Centipede (video game)
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Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc.[7] Designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg, it was one of the most commercially successful games from the golden age of arcade video games and one of the first with a significant female player base. The primary objective is to shoot all the segments of a centipede that winds down the playing field. An arcade sequel, Millipede, followed in 1982.
Centipede | |
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Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. |
Publisher(s) | |
Designer(s) | Dona Bailey Ed Logg |
Programmer(s) | Arcade Dona Bailey Ed Logg Atari 8-bit Dave Getreu[3] |
Platform(s) | Arcade, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Game Boy, IBM PC, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 |
Release | Arcade Atari 8-bit
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Genre(s) | Fixed shooter |
Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
Centipede was ported to Atari's own Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, and Atari 8-bit computers. Under the Atarisoft label, the game was sold for the Apple II, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, VIC-20, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), Intellivision, and TI-99/4A.[8] Superior Software published the port for the BBC Micro. Versions for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color were also produced, as well as a version for the short-lived Game.com developed by Handheld Games and published by Tiger Electronics.