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Centipede Blasphemy!
« on: December 21, 2006, 02:02:32 pm »
Alright...so last night I was poking around my newly operational verical cabinet when I came across Centipede.   I figured since it was a vertical game i'd take a gander at how it looked.

I started the game up and played...for about 3 levels...before I realized....

...I WAS PLAYING WITH MY SPINNER.   Oh!  The horror! 

The vertical cabinet doesn't have a trackball so,  I figured "what the hell" and kept playing.   The dynamics of the game change slightly when playing with a spinner.  No longer do you have the vertical movement afforded by a trackball...so essentially,  if the centipede makes it to the bottom,  you are screwed and you just lost a life.

I played a single game last night with the spinner....and I was AMAZED at how well I did.  I did so well that I thought I may turn on the horizontal monitor to compare hiscores....

...well...let's just say that the vertical cabinet,  with the spinner,  has the best Centipede high score of the two cabinets...by about 20,000 points.   

Tonight I MUST beat that score with the trackball or all life as you and I know it will come to an end...

This blasphemy must be dealt with...head on!

ARGH!
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 02:49:03 pm »
YOU SICKEN ME! :troll:
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2006, 03:12:24 pm »
Well, only 2 degrees of freedom, vs 360.  Still, sounds neat.  I must say I hadn't even given it a thought, and I tend to think pretty outside.
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2006, 03:15:48 pm »
...yah...too bad Galaga doesn't have variable speeds for each direction...galaga with a spinner would rock!

:o)
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2006, 03:29:06 pm »
Can you use a joystick to nudge up/down?
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2006, 03:36:56 pm »
I guess I could use the joystick to nudge up and down...though it would be a bit of a pain in the ass nudging with a joystick,  firing with a button and using the spinner to control the side to side motion.  Plus that would only add to the evil that has already been done.
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2006, 03:41:14 pm »
heretic.
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2006, 04:18:40 pm »
Quote from: FrizzleFried on December 21, 2006, 03:36:56 pm
Plus that would only add to the evil that has already been done.

That's why I asked.  ;D
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2006, 06:44:58 pm »
Quote from: FrizzleFried on December 21, 2006, 03:36:56 pm
I guess I could use the joystick to nudge up and down...though it would be a bit of a pain in the ass nudging with a joystick,  firing with a button and using the spinner to control the side to side motion.  Plus that would only add to the evil that has already been done.


Use a Push/Pull Spinner?

:)

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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2006, 11:48:55 pm »
Well, you know, you could just use the joystick - which is defaulted in lieu of trackball.


...yah...too bad Galaga doesn't have variable speeds for each direction...galaga with a spinner would rock!

Sounds like a HACK is order!
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2006, 09:25:15 am »
Atari Force is coming to kick your ass. You should start running now...
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Re: Centipede Blasphemy!
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2006, 07:08:42 pm »
Hahahah.  Actually, I tried the spinner thing and it was worse.  Then I played a few times the old way and I ended up with one of my hightest scores!   All-in-all, though, I prefer Millipede.  More and cooler stuff.
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