Centipede - Every Game Ranked (BBC Micro)

[@BigCar2]

Keep making these videos. Great stuff!

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you! Must admit, I'm enjoying this formula, definitely keen to make more like it 😀

[@Rikky2000]

Now I just want to play Centipede games 🙂

[@ColinHoad]

That's the spirit! You've got 18 versions to choose from 😁

[@tarstarkusz]

16:28 That is a feature of the arcade version of Centipede. The snail poisons the mushrooms it touches and causes the centipede to rapidly go straight down into the area your ship is in.

[@ColinHoad]

Ah, fair enough - I don't think I'd ever noticed that until you pointed it out!

[@andrewduff9178]

Thanks for the video Colin! I think 'Bug Blaster' was the version I had back in the day, which I quite enjoyed. I also didn't know that Watford Electronics made any games - theirs was quite an impressive version! Looking forward to your next entry in the series!

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video! There is another one in mid-production but it's taking me a while to get it finished - another case of "they made HOW many versions of this game?!" 😆

[@GavinCawley]

Centipede was one of my favourites, but unfortunately I only had the Jupiter Ace version. Very much enjoyed the nostalgia of the video though!

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you, I'm glad! The Jupiter Ace was a rather unusual machine to have had back in the day, I've seen a few videos about it and it appeals to me - I have a ZX81 and the Ace is a bit like a souped-up version!

[@stevesgaming7475]

Brilliant video again! This series is such a wonderful idea and thanks for doing it and putting all the time and effort into it. I pretty much agree with your ratings here, one thing I have to comment on though, Crawler.. I just LOVE the way the Centipede moves in that. it looks so cool!

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you very much, I'm really glad you're enjoying it! I like the formula, too, so I'll definitely be continuing with it 😁 Yes, I agree, Crawler from Watford Electronics is a revelation 😀

[@shieladixon]

you are very animated when you play! And that's just as it should be. Games don't always make you feel that immersed. My favourite centipede when growing up - Ocean's Caterpillar for Vic - had that effect. I still love it.

[@ColinHoad]

Haha I'm not always that animated - you should see me playing Civilization (I just have a glazed over look the entire time). But yes, if a game is as fast and manic as Exterminator, I do get quite into it 😂

[@stephenbull2026]

Oh yes....loved this game. Looking forward to this video.

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you, Stephen! I hope you enjoy it :-D

[@russellpengilley5924]

I only ever played the Superior Software version (on any platform) and until this video didn't know vertical movement was a thing!

[@ColinHoad]

Funnily enough I also didn't know until later in life, because as a child I had only known the Superior version myself 😅

[@trickysoft]

Love the video, so many play through videos just show game play with no commentary and I loved yours, didn't hurt coming first ;) I wonder if that Watford one was by a college friend of mine, although he called it millipede and had sinusoidal scroll text. PS I did a version in the eighties, but never added lives or game over. Arcadian got someone a few years ago to call the game, decrement a life when it returned and called it again and the zeroed the score etc to start a new game.

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you, Tricky, I'm really glad you liked it! Your Centipede is such a great game, it was a pleasure to celebrate it - as well as reviewing all the other variants, most of which I didn't previously know myself 😄

[@aristarchusparallax]

+1 here for not knowing about Watford Electronics venture into video game publishing. They kept that quiet! Did they release anything else?

[@ColinHoad]

I'm glad it wasn't just me 😅 I had a look on the BBC Micro games archive and they did publish a few others; not many, but I will definitely be checking them all out, because Crawler is superb!

[@cruxinc]

great video, absolutely loving it!

[@ColinHoad]

Thank you, that's very kind - it was great fun to make, too!

[@LeShark75]

I loved Caterpillar (15), felt like a pair with Hopper.

[@ColinHoad]

It's a great one, definitely a solid Electron arcade game!

[@gloworm123]

The hedgedog in killapede is achally a beetle (sorry for my bad grammar)

[@ColinHoad]

Ah, a beetle does make more sense 😄

[@Colin_Ames]

“Digital flatulence” is a term I wasn’t familiar with 😊

[@ColinHoad]

Haha... I felt it was suitably descriptive! 😜

[@TowkayCC]

Does any remember playing a game called Eggs It back in the eighties?

[@ColinHoad]

I'll have to admit, it's not one I know, sorry!