What is the old computer game centipede?
Atari Centipede is a video game from the early 1980s. It was one of the first games to use color graphics and was very popular. The object of the game is to shoot the centipede as it moves down the screen. Atari Centipede is considered one of the classic video games of all time. Centipede is a classic shooter from atari.
Was centipede a successful game?
Centipede was one of the top four highest-grossing arcade games of 1982 in the United States, along with Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. The Atari VCS port of Centipede sold 1,475,240 cartridges during 1982 to 1983, becoming the 11th-best-selling Atari game. Arcades became more widespread in 1980 with Pac-Man, Missile Command and Berzerk, and in 1981 with Defender, Donkey Kong, Frogger and others.