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by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 3:01am PDT |
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CENTIPEDE
 That's Boggit, he hates buggies. I thought I would hate this game as well due to the fact that you control it with the joystick and due to the necessary changes from the arcade version's vertical monitor to the horizontal TV. But it really is quick to respond. The extra horizontal room is nice and offers more chance to shoot down the centipede. The graphics are colorful and crisp. Centipede is the game that everyone used to point to and use as the one that women liked more than men. My theory to this is not because there are pastel colors in the game, but because of the spider. Allow me to explain.
You get 900 points if the spider is right on top of you when you kill it. You get 600 points if it's a little farther away and if you're some kind of baby you get 300. The game dispenses an afghan and booties out of the coin return if you're continually trying to get 300 points from the spider. And that's just it: the spider can never retrace his steps. If he enters on the left he can move up and down, but never to the right. If he enters from the right, he can't go to the left. He's the easiest thing in the game to avoid, so long as he does not kamikaze himself right at you before you can respond. But there is something that will cause men to pick a fight with the spider, whereas a woman doesn't get personal. Not with a video game spider, anyway. It's okay, though, as men are better at all the other games ever made except for Sim City, SimAnt, SimEarth, the Sims and Tecmo's Deception.
I don't have an 800 "trakball" so I don't know how it is on that. Probably better, but there's no negatives to this vesion being played on the joystick.
CENTIPEDE: HOLDS UP NICELY!
ICJ
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I bought a Flashcart for Atari 800. Here are the games. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2007, 10:27pm PDT 
DONKEY KONG by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2007, 10:34pm PDT
Re: DONKEY KONG by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/13/2017, 7:02am PDT
SHAMUS by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2007, 10:56pm PDT
SHAMUS on the c64: Awesome, Impossible. NT by mark 08/30/2007, 11:15pm PDT
Got Shamus going again on my Atari 800. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/13/2017, 6:59am PDT
POGO JOE by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2007, 11:12pm PDT
To clarify by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2007, 11:21pm PDT
I actually played MULE on C64 with OTHER KIDS as recently as 1996. NT by Jerry Whorebach 08/27/2007, 11:48pm PDT
Re: I actually played MULE on C64 with OTHER KIDS as recently as 1996. by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 12:08am PDT
Family friends and I play the NES version each Christmas break. NT by mark 08/30/2007, 11:16pm PDT
WIZARD OF WOR by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 2:45am PDT
JUNO FIRST by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 2:51am PDT
CENTIPEDE by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 3:01am PDT
KITTY! by Zseni 08/28/2007, 10:51am PDT
Re: KITTY! by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 2:05pm PDT
Caltrops is my Tetris now. by Zseni 08/29/2007, 12:26am PDT
play Tetris Attack by Bananadine 08/30/2007, 4:02pm PDT
Kirby's Avalanche. NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/30/2007, 8:40pm PDT
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine by any other name is still just Puyo Puyo :( NT by Jerry Whorebach 08/30/2007, 9:45pm PDT
agreed by Bananadine 08/31/2007, 4:25am PDT
What are your thoughts on Pokemon Puzzle League? by Jerry Whorebach 08/31/2007, 5:01am PDT
Re: What are your thoughts on Pokemon Puzzle League? by Bananadine 08/31/2007, 6:35pm PDT
Tetris Attack is indeed the king of Tetris Clones by FABIO 08/31/2007, 5:01am PDT
What are your views on Modern Tetris? by Worm 08/30/2007, 10:22pm PDT
Tetris is the sort of game you really want to run off a hard disk, not a DVD. by Jerry Whorebach 08/31/2007, 12:12am PDT
Well that didn't take long. Buyer beware: I don't think it's very good. NT by Jerry Whorebach 10/03/2007, 10:15am PDT
Re: KITTY! by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/28/2007, 2:14pm PDT
Re: KITTY! by Zseni 08/29/2007, 12:31am PDT
Actually I did not almost get fired. But it's definitely good to BE working. NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/29/2007, 12:37am PDT
Kill your booss. NT by Zseni 08/29/2007, 2:36am PDT
No. ^_^ NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/29/2007, 3:15am PDT
Re: KITTY! by Mischief Maker 08/29/2007, 7:44am PDT
This was a funny Jhoh Cable post. 2007. NT by Souffle of Pain 06/30/2011, 9:54pm PDT
So no, he hasn't posted anything funny in more than three years. NT by Fortinbras 06/30/2011, 10:39pm PDT
What about Josh? Has he EVER done anything funny? by caltrops blank 06/30/2011, 11:33pm PDT
This explains why you can never leave a thread without having the last word NT by Mischief Maker 08/30/2007, 11:16pm PDT
I was thinking of downloading an atari emulator to find some old games I played by Grumah 08/28/2007, 6:46am PDT
Give Star Raiders a try by Mischief Maker 08/28/2007, 12:47pm PDT
Oh, it's in the queue, boyo by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/28/2007, 1:45pm PDT
Would you kindly. NT by Atlas 08/28/2007, 1:52pm PDT
Moira is a pain in the neck alright NT by Grumah 08/28/2007, 2:15pm PDT
Are ye tellin' me, mui wife an' chile NT by Atlas 08/28/2007, 2:38pm PDT
I'm not so sure about that by Mischief Maker 08/28/2007, 2:48pm PDT
Re: I'm not so sure about that by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/03/2007, 11:28am PDT
LODE RUNNER by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2012, 10:47am PDT
This is one of those games that holds a certain mystique over me by Arbit 08/27/2012, 2:19pm PDT
Fact: my dad spent dozens of hours on Lode Runner when he was older than us NT by Fullofkittens 08/27/2012, 5:16pm PDT
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