History VideoGame / Millipede

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Every bug kills you on contact, the mushrooms get in your way and send the millipede down faster, and flowers are basically mushrooms that are ImmuneToBullets.

Fortunately, there is a new feature that can be used to the player's advantage: DDT bombs. Four of them can appear on the playfield at any given time. Shooting one of them unleashes a deadly gas cloud that destroys any insects, flowers or mushrooms in the area.

-> ''You're totally lost in a dark, perilous forest. Dangerous mushroom are quickly pushing up through the forest floor, snaring you on every side. Something slimy flashes through the forest maze, moving in on you. The MILLIPEDE, not of normal proportions but a gigantic monster, is attacking you''.

--> ''You're totally lost in a dark, perilous forest. Dangerous mushroom are quickly pushing up through the forest floor, snaring you on every side. Something slimy flashes through the forest maze, moving in on you. The MILLIPEDE, not of normal proportions but a gigantic monster, is attacking you''.

--> You're totally lost in a dark, perilous forest. Dangerous mushroom are quickly pushing up through the forest floor, snaring you on every side. Something slimy flashes through the forest maze, moving in on you. The MILLIPEDE, not of normal proportions but a gigantic monster, is attacking you.
--> — Instruction manual

You're totally lost in a dark, perilous forest. Dangerous mushroom are quickly pushing up through the forest floor, snaring you on every side. Something slimy flashes through the forest maze, moving in on you. The MILLIPEDE, not of normal proportions but a gigantic monster, is attacking you.
— Instruction manual

* TheArtifact: The Gameboy version reverts back to using the Bee, Inchworm, and Earwig but still refers to them with the NES version's names in the manual.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The NES and Gameboy ports swapped out a few of the enemies.

** Earwig > Longicorn.

* BugWar

* ShootEmUp

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The blue screen (no, not [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows that kind]]) during the attract mode.[[note]]Which is also the closest the game comes to having a title screen (which the previous game didn't have).[[/note]]

Fortunately, there is a new feature that can be used to the player's advantage: DDT bombs. Four of them can appear on the playfield at any given time. Shooting one of them unleashes a cloud of deadly gas that destroys any insects, flowers or mushrooms in the area.

Although this game utilizes the same format and controls as ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'', ''Millipede'' offers many extra elements that test your skill limits. You still shoot from the bottom of the screen at a field of mushrooms, but instead of battling just the original four arthropods, you now face a deadlier variety of enemy bugs: millipedes, spiders, bees, beetles, earwigs, inchworms, dragonflies, and mosquitoes. Naturally, each of these creatures has unique characteristics that must be studied. In addition, the mushrooms move up or down, and sometimes change around after a level ends.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: All the bugs kill you on contact, the mushrooms get in your way and send the millipede down faster, and flowers are basically mushrooms that are ImmuneToBullets.

* {{Expy}}: Though most of the bugs are entirely new, the Earwig and the Bee have the same movement patterns and abilities as the Scorpion and Flea from ''Centipede''. (And, of course, the Millipede itself is basically just a reskin of the Centipede)

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The blue screen (no, not [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows that kind]]) during the attract mode[[note]]Which is also the closest the game comes to having a title screen (which the previous game didn't have)[[/note]].

Although this game utilizes the same format and controls as ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'', ''Millipede'' offers many extra elements that test your skill limits. You still shoot from the bottom of the screen at a field of mushrooms, but instead of battling just the original four arthropods, you now face a deadlier variety of enemy bugs: millipedes, spiders, bees, beetles, earwigs, inchworms, dragonflies, and mosquitoes. Naturally, each of these creatures has unique characteristics that must be studied. In addition, the mushrooms move up or down, and sometimes change around after the end of a level.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The game's main foe is the Millipede the title is named after

'''''Millipede''''' is a 1982 video game. Defend yourself from hordes of larger-than-life insects. The bugs keep coming -- all kinds -- and the challenge continues while the intensity increases.

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The blue screen (no, not [[UsefulNote/MicrosoftWindows that kind]]) during the attract mode[[note]]Which is also the closest the game comes to having a title screen (which the previous game didn't have)[[/note]].

* ImmuneToBullets: If a Beetle touches a mushroom, it turns into a flower that is completely indestructible.

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The blue screen (no, not [[UsefulNote/MicrosoftWindows that kind]]) during the attract mode[[note]]Which is also the closest the game comes to a having title screen (which the previous game didn't have)[[/note]].

* ThemeTuneRollCall: The blue screen (no, not [[UsefulNote/MicrosoftWindows that kind]]) during the attract mode[[note]]Which is also the closest the game comes to a having TitleScreen (which the previous game didn't have)[[/note]].

* ImmuneToBullets: If a Beetle touches a mushroom, it gets turned into a flower that is completely indestructible.

* TheEighties

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
* GameOver
* PaletteSwap

* ZergRush: Any wave with bees, dragonflies, or mosquitoes mass rushing you.

'''''Millipede''''' is an 1982 video game. Defend yourself from hordes of larger-than-life insects. The bugs keep coming -- all kinds -- and the challenge continues while the intensity increases.

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Millipede is an 1982 video game. Defend yourself from hordes of larger-than-life insects. The bugs keep coming -- all kinds -- and the challenge continues while the intensity increases.

Another feature is the option to start at a higher level of difficulty, which progresses as the player scores more points (similar to ''{{Tempest}}'').

''Millipede'' has examples of:

* DeadlyGas - DDT

* EverythingTryingToKillYou - All the bugs kill you on contact, the mushrooms get in your way and send the millipede down faster, and flowers are basically mushrooms that are ImmuneToBullets.

* ZergRush - Any wave with bees, dragonflies, or mosquitoes mass rushing you.

Although this game utilizes the same format and controls as ''{{Centipede}}'', ''Millipede'' offers many extra elements that test your skill limits. You still shoot from the bottom of the screen at a field of mushrooms, but instead of battling just the original four arthropods, you now face a deadlier variety of enemy bugs: millipedes, spiders, bees, beetles, earwigs, inchworms, dragonflies, and mosquitoes. Naturally, each of these creatures has unique characteristics that must be studied. In addition, the mushrooms move up or down, and sometimes change around after the end of a level.

Defend yourself from hordes of larger-than-life insects. The bugs keep coming -- all kinds -- and the challenge continues while the intensity increases.