Tempest

63 - Tempest (series)

Year: 1980
Platform(s): Arcade
Designer(s): Dave Theurer [1980] & Jeff Minter [1994]
Developer: Atari [1980] / Llamasoft [1994]
Publisher: Atari

"Many home versions of this game exist, including a recent release on Xbox Live Arcade. However, nothing beats playing the arcade game because you have access to the very cool "spinner knob." You control a spaceship and must navigate around a grid while shooting enemies that emerge from its center. From there, you actually zoom into the center to reach the next stage, while avoiding spikes left behind by certain enemies. The shooting action still never gets old." - Robert Workman, GameDaily

Remakes:
Tempest 2000 (1994) [Jaguar / Saturn]

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