Rickster8 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) [ Intellivision HSC Season 14 ] (Game 9) Centipede Centipede by Atarisoft 1983 An insidious invasion of multiplying insects (Centipedes, Jumping Spiders, Poisonous Scorpions and Frenzied Fleas) pose different perils to the mushroom patch. -INSTRUCTIONS txt- http://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/intv/centipede.txt ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21481/intellivision/Centipede-1983-Atarisoft.html High Score Club Record 174,320 skosh Game Setting PRESS 1 (Hit any Key) Game ends,SUNDAY NIGHT APRIL 4TH 11:59:59PM EASTERN TIME (HIGH SCORES) 139,189 - CParsley [+13][+2 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE] 102,695 - Spartan [+12] 86,746 - popsicle [+11] ------------------------ 74,107 - Rickster8 [+9] 65,411 - Wolfy62 [+8] 62,555 - Lupovax [+7] 57,147 - Ace24 [+6] 50,397 - RogerPoco [+5] 49,178 - SBAZ [+4] 47,588 - PlayerOne [+3] 37,050 - NamcoPlayer [+2] 35,965 - Mangia-Boy [+1] 32,133 - Biffman [+1] 29,010 - Fakecortex [+1] 28,363 - JasonlikesINTV [+1] 27,366 - JBlenkle [+1] 24,604 - ClassicGMR [+1] 17,905 - JacobZu7zu7 [+1] 16,880 - Gbag [+1] Rankings (After Thin Ice) 1. cparsley 114 2. IntellivisionSpartan 108 3. Rickster8 78 4. cmadruga 64 5. biffman 45 6. mr_me 43 7. gbag 42 8. rogerpoco41 9. popsicle 40 10. JacobZu7zu7 36 11. JasonlikesINTV 34 12. Player One 30 13. wolfy62 25 14. IntyFanMatt 24 15. classicGMR 23 16. patbb 20 17. bamse 15 18. toiletunes 12 19. IntellivisionMaster 11 19. lupovax11 21. fakecortex 10 22. jblenkle 9 22. Ace24 9 24. gar0u 7 25. Mangia-Boy 6 26. hoosierdadee78 5 27. Intelligentleman 4 28. sneakyturtleegg 2 28. NamcoPlayer 2 30. Mister-VCS 1 Games Won 4 CParsley - Beamrider / Lock N Chase / Thunder Castle / Thin Ice 2 Rickster8 - Demon Attack / Zaxxon 2 Spartan - He-Man / Carnival 1 BiffMan - Chess 1 Gbag - Popeye Sneak Preview: Q*Bert Edited April 5, 2021 by Rickster8 Added in scores 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) Fun Game. I ain't at all good, but fun game. Edited March 21, 2021 by Rogerpoco 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 My 1st Centipede Entry: Not a bad first run.... My PB is 65k, hopefully I'll be able to pass that, but just like the rest of this season so far this is yet another tough and frustrating game..... ? 44,610 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 For those playing on original hardware, how does the disc compare to the arcade trackball? I have Centipede as an arcade cocktail table, so I never fully embraced it on consoles. 29,010 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Sneak Preview: QBert 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 7 hours ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: Sneak Preview: QBert Just imagining how impossible that likely is to control... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Just imagining how impossible that likely is to control... Lol, it fits in perfectly with this season's theme. Games that are frustrating as hell..... ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, BiffMan said: Just imagining how impossible that likely is to control... A game a have! Woo-hoo! I honestly don't remember how it controls. I'm over here with the weird stickler tho, so maybe it'll help? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I will need to get a working copy then, every version I have auto-kills off a life on every completed level, making you can't get past 1-3. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) On 3/21/2021 at 11:32 PM, fakecortex said: For those playing on original hardware, how does the disc compare to the arcade trackball? I have Centipede as an arcade cocktail table, so I never fully embraced it on consoles. 29,010 Intellivision Centipede only uses eight directions so it's no better than an 8-way dpad. 18 hours ago, cparsley said: I will need to get a working copy then, every version I have auto-kills off a life on every completed level, making you can't get past 1-3. If you're talking about qbert, this is a known bug with the mame intellivision emulator. Edit: The Bliss emulator has the same qbert bug. Edited March 23, 2021 by mr_me 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Man! This game sucks! Right Matt? 36k 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) AtariSoft marketing catch-phrase: ”Intellivision games brought to you by the makers of Atari. You’re not expecting good graphics so we won’t give them to you. But look at the bright side: our games don’t glitch like Coleco and Parker” Edited March 22, 2021 by INTELLIVISION SPARTAN 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, fakecortex said: For those playing on original hardware, how does the disc compare to the arcade trackball? I have Centipede as an arcade cocktail table, so I never fully embraced it on consoles. 29,010 The disc is surprisingly good. Given that the graphics are painful to see. The graphics literally hurt my eyes! Edited March 22, 2021 by INTELLIVISION SPARTAN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, INTELLIVISION SPARTAN said: Man! This game sucks! Right Matt? Don’t have it. Don’t want it. Edited March 22, 2021 by IntyFanMatt 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Game makes way way too much use of the flea... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupovax Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Lupovax 47239 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, mr_me said: Intellivision Centipede only uses eight directions so it's no better than an 8-way dpad. If you're talking about qbert, this is a known bug with the mame intellivision emulator. I also have that on console... So maybe it was certain revisions either to the console or cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I like the style of these atari manuals: https://annarchive.com/files2/Centipede (U).pdf Have you guys ever read through the story to Centipede? It's wild, lol. And the explanation here about how the centipede divides and the number of body parts to heads has me like: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) This one, I’m not thrilled with the graphics of the centipede itself. Geez. It’s one little segment, then replicated a dozen times... and the one segment they couldn’t draw with any detail whatsoever! There’s also supposed to be a centipede HEAD .... But they just needed to save that 5 minutes, and used another abdomen section as the head of the centipede! Really? You’re that lazy? I used Parse’s pic to illustrate the centipede graphic. And the fact that this Centipede has no freaking head! At least the controls are smooth! No complaints there! Edited March 24, 2021 by INTELLIVISION SPARTAN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Centipede - 14,844 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) My Centipede Update: Had a pretty sweet game, but it should have been better. That damn bouncing bug, (what is it a flea or is it a spider or a scorpion, heck I cannot tell, but it's fkin ANNOYING?) darted at me twice with FLASH like speed. There was absolutely no warning or time to bail... Just flat out KAMIKAZIED my shooter TWICE!!!! ? 50k goal met.... ? 62,446 Edited March 24, 2021 by Rickster8 Wording 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: My Centipede Update: Had a pretty sweet game, but it should have been better. That damn bouncing bug, (what is it a flea or is it a spider or a scorpion, heck I cannot tell, but it's fkin ANNOYING?) darted at me twice with FLASH like speed. There was absolutely no warning or time to bail... Just flat out KAMIKAZIED my shooter TWICE!!!! ? 50k goal met.... ? 62,446 Edited March 24, 2021 by IntyFanMatt 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 PB fellas! The spider stomped my last 4 men so I think I can do better when I’m up to it. it’s not a bad game... it’s pretty good! But centipede is not my cup of tea! 48K 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Lots of you guys are either getting great scores on all these games,or I am making you look good. Probably a little of both! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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