Thats really impressive that you can last so long on the first screen. So whats the strategy using this plan. just leave a single section of the centipede and then keep shooting spiders? Do you have any other tips as I can not seem to find many on the web. I have also heard about trapping the spider but I am not sure how to do that either. I know that if you can get a vertical row in the middle of the screen and get the centipede coming straight down at you often times you can get the whole thing in one swoop.
You don't have to set up any special trap or anything for the first wave thing- just keep the bottom pretty clear of mushrooms.
Let a single centipede segment get to the bottom and start going back up.
New segments will start feeding in from the sides, faster and faster, but there is a limit.
Keep shooting Centipede segments and Spiders too.
All you need is 12K before you die and you're staying alive.
I don't do this for points, but to practice handling the segments once they start feeding in. It is a necessary skill in the later levels to be able to handle them without dieing as that's where most of your action will take place.
You can practice it on any level, but the 1st (and every 12th thereafter) is the best because that damn flea won't drop. I don't try to keep him quiet by keeping a block of mushrooms near the bottom either. I'd rather just keep the bottom section fairly clean and shoot everything.
Get 900 for the Spider whenever you can. It's a waste to settle for 300.
My high is around 250K. That's just playing at top throttle without monkeying with the 1st level. Some people can play it for millions and millions of points.
Remember- all you have to do is average over 12K per man and you can play forever.
Kerry