Tempest - Atari 7800

Publisher:Public Domain  Info
Developer:Mark Ball  Info
Year:2010
Category:Shoot'em Up
Game Manual:Download (CPC)
Download (Atari ST)
 Game Music:N/A

Also on: Acorn BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade, Sinclair ZX-81

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Tempest is a shooter using wire-frame graphics. Each Wireway is taken on in turn, and has a network of lines guiding the movement paths of both yourself and the aliens. You remain on the outside and keep shooting as the aliens move towards you. Any that reach the outside are fatal to touch, thus limiting your range of movement greatly if 2 or more achieve this. Some aliens move sideways - in dealing with these, plan ahead allowing for the time your shots to take to travel. You have a Super Zapper, which can be used once on each level to wipe out all aliens currently active, but this scores no points.


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