THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE SPECTIPEDE PUBLISHER Mastertronic AUTHOR K. Allison YEAR 1983 (released 1984) CATALOGUE NUMBER IS0021 CATEGORY Arcade DESCRIPTION A reasonable version of the 'Caterpillar' game. CONTROLS Caps Shift: left Z: right K: up M: down L: fire Kempston, Mikro-Gen and cursor joysticks supported. P: Play H: Hold (pause) I: Instructions INLAY CARD TEXT The Aim of the Game 1 or 2 Players Shoot the SPECTIPEDES which head for you avoiding MUSHROOMS as they go. Hit the body and they split in two. FLEAS descend leaving new Mushrooms behind, they need two hits to kill them, and speed up after the first hit. SCORPIONS wander across poisoning any Mushrooms they touch. Spectipedes drop straight to the bottom when they run into a poisoned Mushroom. Beware of the SPIDER who will try to jump on you. BONUS 1500 Points per Screen cleared. EXTRA LIFE every 20,000 points. Keyboard or Most Leading Joysticks. CHEATS SEQUELS/PREQUELS None. SCORES RECEIVED 78% - Crash 8 (Sept 1984) URL NOTES Much cloned game, originally titled Centipede. Mastertonic converted it to the Spectrum and changed the first part of the name likewise.