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What makes this special is that the remake is by Jeff Minter, who is famous for, among other things, his multiple trippy remakes of Tempest on multiple platform
by mwenge 4y ago
What makes this special is that the remake is by Jeff Minter, who is famous for, among other things, his multiple trippy remakes of Tempest on multiple platforms.
- egypturnash 4y agoLooking videos of the original it honestly looks more like a sketch for a game than an actual game. The giant mandalas filling the screen beg for much trippier themeing than the generic blips and "the Atarian Federation vs the Xablartian Empire". The only reason it's really interesting to anyone is because the three people who ended up with the prototypes refused to let the ROMs get dumped for a while. Minter is a total wizard, and I hope Atari gave him enough leeway to turn this napkin doodle of a game into something that can reach into your brain and give your visual cortex a really soothing, satisfying massage. He's good at that. Scary good.
- morelisp 4y agoHaving played the version on Atari 50 some parts definitely could've spent more time cooking, but on the other hand for 1982 I think the two different scales alone would've made this stand out. (But part of the reason it was cancelled was apparently it was not just too difficult but "too complicated" - I assume primarily because of the scales.)