wipe Out
tags:
- ball and paddle
years:
- '1974'
params:
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1974'
  - label: companies
    value: RamTek
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 2 - 4 players (versus)
  screenshots:
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 708
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230607011343/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=708
    date: '2023-06-07'
---

Wipe Out is a copy of [Elimination!](/software/elimination/) (Kee Games, 1973) and [Quadrapong](/software/quadrapong/) (Atari, 1974).

It's a ball & paddle game for 2 or 4 players where each player must defend his sidewall. If the ball passes through one of the players side, this player loses one point (from a total of 5 or 7 points). If this total reaches 0, this player is game over.

But the main differential feature of Wipe Out is this deflective central bumper.