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Release Date calendar
October 1, 1981
Platform joystick
Arcade
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
2
Overview

Tempest is an arcade game by Atari Inc., originally designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. Released in October 1981 it was fairly popular and had several ports, clones, and sequels. The game is also notable for being the first video game with a selectable level of difficulty (determined by the initial starting level). The game is a tube shooter, a type of shoot 'em up where the environment is fixed and viewed from a three-dimensional perspective.

Alternate Names

No information available

Cooperative

No

ESRB

Not Rated

Genres
Shooter
Developers
Atari
Publishers
Atari
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