Centipede (1981)
Platforms: Arcade · Atari 8-bit · Apple II · Atari 5200 · Atari 2600 · Commodore 64 · TI-99/4A · ColecoVision · Intellivision · VIC-20 · PC Booter · Atari 7800 · Game Boy · Game Boy Color · Windows · Xbox 360 · Browser · Windows Phone · Lynx · Plex ArcadeGenres: Genres · Action · Side view · Fixed / flip-screen · Arcade · Shooter · Direct control · Fantasy
Centipede is a fixed-screen shooter in which the player controls a Bug Blaster defending the lower portion of a mushroom-filled playfield from waves of giant insects. In the arcade version, a trackball moves the Bug Blaster freely within its restricted...
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