Summary: <br> Friends, with the start of a brand new year, it’s time to roll out another episode of the Diary podcast. For this show I discuss Atari’s 1981 classic fixed shooter, Centipede! As I mention on the episode itself this show was supposed to be published much sooner but due to time constraints like work obligations and with my computer dying on me – Centipede is making a debut in 2019 instead of 2018. Hopefully you will find the show itself worth the wait as I feel it’s safe to say we tackle one of the greatest video games of all time!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> On this show I make sure to shine a spotlight on Centipede co-creator, Dona Bailey, the first female programmer hired by Atari back in the day. Thanks to some vintage audio interviews and from the likes of a 1983 <a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n49?q=Dona+Bailey">Video Games</a><a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n49?q=Dona+Bailey"> </a>magazine article – I feel you get a little taste of what it was like for Bailey during the Golden Age of Atari. Furthermore I add some quotes from her co-creator and fellow legend, Ed Logg in the show – I even managed to find an incredible interview with former Centipede champion <a href="https://www.retroist.com/2016/04/09/eric-ginner-ataris-arabian/">Eric Ginnis</a> in the pages of Joystik magazine to share with you all!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Centipede really broke records when it was released to the arcades back in the day. Which naturally meant that it received a lion’s share of home ports to the consoles and computers of the time. In this episode I share how in 1983 DC Comics along with Atari finally gave fans of the game a rather whimsical backstory for Centipede.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This show I have a wonderful segment provided by Jacob Ashley – who just so happens to create beautiful pieces of art that you can check out and purchase on his <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWoodenArcade">Wooden Arcade</a> Etsy store. In this episode, Jacob shares his first memories with the classic arcade game in addition to attempting to find an arcade cabinet of his very own!<br> <br> <br> <br> Also on this episode I reference and include an audio clip from 2015 interview with Dona Bailey by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68H1AsiagdY">Motherboard</a> – which you can watch for yourself.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> If you have any suggestions for future games to cover or comments on the show itself you may email them to me at VicSage@Retroist.com. You can also contact me on <a href="https://twitter.com/vicsage2005">Twitter</a> and of course on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vic.sage.948">Facebook</a>. You can also keep up to date on what is going down at the Arkadia Retrocade by making sure to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ArkadiaRetrocade/">“Like”</a> their Facebook Page. If you need a daily fix you can check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Diaryofanarcadeemployee/">Official Diary of an Arcade Employee Facebook Page</a> too.<br> <br> <br> <br> I hope you enjoy the Centipede podcast and I want to thank you again for being patient with this episode’s delay.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Subscribe to the Diary of an Arcade Employee Podcast:<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/tt/podcast/diary-arcade-employee-podcast/id987491969?mt=2">[iTunes]</a> Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes. (MP3)<br> <br> <br> <br> Directly Download the Diary of an Arcade Employee Podcast:<br> <a href="https://ia801504.us.archive.org/20/items/DiaryOfAnArcadeEmployeeEp033Centipede/Diary-Of-An-Arcade-Employee-Ep-033-Centipede."></a>
