Tempest
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…
Tempest is an arcade developed by Atari, released 1 October 1981 on Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari ST/STE.
What Tempest is
Tempest is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1981. It is available on Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You control a yellow crab-shaped shooter that travels along the outside rim of a 3-dimensional tunnel, shooting enemies down the alleys of the tunnel while avoiding any coming down the alleys. The tunnel takes on many different forms, and the shooter has a special "superzapper" that enables it to kill all enemies present in the tunnel.
How it plays
Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Tempest holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70.
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