Centipede
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A centipede winds down through a field of mushrooms while you blast it from below with a trackball-controlled gnome wand. Its pastel look and trackball made it one of Atari's biggest hits.
Kit's verdict · 8.3/10
The trackball makes it feel fast and alive in a way few early shooters manage.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Trackball control is superb
- Mushroom field changes every game
- Easy to read and hard to master
Not so much
- Hard to replicate without a trackball
- The spider is a constant pain
Play it if anyone with a trackball or mouse who likes frantic shooters.
Skip it if gamepad-only players, since it loses a lot on a stick.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Centipede doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Your shot fires faster when targets are close, so play near the top of your zone when it's safe.
- Shooting a centipede segment turns it into a mushroom and splits the centipede in two.
- Kill the spider at close range, since it's worth more points the nearer it is to you.
- Clear mushrooms in your zone so the centipede has fewer places to drop toward you.
- When the scorpion poisons mushrooms, the centipede dives straight down after touching one, so shoot those mushrooms quickly.
- Fleas drop when your zone has too few mushrooms, so leaving some there keeps them away.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
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Trivia
- Dona Bailey co-designed it with Ed Logg, and she was one of very few women making coin-op games at the time.
- Its soft colors and look were meant to appeal to a broader crowd, including women.
- Atari followed it with Millipede in 1982.
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