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/ Adam Richardson

Centipede in Stores

The bugs are back and they're bad to the bone in Hasbro Interactive's Centipedegame, the legendary Atari game from the 80s that has been revived and updated for the PC.

Centipede in Stores is the story on November 12, 1998, and it is one of those late-1998 PC gaming updates that says exactly where the scene is right now. The bugs are back and they're bad to the bone in Hasbro Interactive's Centipedegame, the legendary Atari game from the 80s that has been revived and updated for the PC. It is an update of the game as 80s fans remember it, players attempt to zap the creepy crawlers before they make their way to the bottom of the screen.

Only this time, Centipede is enhanced with cool 3D graphics, enabling players to get a good look at those crafty fleas, seething scorpions and unpredictable spiders. The Arcade mode is also equipped with that familiar arcade sound to blast players back to the coin-op. In the Adventure mode, players put their extermination skills to the test as they to take on the bugs face to face in six exciting new 3D worlds. If you have been waiting to try it, patch it, or finally see it on a shelf, this is your nudge.