The Commodore 64 is proving no slouch when it comes to duplicating
arcade games. Centropods is a version of the popular Centipede game.
The playfield consists of a black background populated by
purple mushroom-like growths, and the player's white blaster
which can be moved freely around the lower part of the screen.
A yellow wriggly 'Centron' comes squirming down, changing direction
when it touches a mushroom. It must be destroyed by blasting each
of its body segments individually, which causes the creature to
split up, each dead segment becoming a new mushroom.
Other hazards include a red spinning 'buzzer' and an organge
'glue pod', both of which can be shot for bonus points. Green
rockets drop down spreading more mushrooms, and the action
gets more and more frantic as the Centron nears the bottom.