Centipede (ColecoVision)

No matter how many times you try to kill it, Centipede will come back.

Hidden Text#

A message from Larry Clague is hidden in the ROM at 0x3858:

                                                          
      IF YOU ARE READING THIS, AND YOU WORK AT COLECO,    
    THEN PLEASE TELL GEORGE KISS I SAID HELLO.  THANKS.   
                 SINCERELY, LARRY CLAGUE                  
                                                          
    PROGRAMMED BY:              L CLAGUE                  
    GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION BY:  L CLAGUE                  
    SOUND DATA SUPPLIED BY:     A FUCHS                   
    START DATE:                 04/20/83                  
    COMPLETION DATE:            08/23/83

Similar credits can be found in the unreleased ColecoVision version of Dig Dug.

(Source: Aoi)

References#

AVAILABILITY UPDATE - The Video Game Update, Volume 2, Number 10, January 1984↩︎

v · t · e The Centipede series
Arcade	Centipede • Millipede
Atari 2600	Centipede • Millipede
ColecoVision	Centipede
Intellivision	Centipede
Atari 7800	Centipede
NES	Millipede (HAL Laboratory) • Millipede (Namco)
Game Boy	Centipede
Game.com	Centipede
Windows, Mac OS Classic	Centipede
PlayStation	Centipede

Compilations
Game Boy	Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede & Millipede
Game Boy Advance	Centipede, Breakout, Warlords