The 1st Chapter - Centipede
Aaaaaand Welcome back to the first chapter. Last time we were in the BW days. Today we crank it up a notch and add some color!
Eeyup. I’m taling da GAMEBOY COLAAAAAAH
Still gonna be sticking with the arcade experience though. Because this time we’re reviewing:
Anyone else remember this game? I used to waste a few quarters on this one. Usually ended the same way.... Utter disappointment.
I may not be a master of the game, but I can sure waste a few minutes of your time (Or seconds depending on your reading speed level) telling you how the first chapter goes!
Here’s the basic plot of Centipede:
They are bug.
You are not.
They will try to kill you.
Kill them back.
With the power of your... bug spray ship? Maybe? You fire upon the deadly centipede as it wiggles it’s way down the screen.
On your way to victory you encounter nasty Spiders that shimmy shake up and down the arena and try to throw you off.
Or you may find yourself up again one of these falling... Slime guy-dude-thing-mabobs.
As they fall they create extra mushrooms for you to shoot through.
Mushrooms are obstacles you need to shoot through to get to the Centipede before he gets to the bottom. But they also create a sort of directional path for the Centipede to go through...
If you play clever enough you can create a funnel for racking up kills quickly and efficiently.
See, the many parts of the centipede will change course if they hit a mushroom, so if they’re forced down on path due to mushroom placement...
And this wasn't anything i knew prior, this was experimenting when i was suddenly overwhelmed with mushrooms all over the screen.
I’m sure a pro or two out there already knew this and are giving me that condescending, all knowing smirk and slight shake of the head right now.
The game goes on as long as you want it to. Which means there really isn’t much more to talk about.
Eventually the screen gets pretty crowded, faster choices need to be made, a lobster dances across the screen...
But really the main focus is front and center.
And once again, no tutorials, no explanations...
The centipedes are coming down, you shoot at them. Get hit and you die.
There isn’t much music... Only a high pitched warbled intro to each stage...
But really no “1st Chapter’ persay.
Centipede for the GBC gets a: