Centipede

196 - Centipede

Year: 1981
Platform(s): Arcade
Designer(s): Ed Logg and Dona Bailey
Developer: Atari, Inc.
Publisher: Atari, Inc.

"Centipede was one of the first hit games to feature a trackball, which made the action fast-paced and non-linear — but it was the eponymous enemy that gave the game its distinctive feel. There are few things more satisfying in all of gaming than lining up below a diving centipede and rapid-firing the whole thing in one salvo. There are few feelings worse than seeing a centipede reach the bottom of the screen, where it will only breed more and more segments till it destroys you." - Lev Grossman, Time

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