Tempest

Released

2016-08-22

User rating

2.35 / 5

Genres

Indie, Action, RPG

Platforms

PC, PlayStation 4, macOS, Xbox 360

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Game details · IGDB

Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or lanes. The player controls a claw-shaped spaceship (named Blaster) that crawls along the near edge of the playfield, moving from segment to segment. Tempest was one of the first games to use Atari's Color-QuadraScan vector display technology. It was also the first game to allow the player to choose their starting level (a system Atari dubbed "SkillStep")…

Released

1981

Genres

Shooter, Arcade

Platforms

Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Electric Dreams Software, Superior Software Ltd., Atari, Atari Corporation

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