Centipede Infestation
© 2011 Atari
Now 30 years old, the original arcade game Centipede has been given a completely new look and story, featuring cartoon-style characters, for the Wii and Nintendo DS. It is now an action/adventure shooter with tower defense-style objects. Bugs include centipedes, spiders, beetles, grubs, caterpillars, moths, and boss insects, found in seven environments and 40 stages. Weapons include machine guns, flame throwers, acid guns, rockets, missiles and 12 power-ups to fight through the invasions. Like the toadstool of the original Centipede game, each of the 13 insects has a unique defensive object that it can leave behind, as a 'special' variation of that insect is killed. These defensive objects are short-lived combat tools that distract, attack, or block insect assaults during battle. Here's the story: Twelve years after a nuclear war, the world has turned into an uninhabitable wasteland with mutant insects thriving in a toxic world and humanity holding onto survival in outposts hidden from the poisonous air and the killer Centipedes hunting their natural resources. Humanity’s only hope for survival? A boy named Max (you) and his girlfriend Maisy, who possesses a collection of seeds that hold the secret for bringing the plants back. A two player co-op feature is available. Nintendo 3DS players can use street pass and stop pass features that enable them to share content between passing 3DS users as well as share content between copies of Centipede owned on the Wii and 3DS. Created by WayForward for Atari.
$40, Wii, Nintendo 3DS
Teaches: logic, action