Centipede

1981 video game

Original description from the source, not translated.

YEAR 1981

GENRE Shooter

PLATFORM Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, iOS, Commodore 64, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy, PlayStation Vita, Game Boy Color, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, BBC Micro, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, PlayStation TV

ABOUT THE GAME

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.

Source: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 — Centipede (video game) · retrieved October 19, 2026

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