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The Dreamcast version improves upon the PlayStation version so much that it's like comparing a final game to an alpha. Centipede looks a hundred times better on the DC. Everything's better looking-transparent water, textures that look good, power-ups that can be distinguished easily from enemies...and what a difference that makes! While the PS translation of the classic Centipede that's included with the game was slow, clunky and hardly arcade-perfect, this one is exact (and a lot of fun to play). That said, the updated Centipede (called 'Adventure') leaves a lot to be desired. There's so much going on in any one level it's changed the blast-anything-that-moves gameplay of the original. Between saving Wee People, saving their settlements and worrying about what enemies other than the Centipedes are around you--it's easy to get lost. While in the original Centipede you only faced forward and were limited in how far up the screen you can move, in this you can go just about anywhere and have 360 degrees of movement. That alone changes the game from Centipede to Doom. Don't get me wrong, I like it when companies update retro games. But what I don't like is when they update it and lose the tone and feel of what made the original so much fun. Hasbro, take note.
Maybe it wasn't such a good thing Hasbro packed the original arcade Centipede on this disc, because it just goes to show what's wrong with the supposedly 'new-and-improved' version. The go-anywhere gameplay saps much of the pulse-pounding tension of the original. And although Centipede looks better than the PlayStation incarnation, is still gets choppy at times. Even though enemies get mighty quick, Centipede couldn't hold my interest.
In my Centipede for PS review, I asked if it really needed to be in 30, and three months later, I pose the same question. I don't mind if developers want to improve upon a given formula, but it wasn't like all the good gaming ideas were exhausted by 1986! The updated Centipede lacks the genius of the original and is diluted with generic gaming cliches of 1999. Like its sibling on the PS, the only redeeming feature here is the original Centipede game.
Mere's a thought, perhaps Centipede doesn't lend itself to an update? Yeah, it was fun as a simple arcade game 10 years ago. but this weak-premise, 3D adventure/shooter just doesn't go anywhere. Granted it looks better than the PS version-for whatever that's worth. Sorry to say, but in this day and age of hardcore first-person shooters, Centipede is just too cute for most. The Classic option is cool though, but not enough to buy the game.
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Centipede
Commodore 64 - 1983
Also available on: Atari 8-bit - ColecoVision - VIC-20
Description of Centipede Commodore 64
In 1983, Atarisoft publishes Centipede on Commodore 64. Also published on Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision and VIC-20, this action game is abandonware and is set in an arcade and shooter.
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MYMOON2020-03-280 point Commodore 64 version
why do we have 2 centipedes in the list?
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Atari 8-bit ROM
- Year:1982
- Publisher:Atari, Inc.
- Developer:Atari, Inc.
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- Year:1983
- Publisher:Atarisoft
- Developer:Atari, Inc.
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- Year:1983
- Publisher:Atarisoft
- Developer:Atari, Inc.
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