cparsley Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) Last played - Knock Out #2 Round #2 Let the power of Atari flow through your Intellivision and take that centipede out! Scores will be accepted until Sunday, May 31st at Noon Central -- Good Luck! Scores for Game - Centipede - FINAL darthkur - 58,569 ( + 10 ) S.BAZ - 55,315 ( + 9 ) Retrogamer81081 - 33,590 ( + 8 ) DZ-Jay - 29,673 ( + 6 ) darrin9999 - 29,046 ( + 4 ) roadrunner - 29,037 ( + 2 ) cparsley - 25,336 ( + 1 ) jblenkle - 24,600 ( + 1 ) hero2billions - 13,599 ( + 1 ) HSC Leaderboard (After 6 games) darthkur - 46pts cparsley - 36pts LidLikesIntellivision - 33pts ACFinPGH - 29pts jblenkle - 27pts hero2billions - 21pts scalpel - 17pts roadrunner - 16pts Cafeman - 8pts Intellfan - 2pts wolfy62 - 1pt Edited June 14, 2015 by cparsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Centipede - 15,511 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I'm still playing, but here's my initial entry: 9,128 Game #1: Not too bad Game #2: Suck! Game #3: Getting better...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Even bettah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Still! Yay! I really like this game! I must play it in emulation right now because my carts are still stowed away in boxes from my last move. But I can't wait to play this game on the Intellivision; with the hand-controller it should be great! 27,085 It's a very good port. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I really hate those suicide fleas!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Centipede - 24,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Does anybody have any hints or tips on scoring in Centipede? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Does anybody have any hints or tips on scoring in Centipede? Shoot everything! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Shoot everything! God, what didn't I think of that sooner, I thought I was to avoid everything for as long as possible! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Here are a few tips, taken from a guide for the arcade version. They are general enough to work on this port as well: Kill suicide fleas! Whenever the lower part of the game field has less than five mushrooms, fleas are deployed to grow some more. They also give you 200 points a piece. Keep your work-area clean, attract some fleas, and take'em out! They take two hits, but with practice it becomes easier. Make sure you have enough clear space between the flea and you--for they will double in speed after the first hit, so you must hit them fast. Try not to split the centipede! Every time you split the centipede, the first segment of the second part becomes a head and runs around independently, resulting in chaos. However, killing a head gives more points than a non-head segment. Therefore, it's not only easier to kill the centipede from head-to-tail in one go using rapid fire, it also gives you extra points (since each hit will cause the next segment to become a head, making almost every hit a head-shot)! Avoid the spider! The spider is easy to avoid if you pay attention to its direction of movement. It bobs up and down, but it makes its way from one side of the field to another, and it cannot backtrack. This means that you can feel safe staying on the opposite side, at least until it goes off the screen. Kill the spider! The spider is a nuisance, but easy to kill. It does give you more points the closer it is to you when you hit it, but the risk is not worth it. It's better to just take it out and make your score by killing fleas. Destroy the scorpion! Killing a scorpion not only gives you a fantastic 1000 points, it also prevents it from poisoning the mushrooms. Poisoned mushrooms (yellow) will cause any centipede segment to go mad and run directly downward. Try to keep clear vertical lines in the field in preparation of a scorpion visit, and kill it as quickly as possible. Make sure to get rid of any remaining poisoned mushrooms, lest you want the centipede to gun straight for you! Other than that, extra lives are served at 10K and 20K. I think you'll get one every 10K, but I haven't gotten higher than that to find out. Enjoy! -dZ. Edited May 22, 2015 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 I actually like the Scorpion to poison the mushrooms 5 points per mushroom on a reset instead of 1 or none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I actually like the Scorpion to poison the mushrooms 5 points per mushroom on a reset instead of 1 or none. Sure, but in the higher levels, where you get multiple centipedes entering the field, having all of them all of a sudden run straight down to the bottom is scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 29,037 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 29,037 Hey! Good score! I keep trying but I can't even reach 25K any more. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 updated as of this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I'm back on top (for now), yay! 29,673 Persistance, grasshopper. (Or centipede... ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hey! Good score! I keep trying but I can't even reach 25K any more. -dZ. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 24,001 gotta love those inty sound effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 24,001 gotta love those inty sound effects. Dude, where's your picture? The sound effects are indeed very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Dude, where's your picture? only in my head, sadly for all time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 only in my head, sadly for all time LOL! F-11, dude. Remember: F-11. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 29,046 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 58,569 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 58,569 100_8586.JPG OMG! You sunnovabish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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