Game
Centipede (1981)
Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female player base. The player defends against swarms of insects, completing a round after eliminating the centipede that winds down the playing field.
Studio
Developer
Atari
Atari
Publishers
Atari
Sanritsu Denki Co., Ltd.
Atari
Sanritsu Denki Co., Ltd.
Platforms
browser
Arcade
Gameplay
Modes
Single player Multiplayer
Themes
Action Science fiction
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric