This Exists... Because of A Lady
Meet Dona Bailey, The Woman Behind Atari’s Centipede
by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 11:01 am, July 10th, 2012
If you remember hanging out at arcades as a kid, and blowing all of the quarters in your piggy bank every weekend, you definitely know about Centipede. The classic arcade game was bright, colorful, operated by a trackball, and difficult as hell: players must shoot a centipede that splits into more centipedes as it winds down the screen. But what you might not know, is that a large part of the iconic shoot ‘em up game was designed by Dona Bailey, one of the few women programmers for the Atari.
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