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Centripod
Title:Centripod
Category:Game/Centipede
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:64K
Machine:PAL & NTSC
Code Type:Machine code
Distribution:Freeware
Game ending type:Has an end, restarts (no reward)
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Released by:Fantastic Italian Research Enterprise (FIRE)
Additional code by:Luca
Credited (Additional graphics by):Coyote
Converted by:Hecht, Ulrich
Credited (Additional code by):TLC
Notes: 
  External links:
    C64 release
    VIC20 release

User Rating: 7.5/10 (2 votes)
Centripod Title Screenshot

Centripod Screenshot


Appeared On Compilations
Club Info 99


Effects
PartEffect nameParametersNotes
SID Support 
Starfield In the intro.


Content Overview
The complete release includes these files:
- centripod.prg, sidcard version by Luca/FIRE
- centripod_plus4_original.prg, plus/4 version by Ulrich Hecht
- centripod_plus4.asm, sidcard version source code
- amc_plus4_original.s, plus/4 conversion source code
- amc_c64.s, c64 source code


Description
"CENTRIPOD" - SIDCARD VERSION - RELEASED BY LUCA/FIRE. CONVERTED ON +4 BY ULRICH HECHT. ONCE A DAY, SURFING THE WEB, I SPOTTED OUT HTTP //WWW.EMULINKS.DE/WORDPRESS/ BLOG, MAINTAINED BY HERR HECHT. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT HIM, BUT HE SHOULD HAVEBEEN A PASSIONATE +4 USER. HE CONVERTED TWO EASY C64 GAMES, OFFERING BOTH ORIGINAL AND CONVERTED ASM FILES ON THAT BLOG. THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE CLONE-OF-YOU-KNOW-WHAT GAME, APPEARED ON C64 UNDER PUBLIC DOMAIN LICENCE, RELEASED BY BINARY ZONE. THANKS TO ULRICH, IT HAS BEEN VERY SIMPLE TO IMPLEMENT SIDCARD. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T HAD SUCCESS IN FIXING THE MISSING SHOT'S SOUND FX RELEASE, BUG THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL PORTING TOO.. WELL, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL LIKE THIS RETRIEVED GEM ANYWAY. IT'S TIME TO SEND SOME GREETINGS... CSABO/LOD DEGAUSS/TEK DCD/WLS SVS/FIRE BUBIS/RSC GAIA/LOD MIKE DAILLY ATI/GS HIFI/TLT SKORO/ASN LAVINA/GOTU CHRONOS/ACE TLC/CNS TOM/LOD TMR/C KICHY/ASN CROWN/GOTU MURPHY/GS/EXD MERMAID/C CHARLIE/SGR HARRY/GOTU CSIO/ACE COYOTE/CNS RACHY/MX BRITELITE/DKD BIONIC/SYN ERICH/ULTD NUKEM/TDC MAGERVALP/MM BSZ/NST UNREAL/MX LANDO NINJA/GS V.LIDOVSKI SLD/GS RUDIGER/ULTD TPSH TCFS SENSOR/NST SIZ/TBC BEAST/MX IAN COOG/HF RRR/OXY LARRY/WLS W-MAN/GS ICE00 LACOSTE/WLS SOLDER/SYN OPTIKA/ALIENS 4MAT/C HAEGAR/SYN ALL THE PPL AT +4WORLD, INDEX.HU AND DEMOSCENE.HU! LEAVE THE SCENE, IF YOU DARE!


Crack Intro Goofs
This is the original version of this crack intro.
In this first version, the tiny 'C=+4" tags bounce, and the starfield has all moving layers with 1px stars only. Under the big 'C' in the logo, char colors are badly set.
There are bugs in both flashings: the leftmost 2x2 characters don't go to black one the flash has gone, and the coloured flashing on the 1x1 text just below suddendly comes instead of phasing in.

The timeline for this crack intro is:
Attack Of The Mutant Camels 1st original version
Centripod 1st original version
Exploding Fist +5MD! 2nd version
Rockstar Manager +2! 3rd version NTSC bugged
Matatu GDF 3rd version NTSC bugged
Castle Master +3DF! [PAL/NTSC] 4th version

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