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Centipede/Millipede

Centipede and Millipede is the game that taught us the only good bug is a dead bug. Or was that Starship Troopers?

Release date: 5/2/2007
Metacritic score: 55

What they said: "Centipede and Millipede are the sort of simple, repetitive, no frills shooters you can get more than enough fun out of by playing the free trial version of, so we should be grateful to Microsoft for allowing people to find out why they probably shouldn't bother with this one." -- Eurogamer

What we say: "This double-shot of arcade classics makes us wonder if our houses were coated with lead paint. Is that why we exhibited such fondness for these games back in the day? Holding up about as well as a ballroom dancer with a hip replacement, Centipede/Millipede are head-shakingly bad. The retro modes warrant a quick play, which can be accomplished with the free trial mode, but the evolved Ecstasy-trip mode will make you wish Atari lost the code for these games before the start of the new Millennium."

29/05/08