Centipede (Arcade)
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Centipede
Arcade 1981
            Series : Centipede
         Developer : Atari
             Genre : Fixed shoot 'em up
            Themes : Insect enemies
      Release Info : MiSTer implementation
          Hardware : Trackball
        Other Tags : Greatest Covers
       Emulated in : Atari Flashback Vol.1 (2016 PS4) 
                     Atari 50 (2022 PS5) 
             Ports : Centipede (1983 A2600)
           Remakes : Centipede: Recharged (2021 PS5)

      Achievements : retroachievements.org
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not completed.
Other Centipede games:
cover

Millipede

Arcade

1982

@1568
cover

Centipede

Atari 2600

1983

@2557
cover

Centipede

PlayStation

1998

@3166
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cover

Centipede: Recharged

PlayStation 5

2021

@3082

Other games by Atari:

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Centipede

SCORES

Scores - MAME:
 31500 ...........  on 2016-03-22

Other scores:
 20809 ...........  on 2024-03-23
 15839 ...........  on 2024-10-10
 15507 ...........  on 2024-02-16

Other scores:
 17884 ...........  on 2013-03-30
 13564 ...........  on 2016-03-20
  8474 ...........  on 2019-07-04

Scores - MiSTer:
 6904 ............  on 2023-06-01

Log entries

    2013-03-30
  • Found a Centipede machine in Santa Cruz. I don't think I ever played Centipede with a trackball before, it was fun to try, very fast and intense gameplay.
  • Got the score 17884.
    • 2016-03-20
  • Got the score 13564. I'm horrible at Centipede, and even after playing a few games at the Musée Mécanique, I wasn't able to beat my own hiscore.
    • 2016-03-22
  • Got the score 31500 in MAME. Apparently, this is easier with a mouse.
    • 2019-07-04
  • This plays fine on PS Now, but I prefer playing with a mouse or trackball.
    • Cars and Old Atari Games
  • Got the score 8474.
    • 2020-01-15
  • I played some Centipede using MAME with the new company USB trackball. Using pretty low sensitivity values to avoid 'roll-overs', it feels pretty close to the real arcade machine.
    • 2023-06-01
  • Got the score 6904 in MiSTer.
    • 2024-02-16
  • Got the score 15507.

    Centipede with a track ball is the best. I played a frantic game at the 'Pinball Hall of Fame' in Las Vegas.

    • 2024-03-23
  • Got the score 20809.

    Musée Mécanique: The Centipede machine was a bit wonky, the trackball would get stuck, making the game a bit less fair.

    • 2024-10-10
  • Got the score 15839.

    I played a few games at Bip Bip Bar.

videos

2019-07-04
Cars and Old Atari Games

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