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Tempest - Xbox Live Arcade

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This intense shooter includes both a classic version and "enhanced" re-stylized versions.

Genre: Shooter
Release date: Dec 19, 2007
Published by: Atari
Developed by: Stainless Games

5 SO-SO
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Screenshots updated Dec 17, 2007

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News

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News from N4G Jan 21, 2008

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Review

Shoot the tubes! Old school psychedelic blasting comes to town

Dec 20, 2007

Tempest is the latest in a line of classic Atari coin-ops that suffer from the restrictions of the contemporary console controller. On the original arcade machine, this pseudo-3D shooter was controlled using two fire buttons and a rotating dial - a "spinner" to arcade fans - to move around the rim of the more-or-less tubular play field. It's a setup that a regular d-pad or analog stick just doesn't emulate well, and that basically makes what was already a difficult game a punishing experience ...

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