Centipede was followed by Millipede in 1982, a somewhat less successful, though respectable, game.In 1992, Atari Games developed a prototype of an arcade game called Arcade Classics for their 20th anniversary. The game included Missile Command 2 and Super Centipede. [2]
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In 1998, Hasbro owned Atari Interactive released a new version of the game for the PC, PlayStation and Dreamcast. This version looks and plays very differently to the original game. The main difference in gameplay is the free movement around the map and it includes different types of views, 3D graphics and a campaign which can be played in single player or multiplayer mode. The original version of Centipede is available in this version, albeit with slightly updated graphics.
The player is represented by a small, "somewhat humanoid head"[1] at the bottom of the screen. The player moves the character about the bottom area of the screen with a trackball and fires laser shots at a centipede advancing from the top of the screen down through a field of mushrooms. Shooting any section of the centipede creates a mushroom; shooting one of the middle segments splits the centipede into two pieces at that point. Each continues independently on its way down the board.The centipede starts at the top of the screen, traveling either left or right. When it hits a mushroom or the edge of the screen, it drops one level and switches direction. Thus, more mushrooms on the screen cause
