It's practically become part of our lexicon, it would be interesting to find some history on it.
2006-10-13 02:09:33 · 3 answers · asked by malingenie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From Wikipedia:
"The original meaning of "1UP" in multiplayer-capable 1980s arcade games was to mark the player's score area. '1UP' would indicate 'Player One's score', '2UP' would indicate 'Player Two's score'. It was common to show both scores on screen at once, with the high-score area in the middle of the score row.
The precise derivation of the phrase is a little unclear. The literal meaning would seem to be 'Player One is up at the machine' but in multiplayer games both 1UP and 2UP were visible at the same time. If it were simply an abbreviation for 'Player One' one would expect to see '1P' rather than '1UP'. In any case, for a long period in the 1980s, even in a single player game it was very common to see the score field labelled as '1UP' rather than the more obvious 'Score'. "
Hope this helps!
2006-10-13 03:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Donkey Kong
2006-10-13 11:03:55 · answer #2 · answered by ed.knight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mario brothers, whenever you'd get a mush room that's what it would say. Not sure if that is the first usage though.
2006-10-13 09:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by Grev 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋