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Game ID: 33112
Console / System: Arcadia 2001
Title: Centipede
Scarcity (loose): 0
Value in USD (loose): 0
Scarcity (complete): 0
Value in USD (complete): 0
Publisher: Unknown
Section: 6
Description: This is a vaporware game announced by Hanimex, planned for release soon after the console had been launched. After the first 17 titles were released, it was going to be part of a second wave of game releases along with "Galaga" and "Jungler". As with most of the announced games that fell victim to copyright infringement lawsuit fears, this game's release plans altered. Past experiences with this global software library, however, support the idea that they could have in fact been completed before their release plans changed. A number of similar titles prove this. The ROM software archiving and system research experience Ward has done with this library leads him to feel it is worthwhile to continue to hold out some level of hope that we will one day see this title in its original form. At one point it seemed like a pipe dream to ever expect to see a copy of "Crazy Climber" to show upa and yet it did. As we all gained more experience with this console group, a pattern began to emerge. It appears that while Emerson may have given up all hope of being able to release these game titles within the U.S. game market, that one or more of the overseas companies followed through on the early plans. We now see it as the norm for this library to find two copies of any arcade titlea one that seems to blatantly infringe someone's arcade game copyrights, and another that appears to be a copy based on that title. The second is modified just enough to "legalize" it for release. In some instances, such as "Crazy Climber," they did not bother to attempt to hide the game's origins. They just released the original version that they had created. Our hope is that if you cannot find a given game ROM through one company, to keep looking. You may find some other company that did put it out, somewhere in the world. We did manage to locate what appeared to be unmodified ROM chips within cartridges made for the MPT-03 and Ormatu game consoles, but even this varies by company and regional area. (This is only helpful if it is the ROM image you are searching for. It does not necessarily do a game cartridge collector much good!) One other speculative possibility is that this particular game was written, in part or in full, and then the source code was recycled to become part of the released game "Spiders". Keep your eyes open!
System exclusive: 0
Periodical's review: UK-based "Computer and Video Games"-magazine announced this game in an article in June 1982 but nothing more has ever been heard about it since then (see the Emerson FAQ).
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