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Centipede was one of Atari's all-time smash hits across all their systems, including the arcade version.

Take a look at the game and it's not difficult to see why. It's an original scenario - a shoot-'em-up in a mushroom field between spiders, bugs, scorpions and the hundred legged insect from which the game takes its name. This is a breath of fresh air to the games player who is beginning to tire of feeding his joystick on an unending series of aliens.

Add to this the fastest moving nasties that Atari have ever come up with and you have the three key ingredients of Centipede: cute graphics, an original scenario, and super fast gameplay.

Now Atari have improved the cartridge even further and brought out a deluxe model called Millipede.

Though very similar to Centipede, Millipede does have some entirely new features. The DDT bombs are worth a cool 800 points, though the highest scoring newcomers are the earwigs worth a grand each.

Millipede is slightly better than Centipede - though if you already own Centipede there is not much point in buying this one as well. Millipede is on sale now at £24.99.

Thumping good shoot-'em-up - second only to River Raid for the VCS.