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Product description You're trapped in the perilous Enchanted Forest. Dark, dangerous mushrooms push up through the squishy forest floor, surrounding you on every side. Threatening thumps and evil buzzing fill the air. Something slimy flashes through the mushrooms, closing in on you. Suddenly, glaring eyes and quivering antenna jump right out at you! Sparks fire from your magic wand again and again destroying the Centipede before its diminishing body can grow new heads. But more perils lurk in the forest - fierce Centipedes, deadly Spiders, venomous Fleas and poisonous Scorpions. You pick the magic wands, you just might make it out alive... Amazon.com As retro gaming continues to increase in popularity, many classic arcade games are getting a modern-day facelift. The latest 2-D coin-op classic to enter the 3-D era is Atari's Centipede, which now allows you to wander through a wide-ranging environment filled with cantankerous centipedes, sneaky spiders, and other deadly enemies. Gameplay varies considerably from the original game. While your goal is to still to shoot and survive, there are now six worlds and 30 levels to conquer. Retro gaming purists may scoff at the colorful new environments, which have replaced the generic black background of the original game. However, the 3-D game design now allows for dangerous enemies to creep up from any angle (which they often do). Fortunately, the controls have also been updated to allow you to strategically jump over approaching enemies. --Brett Atwood Pros: Impressive 3-D update to classic arcade favorite Multiplayer support (up to 4 players) Cons: Controls may confuse some players Review Games from the golden age of arcades seem to be slowly rising in popularity, as nostalgic gamers relive past glory with their favorite classic games. In response, game developers seem to be in a scramble to give classic arcade games a face-lift and a release on current consoles. Unfortunately, in most cases, a remake isn't as good as its predecessor, and while this new Centipede can stand on its own, it fails to capture the magic of the original. This time around, the game has a plotline. You're Wally, a simpleton bean counter who's somehow chosen to pilot the Wee people's last hope, The Shooter, against the QueenPede and her countless brood. In five different worlds, you fly about, shooting bugs, creating mushrooms, defending villages, and rescuing your fellow Wee people from the clutches of the vile centipedes. You've got better tricks at your disposal, as you'll be able to upgrade your main cannon, fire secondary weapons, and use shields. However, the game is pretty much the same. You turn countless centipedes into mushrooms, blast spiders, and avoid touching anything dangerous. The control of this game takes a little getting used to, but once you're there, you'll enjoy it. Instead of being limited to the bottom third of the screen, you can now roam about the entire 3D environment. Thankfully, the game engine was well designed, making strafing easy, so you can literally fly circles around your enemies. And although the centipedes enter from one side of the screen, they'll always make their way towards you. So if you find yourself running out of space, simply reverse your direction, and voila - more room. You'll learn to use this to your advantage, steering the centipedes toward wherever you need them to go. In addition, The Shooter can jump, so you can hop mushrooms or even climb ledges for special power-ups. The graphics in this game are adequate. The game sports three different views: a top-down view, an up-close-and-personal view from directly behind your craft, and a hybrid middle ground. From the top-down view, things are simple and fairly bland. The graphics really come into their own when you switch to the close-up view, where the 'pedes start to look menacing and dangerous, houses look like more than just squares, and the Wees you rescue look much more alive. Everything
