In Centipede, the player moves the character about the bottom area of the screen with a trackball and fires laser shots at a centipede advancing from the top of the screen down through a field of mushrooms. Shooting any section of the centipede creates a mushroom; shooting one of the middle segments splits the centipede into two pieces at that point. Each piece then continues independently on its way down the board.
The centipede starts at the top of the screen, traveling either left or right. When it hits a mushroom or the edge of the screen, it drops one level and switches direction. Thus, more mushrooms on the screen cause the centipede to descend more rapidly. The player can destroy mushrooms by shooting them, but each takes four hits to destroy.
Bet 1-100 chips, use the betting fields if you know how then roll. You win if the first roll is a natural (7, 11) and lose if it is craps (2, 3, 12). If a point is rolled (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) it must be repeated before a 7 is thrown in order to win. If 7 is rolled before the point you are trying to make, you lose.
The table dice are small (look at the ones in the lower right corner instead). The voice can also be muted (click the VOICE button)
The player takes the role of Mario. He moves by using the left & right arrow keys and jumps with the space bar. The object is to race through the Mushroom Kingdom, collect coins, evade or eliminate Bowser's forces and save Princess Peach. Mario can be hurt or killed if he touches an enemy BUT many can be killed or stopped by jumping on their head. If he takes a hit as "regular" Mario, falls down a pit (regardless of status), or the time clock runs out, he loses a life and starts again.
