Thomas Game Docs | Why does "1UP" mean "extra life"? @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded April 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
While we all know what 1UP means - to gain an extra life - why is that? To find out, we'll go on a brief behind-the-scenes journey through the history of this phrase - from pinball to pacman - to find out why it means what it means.

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SOURCES
- atlasobscura.com/articles/how-1up-went-from-pinball-to-gamer-speak
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3A1-up
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms