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Tempest

created and published by Atari in 1981-10, running on Arcade
type: shooter
genre: Tube shooter
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player
languages: eng
4.8/5
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bootleg(s): Tempest Tubes

Personal review

First ever game with colour vector graphics. Features a selection of monsters, in tubes, with a frenetic killing requirement. Unique in terms of gameplay, and also (probably) the first game in which you got to choose the starting difficulty level. Typical of the period, yet nevertheless outstanding as an arcade game.

# 2006

Technical specs

software: Lutris, Emulated on MAME,
hardware: Custom arcade hardware,
display: vector

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collected in
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 (Saturn)
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 (SNES)

emulated by
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 (PS)
Atari Vault (Linux)

has influenced
Typhoon 2001 (Linux)

has this clone
Tunnel Terror (Apple II E)
MacAttack (Mac OS Classic)
STORM (Mac OS Classic)
Arashi (Mac OS Classic)

ported to
Tempest (Amstrad CPC)
Tempest (ZX Spectrum)
Tempest (Electron)
Tempest (Atari ST)
Tempest (BBC)
Tempest (Atari 2600)
Tempest (Atari 5200)

prequel of
Tempest 2000 (Jaguar)

similar to
Mindgunner (Linux)

was remade as
Tempest 2000 (Saturn)
Tempest X3 (PS)

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