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Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game

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Re: Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game

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That's so cool. I remember loving this game in the arcade but then being annoyed when I had to also buy a paddle wheel to play it on my 2600, which was then useful for exactly 0 other games.

Video game history is littered with cool peripherals that were only supported by less than a handful of games. NES R.O.B., SuperScope, etc.

Logitech Cyberman is my favourite.

Re: Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game

#42
post #5

That's so cool. I remember loving this game in the arcade but then being annoyed when I had to also buy a paddle wheel to play it on my 2600, which was then useful for exactly 0 other games.

Did you actually play Tempest on the Atari 2600? As far as I know, Atari did a prototype, but never shipped it.

https://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=8...

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