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I've never heard of Centipede before, are there any other "popular" games of the time that are not talked about much any more? I know of Pac-Man, Space Invaders

I've never heard of Centipede before, are there any other "popular" games of the time that are not talked about much any more? I know of Pac-Man, Space Invaders, games that are that much a part of pop culture, but I'd never heard of Centipede.

columbo 14y ago
Hrm... never heard of centipede? Not sure what you are looking for but this (http://www.liketotally80s.com/top-20-80s-arcade-games.html http://www.liketotally80s.com/top-20-80s-arcade-games.html) has a good list...
- colomon 14y ago
  Woah, for some reason I always thought Xevious was from 1986 or so. I'm kind of shocked how many great games came out from 1980-1982... To that list I'd add Spy Hunter (don't want to think how many quarters I sank into this without ever getting very far) and Gaplus (my favorite of the Galaxion spin-offs).
mynameishere 14y ago
You can play it here http://atari.com/arcade/arcade/centipede http://atari.com/arcade/arcade/centipede It's really difficult, and I think that it might have been partially designed to suck down quarters. The best Atari game is this: http://atari.com/adventure http://atari.com/adventure ...yeah it looks like crap, but he crammed it into 4K, and at the time there was literally nothing like it in the world. Most people say this is the best Atari game: http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/yars-revenge http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/yars-revenge ...I still remember the rather lengthy comic book that came with the cartridge explaining the plight of the yars in their struggle against the armored cannon, or whatever. ED: found the comic. I guess it's not that long: http://www.atariage.com/comics/comic_thumbs.html?MagazineID=48 http://www.atariage.com/comics/comic_thumbs.html?MagazineID=...
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amichail 14y ago
If you like Centipede, check out Gridrunner for iOS: http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/29/gridrunner-review/ http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/29/gridrunner-review/
thedelimiter 14y ago
Millipede is the more intense version... I used to be covered in sweat after a half hour of playing Millipede at the train station. It gets more intense than modern FPS shooters.
rhizome 14y ago
Stargate (best sidescroller ever), Galaga...most video games from 1981-3 were amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_in_video_gaming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_in_video_gaming
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  Defender (the game Stargate was the sequel to) and Galaga are the icons of the era. What amazes me is that you can still find Galaga in arcades today. If, of course, you can find arcades at all.
  - rhizome 14y ago
    Defender (1980?) was great, but Stargate improved and built upon pretty much every aspect of it the same way that Galaga was an all-around improvement over Galaxian.
Dove 14y ago
I really liked Gravitar and Asteroids.
anigbrowl 14y ago
I've never heard of Centipede before what Well check out tempest and Super Locomotive (which hardly anyone else remembers). And Q*Bert. And Gorf.
- mechanical_fish 14y ago
  Tempest and QBert are excellent. Try to find an actual historic arcade. The games make more sense in context. In particular, Tempest has been redone in a dozen forms, but without the original spinner controller it's just not the same. (QBert, on the other hand, is just fine in emulation.) In the Northeast you can go to Funspot: http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ It's got the flavor of the real thing. Takes me back to the old days.
  - tptacek 14y ago
    In Chicago (or, at least, down the street from me in the near-west suburbs) we have Galloping Ghost, which is $15 for unlimited all-day play; they have both Tempest (every time we've talked about going, Erin asks "but do they have Tempest?") and Q*Bert.
waterlesscloud 14y ago
Berzerk and its sequel Frenzy. Robotron:2084. Gravitar. Bosconian. Red Baron and Battlezone. Many, many quarters spent.

columbo 14y ago

Hrm... never heard of centipede? Not sure what you are looking for but this (http://www.liketotally80s.com/top-20-80s-arcade-games.html http://www.liketotally80s.com/top-20-80s-arcade-games.html) has a good list...

colomon 14y ago
Woah, for some reason I always thought Xevious was from 1986 or so. I'm kind of shocked how many great games came out from 1980-1982... To that list I'd add Spy Hunter (don't want to think how many quarters I sank into this without ever getting very far) and Gaplus (my favorite of the Galaxion spin-offs).

mynameishere 14y ago

You can play it here http://atari.com/arcade/arcade/centipede http://atari.com/arcade/arcade/centipede It's really difficult, and I think that it might have been partially designed to suck down quarters. The best Atari game is this: http://atari.com/adventure http://atari.com/adventure ...yeah it looks like crap, but he crammed it into 4K, and at the time there was literally nothing like it in the world. Most people say this is the best Atari game: http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/yars-revenge http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/yars-revenge ...I still remember the rather lengthy comic book that came with the cartridge explaining the plight of the yars in their struggle against the armored cannon, or whatever. ED: found the comic. I guess it's not that long: http://www.atariage.com/comics/comic_thumbs.html?MagazineID=48 http://www.atariage.com/comics/comic_thumbs.html?MagazineID=...

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amichail 14y ago

If you like Centipede, check out Gridrunner for iOS: http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/29/gridrunner-review/ http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/29/gridrunner-review/

thedelimiter 14y ago

Millipede is the more intense version... I used to be covered in sweat after a half hour of playing Millipede at the train station. It gets more intense than modern FPS shooters.

rhizome 14y ago

Stargate (best sidescroller ever), Galaga...most video games from 1981-3 were amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_in_video_gaming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_in_video_gaming

waterlesscloud 14y ago
Defender (the game Stargate was the sequel to) and Galaga are the icons of the era. What amazes me is that you can still find Galaga in arcades today. If, of course, you can find arcades at all.
- rhizome 14y ago
  Defender (1980?) was great, but Stargate improved and built upon pretty much every aspect of it the same way that Galaga was an all-around improvement over Galaxian.

Dove 14y ago

I really liked Gravitar and Asteroids.

anigbrowl 14y ago

I've never heard of Centipede before what Well check out tempest and Super Locomotive (which hardly anyone else remembers). And Q*Bert. And Gorf.

mechanical_fish 14y ago
Tempest and QBert are excellent. Try to find an actual historic arcade. The games make more sense in context. In particular, Tempest has been redone in a dozen forms, but without the original spinner controller it's just not the same. (QBert, on the other hand, is just fine in emulation.) In the Northeast you can go to Funspot: http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ It's got the flavor of the real thing. Takes me back to the old days.
- tptacek 14y ago
  In Chicago (or, at least, down the street from me in the near-west suburbs) we have Galloping Ghost, which is $15 for unlimited all-day play; they have both Tempest (every time we've talked about going, Erin asks "but do they have Tempest?") and Q*Bert.

waterlesscloud 14y ago

Berzerk and its sequel Frenzy. Robotron:2084. Gravitar. Bosconian. Red Baron and Battlezone. Many, many quarters spent.