Achieved at : 2023-12-09
Rank : 2
(world record)
Lups : 188
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2024-01-30
| General Rules: |
Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, auto-fire (when not default present in-game), emulator save states, or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
| Specific Rules: | Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings. |
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Centipede is a version of the arcade game for the Jupiter Ace with at least 16K of expansion. It was written by Colin Dooley and released by Boldfield Computing in 1984.
No surprises that this game is based on the arcade game of the same name. It lacks a lot of the enemies - only the Centipede and flea are present, but it is still a fast and challenging game. On a machine that was starved of decent games, this is one that makes a stand in the camp labelled 'good'.
Written in machine code, it is one of a few games that show that the Ace was not a complete nothing of a machine. It also used the Sound Box add-on for improved sound, created by Essex Micro Electronics. This was a hardware add-on that added an AY-3-8910 to the system. It was only used by a few games as the Ace was very much a niche machine by the time it arrived. As well as this game, Sam and the Time Bombs also used it.
This run was made using the Pantheon Emulator. The date of play was the 9th December 2023 and the score reached was 8,796 points.
Timestamps:
00:30 Game loaded in Pantheon, title screen and Hall of the Mountain King is played.
01:02 Instructions.
01:07 Game start.
01:33 Game Over! Final score 50.
01:41 First life lost.
03:11 Second life lost.
04:09 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 8,796 points.
04:13 Enter initials for the highest score.
No surprises that this game is based on the arcade game of the same name. It lacks a lot of the enemies - only the Centipede and flea are present, but it is still a fast and challenging game. On a machine that was starved of decent games, this is one that makes a stand in the camp labelled 'good'.
Written in machine code, it is one of a few games that show that the Ace was not a complete nothing of a machine. It also used the Sound Box add-on for improved sound, created by Essex Micro Electronics. This was a hardware add-on that added an AY-3-8910 to the system. It was only used by a few games as the Ace was very much a niche machine by the time it arrived. As well as this game, Sam and the Time Bombs also used it.
This run was made using the Pantheon Emulator. The date of play was the 9th December 2023 and the score reached was 8,796 points.
Timestamps:
00:30 Game loaded in Pantheon, title screen and Hall of the Mountain King is played.
01:02 Instructions.
01:07 Game start.
01:33 Game Over! Final score 50.
01:41 First life lost.
03:11 Second life lost.
04:09 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 8,796 points.
04:13 Enter initials for the highest score.