This game from Continental Software mimics the arcade game Centipede. The program calls it 'Kilopead' so there is a bit of bad editing somewhere on someone's part. The object of the game is to eliminate a multi-segmented kilopede as it descends the screen and to knock out the stationary mushrooms which act as a sort of maze and which control the kilopede's path and rate of descent. When you hit a kilopede segment it transforms into a mushroom and the kilopede carries on descending as the two left over sections in different directions.

This process continues until the kilopede either touches your gun and you lose a life or until you clear the screen of all the bits of kilopede, in which case you get points. The kilopede starts to ascend the screen if you don't get rid of it by the time it reaches the bottom. From time to time animals appear on the screen which must be avoided or dealt with. If you accurately shoot them down you get bonus points. Some of these animals pursue you and others merely fall on you from above. They consist of crabs, fleas, spiders and jellyfish.

As the levels change the game gets more difficult with greater frequency of animals and quicker kilopede descent and ascent. The graphics are good with the response of the gun immediate. The firing rate is quite rapid and movement swift in all directions. Not much use is made of colour, but the sound effects provide a driving background which gives an increasing sense of urgency. There is on screen scoring with an indication of lives left. For once the instructions are very basic for a Continental program with no scoring key given. For example, you get an extra life on reaching 5,000 points, but it's confusing that you appear not to at 10,000 when you need it more.

You can use joysticks or keyboard to control your gun. The box illustration is of the usual high standard. It is a good attempt to replicate the arcade game and is challenging and fairly addictive. In that sense it is quite good value for money.