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I zeroed in on that comment too. I've never really considered myself a 'gamer' (despite now working in the industry) but Tempest was my first favorite arcade g
by maroonblazer 4y ago
I zeroed in on that comment too.
I've never really considered myself a 'gamer' (despite now working in the industry) but Tempest was my first favorite arcade game back in the day. I'm surprised there hasn't been an evolution of that game in some way/shape/form. Or perhaps there has been and I just haven't seen it.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoNot much into games either, and not many games in arcades in the 80's appealed to me. Tempest was one. I do not remember having to wait to play it either. Either it was not very popular or it was past its prime.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoI can’t think of another game before it or since that’s like it. It neither inspired a genre nor spawned any copy cats. It’s just plain unique! And really fucking difficult :)
- ddingus 4y agoSame, and maybe someone should try expanding on that idea.
- thackerhacker 4y agoYou need to check out Space Giraffe by legendary hippy coder Jeff Minter https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2J9SxTp0UbE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2J9SxTp0UbE
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThat looks really interesting. Unfortunately I don’t have an Xbox.
- abrugsch 4y agoAnd of course, JM has been responsible for all (OK, most of) the non-arcade ports since the Jaguar version, Tempest 2000 and (un-)official clones (such as space giraffe and T2K)
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoIt just isn't the same to me without the legacy video game controller. That spinning wheel made Tempest that much better.
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