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[therealbountybob]

Break out the bug spray...

Centipede (5200 ver)

Game closes Sunday 17th April 10am BST

We are playing the ported Atari 5200 version, there are Trak-Ball versions of this too Fandal has one and kjmann's version, cartridge avaiable too folks

Myriapede by Landon Dyer (what did he ever do for Atari ) is a bonus game for those wanting some additional bug splatting action! Scoring 4pts for for top, 3pts for 2nd-5th, 2pts 6th-9th and 1pt for all other places.

Download the games here:
Atarimania has COM file Centipede 5200 Rating 6.7 and XEX Myriapede Rating 7.0
Play on the default 'standard' level

IF you only have a 5200 or only have the regular Centipede you may play those instead, let's hope the scoring is comparable

Game On!

[Philsan]

Centipede, standard or easy level?

Myriapede: 22165

[roadrunner]

Philsan, on Sun Apr 3, 2011 6:44 AM, said:

Centipede, standard or easy level?

Standard is the default skill level.
That's the skill we played this game on over in the 5200 HSC

Edited by roadrunner, Sun Apr 3, 2011 8:53 AM.

[orpheuswaking]

this game really bugs me

[Mr.Amiga500]

Here's my first attempt: 20261

I'm using the Trak-ball fixed version by Kjmann.
(I still wish the damn Trak-ball mode was default and on port 2)

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[Mr.Amiga500]

By the way, here is the link to the thread about the Kjmann Trak-ball fixed version. (and notice my pleading at the end)

Edit: I didn't notice therealbountybob also linked to this. My browser is set not to underline links and, strangely, this forum doesn't put links in a different colour from regular text.

Edited by Mr.Amiga500, Sun Apr 3, 2011 5:56 PM.

[sloopy]

does it work with an ST and/or an amiga mouse?


sloopy.

[mimo]

7669

[Deteacher]

I'm not going to like this contest. I hate trying to play trak-ball games with a joystick...I'll see if the mouse works well (but I read that mouse emulation doesn't seem to work too well with the emulator.) Here are my scores so far:

Centipede: 13,761!



Myriapede: 24,970!

[a8isa1]

Kjmann's version didn't work with my PC converted mouse (to ST mouse) but the version on Fandal's site does.

13,031

Hate that spider!

Edited by a8isa1, Sun Apr 3, 2011 3:50 PM.

[Deteacher]

Centipede: 23,806!

[roadrunner]

The link to Myriapede goes to Berzerk.

[zylon]

On real, unmodified 5200: 22,981

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[Mr.Amiga500]

On real, unmodified 800XL: 30312

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[Mr.Amiga500]

Ooh... this one's even better: 40,707

I quickly looked at my score and said, "Hey! I'm over 40,000!" and that's when a spider zoomed out and killed me.
The moral of the story: Never look at the score.

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[zylon]

Looks like I've got one real challenger up there.
I actually hate Centipede, but I'm not bad at it. Got my lifetime highest game last night.
34,676

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[Fres]

Has anyone noticed any differences between the kjmann one and the fandal one? Steve mentioned a problem with his mouse on the kjmann one. Anything else? I don't really notice any differences, and I only want to keep the better of the two. They both seem to work fine with my ST mouse in port 1. They both have the same file size. Sal mentioned having fixed all the glitches in his version.

I had to create a compressed (exomizer) version to run it from my my-ide cart (this one is packed from the kjmann version). I'm attaching it, in case it's of use to anyone.

Oh, and one more thing, it seems that if you press start in the middle of a game, you restart, but with one less life. Interesting.

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[beamer320i]

Bug blastin' fun!

First few goes for me, got 10,427 on Centipede 5200 and 31,340 on Myriapede (have fond memories of Myriapede as I got it free on cassette when I subscribed to Page 6 magazine in 1983!)

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[Mr.Amiga500]

Fres, on Mon Apr 4, 2011 1:58 PM, said:

Has anyone noticed any differences between the kjmann one and the fandal one? Steve mentioned a problem with his mouse on the kjmann one. Anything else? I don't really notice any differences, and I only want to keep the better of the two.

The Kjmann one has a fancier font for the scores. (presumably so that when you look at your pathetic score, the fanciness of the font eases the pain)

Fres, on Mon Apr 4, 2011 1:58 PM, said:

Oh, and one more thing, it seems that if you press start in the middle of a game, you restart, but with one less life. Interesting.

I hate that "feature" - or is it a bug? Who knows? (...what am I talking about? This is Centipede - there are bugs all over the place.)

[Fres]

20154 with joystick (Centipede). I'm going to have a try later with the mouse. I would think I'd do better with the mouse, but I'm not sure.

[Goochman]

Centipede 9059
Myriapede 16750

[a8isa1]

Could I be getting the hang of this game?

23,539



I doubt it.

[orpheuswaking]

I've always done better on these games with a joystick vs a trackball/mouse... I'll give this a serious try this weekend.

[a8isa1]

Myriapede - 18,125

[mimo]

Centipede 17399 with a joystick, not tried with a trackball yet