Centipede

created and published by Atari in 1980-07-26, running on Arcade
type: shooter
genre: Fixed shooter
series: Centipede Series
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng
3.8/5
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bootleg(s): Caterpillar / Magic Worm / Millpac

Official description

Atari's Centipede game is a one or two-player game with a color raster-scan monitor.
The fast-moving action includes a variety of creatures dropping down from the top of the screen or flying in from its sides, most of them to attack the player.
The player's shooter is represented on the screen by a some- what humanoid head.
The player's goal is to shoot at and destroy as many of these creatures and mushrooms as possible for a high point score, before the player's lives are used up.
Players can maneuver their Trak Ball control anywhere within approximately the bottom fifth of the screen.
However, they must move around mushrooms, since these are fixed, not "transparent", objects.
A fire button shoots individual shots upwards, or fires a hail uſ shuts if pressed constantly. (Only one shot appears on the screen at a time.)

# 2021-12-25 15:19:35 - official description

Technical specs

software: Emulated on MAME,
display: raster

Editor note

Rather odd trackball-controlled Space Invaders imitator.
One of very few early video games designed by a woman; this one is in fact the first.
Most successful Atari arcade game of 1981.

(Zerothis) - # 2006

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