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Centipede (PS3) box art
Plays offline
Yes

Overview

Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. 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 widely played by women and girls. The primary objective is to shoot all the segments of a centipede that winds down the playing field.

Centipede was ported to Atari's own 2600, 5200, 7800, and 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. 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. Other developers released more than 25 Centipede clones for home computers. It was followed by the arcade sequel Millipede in 1982. In 1998, a 3D remake for Windows, Mac, PlayStation, and Dreamcast was published by Hasbro Interactive.

Screenshots

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Game details

Genres
Shooter, Arcade
Developer
Morning Star Multimedia
Publisher
Majesco Sales, Take-Two Interactive
Series
Centipede
Platforms
Game Boy Color
Modes
Single player
Yes
Local multiplayer
No
Online multiplayer
No
Co op
No

Release dates

PlatformRegionDate
PlayStation 3First release1998-11-30

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

QuestionAnswer
Playable offline today: campaignYes
Playable offline today: local multiplayerDoes not exist

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Region
US

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