
I didn't like the first Elevator Action as much, mainly because I wasn't very good at it. But I sure did enjoy Elevator Action Returns on the Taito Legends collections. That was like a cross between Elevator Action and Rolling Thunder. Otto even shows up in cameos in Taito games to this day, like Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders.
There's actually a pretty recent new Elevator Action game that was in arcades called Elevator Action: Death Parade. It was a light gun game like Time Crisis, but you had a button you could use to close and open real life elevator doors that would cover the screen! You could even use those doors as shields!