Curt Vendel Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Anyone interested in working on this project, contact me, I can supply 7800 Centipede sources. Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R. Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I've got to confess I never did like the Centipede style games. But I'm curious... what would the main differences be between Centipede and Millipede? I don't think I've ever really known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 But I'm curious... what would the main differences be between Centipede and Millipede? I don't think I've ever really known. Holy cow man.. what isn't different. Try them both out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSprinter Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I've got to confess I never did like the Centipede style games. But I'm curious... what would the main differences be between Centipede and Millipede? I don't think I've ever really known. There's QUITE a few differences between the two: 1.) More and different insects (Earwig instead of Scorpion, Bees, Mosquitos, Wasps, Inchworms, Ladybugs) 2.) Multiple spiders as one's score increases (I think at one point there were four on screen at once?) 3.) DDT bombs (can eliminate most, if not all, of a millipede in one shot, and is worth a nice 800 points) 4.) Insect waves (a wave where there is nothing but bees, mosquitos, or wasps going downward) 5.) Mushrooms cycle in and out/die and regrow (eliminates the old strategy used in Centipede) 6.) Starting difficulties (can choose what score to start out at depending on skill level) Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Anyone interested in working on this project, contact me, I can supply 7800 Centipede sources. Original source, or reverse engineered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Original - right off of GCC's original 5.25" floppies. Curt Anyone interested in working on this project, contact me, I can supply 7800 Centipede sources. Original source, or reverse engineered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Original - right off of GCC's original 5.25" floppies. Sweet. I'm in the middle of another project at the moment, but if you don't find anyone else I may be available in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 if somebody is going to work on this, a trackball version would be nice. This makes me wonder what else GCC was working on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 But I'm curious... what would the main differences be between Centipede and Millipede? I don't think I've ever really known. Holy cow man.. what isn't different. Try them both out The biggest differnce is that Millipede kicks my ass much faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpfalcon2003 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I'd definitely buy a copy. This game is awesome. Far better than Centipede. Love the fast paced action. Even the 2600 version is awesome, but a 7800 version would rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I'd definitely buy a copy. This game is awesome. Far better than Centipede. Love the fast paced action. Even the 2600 version is awesome, but a 7800 version would rule. Hi yes,i would buy a copy too,but i fear that it is not so easy to hack Centipede into Millipede.Unfortunately i have not the knowledge to do it.I checked Centipede with the Hackomatic and the Tilemolester,but i did not find any useful. greetings gambler172 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbanes Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 yes,i would buy a copy too,but i fear that it is not so easy to hack Centipede into Millipede.Unfortunately i have not the knowledge to do it.I checked Centipede with the Hackomatic and the Tilemolester,but i did not find any useful. It wouldn't really be a hack. Rather, it would be additional programming to add more characters, events, and graphics to the gameplay. That's why it's important that the original source code is available. One would have a much better chance of making a working Millipede when all the original programmer formatting and comments are in place. I haven't seen the code (yet, anyway; still busy with the other project), but hopefully the original coder wasn't too much of a hacker to leave behind a bit of info on what each part did. For most programmers, this is as important for themselves as it is for others. Or course, there's always the possibility that the code is full of hacks and poorly written code that makes lots of assumptions. In which case it might be faster to start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 (edited) I tried making the Millipede mushroom and threw it into Eric's Ball demo. Yuck. It looks squished and is too big. I just used a captured shot from the arcade. I guess I'll have to modify the mushroom more(as well as the other graphics) to fit the 7800 graphics. Allan balldemh.zip Edited October 2, 2006 by Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I now see that the 7800 Centipede mushrooms are only 4-bits wide and a bit different than the arcade Centipede mushrooms. Well, off to Photoshop. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 A version of Millipede that contains the 7800's co-op and deathmatch modes from Centipede? I'm there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Definatly make it trak ball compatible, and i will purchase immedeintly!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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