Series

Centipede

8 games · 1981–2018

The whole series

Timeline 8

Games: 8; 5 remakes or remasters
Span: 1981–2011; 31 years
Average score: 66; IGDB, released games
Highest rated: 71; Centipede
Latest release: 2011; Centipede: Infestation

Releases by year

Released

1981
Series debut
June 6, 1981
Centipede
Atari · Shooter · Arcade
71IGDB
Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female player base. The player defends against swarms of insects, completing a round after eliminating the centipede that winds…
- Arcade
- Browser
Remade in 1998, 2007, 2008, TBA
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1982
1982
November 12, 1982
Millipede
Atari · Shooter · Arcade
58IGDB
Millipede is a 1982 arcade game by Atari, Inc. and is the sequel to the arcade hit, Centipede. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by destroying all segments of the millipede as it moves toward the…
- PC
- Arcade
- Browser
- Atari 8-bit
- +1
Remade in 2007
15 years without a new game
1998
1998
October 23, 1998
Centipede
Leaping Lizard · Shooter · Adventure
70IGDBRemake
Enter the world of the Wee People and do your best to save them from the QueenPede, who will stop at nothing to destroy this peaceful race of humanoids. In this remake of the classic Atari game, players take the role of Wally…
- PC
- Mac
- PS3
- PSP
- +2
Remake of Centipede (1981)
8 years without a new game
2007
2007
May 2, 2007
Centipede: Evolved
Stainless Games · Shooter · Arcade
Remake
Centipede: Evolved is a modernized remake of the 1981 arcade classic. Developed by Stainless Games and published by Atari, it was later included as a core title in the Atari Classics Evolved compilation.
- PSP
Remake of Centipede (1981)
December 19, 2007
Millipede: Evolved
Atari, Inc. · Shooter · Arcade
Remake
Millipede: Evolved is a modernized remake of Atari's 1982 arcade shooter sequel. It was included in the Atari Classics Evolved compilation.
- PSP
Remake of Millipede (1982)
2008
2008
December 5, 2008
Centipede
Griptonite, Inc. · Arcade
Remaster
Remaster of Centipede for iOS.
- iOS
Remaster of Centipede (1981)
2 years without a new game
2011
Latest release
October 25, 2011
Centipede: Infestation
WayForward Technologies · Shooter
Centipede: Infestation is a video game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Atari, SA for the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo 3DS. It is a re-imagining of the Centipede video game franchise. Centipede: Infestation is set in a post-apocalyptic world, and features a "run 'n' gun" shooting style gameplay with a mix of tower-defense style objects. The player's goal is to fight off giant bugs while seeking…
- 3DS
- Wii
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Cancelled
Cancelled
Centipede X
Never released
Centipede X
Midway Games
RemakeCancelled
Centipede X is an unreleased, cancelled 3D shoot 'em up game that was in development in 1997 for the Nintendo 64.
- Nintendo 64
Remake of Centipede (1981)