1-up (or "1UP", 1-UP", etc.) is a term in video gaming with two distinct meanings. Player one game Pac-Man showing the 1UP player score indicator.]] 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'. 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'. Most probably, UP means "User Player". Extra life

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