Played through the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection:
Incredibly solid update to Centipede even though the volume intensity is actively trying to ground you into submission.
Incredibly solid update to Centipede even though the volume intensity is actively trying to ground you into submission.
An improvement over Centipede in every way. Adding the dynamite gives you a sort of panic button to buy yourself some breathing room. The addition of a zone of free movement allows you to get more aggressive while also introducing new threats that keep the game even more engaging, and everything feels a little faster and more hectic. It's the ideal pace for an Arcade game that makes you want to go back for another shot at the high score.
It's just better Centipede.
Shoot shoot.
Esse certamente é um dos arcades já feitos. Bem frenético, não te deixando pensar muito, apenas atire no que ver pela frente. Eu parabenizo quem consegue jogar de forma que planeja os ataques com bombas na centopéia (ou lacraia, tanto faz)
Played as part of Atari 50.
It's better than Centipede, at least. I mean, the green rectangle showing where you can move alone is a huge improvement. The board moving down each wave is another clear improvement in terms of mixing up the board, which was really boringly static in the original centipede. And the DDT bombs also help a ton in cleaning up the board.
But it's still kind of a clusterfuck. So many bugs just fly straight into the movement box and are frustrating to deal with at best, and will just kill you with almost no warning at worst. There's even more kinds of enemies than before, to the point where you don't even really spend all that much time focusing on the main gimmick, the millipede itself, at least, any more than any other individual insect type. It's been very tangibly improved but it's still not really in the league of other shootemups of the era for me.
It's better than Centipede, at least. I mean, the green rectangle showing where you can move alone is a huge improvement. The board moving down each wave is another clear improvement in terms of mixing up the board, which was really boringly static in the original centipede. And the DDT bombs also help a ton in cleaning up the board.
But it's still kind of a clusterfuck. So many bugs just fly straight into the movement box and are frustrating to deal with at best, and will just kill you with almost no warning at worst. There's even more kinds of enemies than before, to the point where you don't even really spend all that much time focusing on the main gimmick, the millipede itself, at least, any more than any other individual insect type. It's been very tangibly improved but it's still not really in the league of other shootemups of the era for me.
Millipede is probably one of those first examples of a remaster/remake that adds clear improvements to visuals and audio, but arguably doesn't quite match the original's brilliance. Personally, I prefer this over Centipede, but I can understand those against the changes.
Faster, with a little extra style.
Faster, with a little extra style.
What if Centipede but it constantly sounded like you were trying to plug a guitar into a way-too-loud amp but you never actually fully push the instrument cable in
Well if you like Centipede this is worth trying. Too fast for me but its still fun but it just goes by so fast. Definitely takes a few quarters to get a handle on it and even then if you're like me you wont' get very far. For my time I'll probably stick with the original and just mix it up on occasion with his one.
A fine sequel, but I prefer Centipede in all honesty. I just like the slower pace and the game doesn't end in seconds after draining all of my lives in seconds.