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Woman Behind 'Centipede' Recalls Game Icon's Birth

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Re: Woman Behind 'Centipede' Recalls Game Icon's Birth

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Post by waterlesscloud » Mon, Jul 02, 2012, 5:14 AM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #2

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.

Berzerk and its sequel Frenzy.

Robotron:2084.

Gravitar.

Bosconian.

Red Baron and Battlezone.

Many, many quarters spent.

Re: Woman Behind 'Centipede' Recalls Game Icon's Birth

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Post by rhizome » Mon, Jul 02, 2012, 6:31 PM UTC

waterlesscloud wrote: post #30

rhizome wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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.

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.

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