Centipede (video game)

For the modern remakes, see Centipede (1998 video game) and Centipede: Infestation.
Centipede
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Dona Bailey
Ed Logg
Programmer(s)Arcade
Dona Bailey
Ed Logg
Atari 8-bit
Dave Getreu[6]
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
ReleaseArcade
Atari 8-bit
2600, 5200
Intellivision
C64
7800
Genre(s)Fixed shooter
Mode(s)1 player; or 2 players, alternating turns.[7]

Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc.[8] 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 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.[9] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Centipede, Atari, Inc. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Games". Orlando Sentinel. June 28, 1991. p. 308. Retrieved March 22, 2024. "Centipede is supposed to be better than Missile Command," Kubicki said, adding that the real test will come when Centipede is released in four to six weeks.
  3. ^ a b "Sentipido". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Atari 2600 Video Game Release Dates for 1983".
  5. ^ a b "Year-End Index" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 3, no. 10. January 1985. p. 156.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference giantlist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Revision 4 of Centipede does not have 2 players, alternating turns.
  8. ^ "TI-99/4A-Pedia: Centipede". Retrieved 2020-06-06.