Millipede (1982) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Millipede

Millipede is a 1982 arcade game by Atari, Inc. and is the sequel to the arcade hit, Centipede. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by destroying all segments of the millipede as it…

50 12 November 1982

What Millipede is

Millipede is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1982. It is available on Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Millipede is a 1982 arcade game by Atari, Inc. and is the sequel to the arcade hit, Centipede. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by destroying all segments of the millipede as it moves toward the bottom of the screen, as well as destroying and avoiding other enemies. The game is played with a trackball and a single fire button, which can be held down for rapid-fire. The game is over when the player's last life is lost.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Centipede series

Millipede is the third of 36 entries we hold in the Centipede series. The next entry was Centipede in 1983. Its critic score of 50 is 18 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Centipede at 80.

See all 36 Centipede games in release order →

How it was received

Millipede holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1982 averaged 66, so it scored 16 points below the year average.