Centipede
The Game Boy port of the 1981 original has features enhancements for the Super Game Boy.
Centipede is an arcade developed by Atari, released 1 December 1992 on Game Boy.
What Centipede is
Centipede is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1992. It was published by Accolade. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Centipede, the player is trapped in the Enchanted Forest. Armed with only a magic wand to ward off the forest's insect denizens, all of which apparently are attacking in the player in continuous waves. The player must use the magic wand to shoot sparks at approaching insects to score points by pressing the controller button. Holding down the controller button will set the wand to rapid fire shots. If the player is bitten by an insect, the player will be temporarily paralyzed and lose one of the three starting magic wands.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Centipede series
Centipede is the 16th of 36 entries we hold in the Centipede series. It arrived 7 years after Centipede. The next entry was Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede / Millipede in 1995.
What it launched against
Centipede launched on 1 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity and Moto Roader MC.
Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Moto Roader MC.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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