Let's Compare ( Tempest )

Video Locations:
1. Arcade 1:00
2. Atari 2600 ( PROTOTYPE ) 2:33
3. Atari 5200 ( PROTOTYPE ) 4:09
4. ZX Spectrum 5:39
5. Amstrad 7:17
6. Atari ST 8:52
7. Amiga ( Tempest 1200 ) 10:27
8. Gameboy Advance ( Atari Anniversary Advance ) 11:57
9. Super Nintendo 13:11
( Arcades Greatest Hits Atari collection vol. 1 )
10. Playstation & Saturn 14:46
( Arcades Greatest Hits Atari collection vol. 1 )
11. DOS ( Tempest 2000 ) 16:21
12. Playstation, Dreamcast, PC 18:57
( Atari Anniversery Edition )
13. Sega Saturn ( Tempest 2000 ) 21:33
14. Atari Jaguar ( Tempest 2000 ) 24:11
15. Nuon ( Tempest 3000 ) 26:45
16. Windows ( Typhoon 2001 ) 29:20
17. Playstation Tempest X3 32:20
Description Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_...
Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., originally designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. The game is a tube shooter, a type of shoot 'em up where the environment is fixed and viewed from a three-dimensional perspective.
It was fairly popular and had several ports and sequels. The game is also notable for being one of the first video games with a selectable level of difficulty (determined by the initial starting level).
Gameplay:
The objective of Tempest is to survive as long as possible and score as many points as possible by clearing the screen of enemies that have landed on the playing field. The game takes place in a closed tube or open field which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or lanes. The player controls a claw-shaped spaceship that crawls along the near edge of the playfield, moving from segment to segment. This ship can rapid-fire shots down the tube, destroying any enemies within the same segment, and is also equipped with a Superzapper, which destroys all enemies currently on the playfield once per level. (A second use of the Superzapper in a level destroys one random enemy.)
Enemies swirl around at the far end of the playfield, then enter the playfield and move toward the player. There are multiple types of enemy, each of which has different behavior. At higher levels, some enemies leave a spike in the middle of the lane as they travel toward the player; a spike can destroy the player's ship when the player warps out to the next playfield. Other enemies travel to the player end of the playfield and then flip from lane to lane, killing the player if they move to the lane that the player is on; firing while the enemy is changing from an adjacent lane kills this type of enemy. When all enemies in a level are destroyed or reach the near end of the playfield, the player "warps" to the next level by traveling down the playfield. As the player warps to the next level, he must avoid or shoot away any spikes. The player loses a ship when an enemy comes into contact with their ship, shoots it or otherwise destroys it, or if the ship hits a spike while warping. At certain point thresholds, the player earns a new ship. The game is over when the enemies destroy all of the player's ships.
The game consists of sixteen screens with unique geometric shapes, some of which are closed tubes that allow the player to loop around, while others are open fields that have distinct left and right endpoints. When all sixteen screens have been played, the sequence repeats with a different color scheme and a higher difficulty level, including the invisible (black) levels (65--80). Each sequence of levels adds additional enemies that are faster and more deadly to the player's ship. The numbered levels stop incrementing after level 99 and a random one of the 16 variations will appear after successful completion of subsequent levels.
DOWNLOAD TYPHOON 2001
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[@QLvsJAGUAR]

YES! YES! YES! Great to see so many Tempest variations in one single video.

[@MrVenom1974]

Tempest is a great game. Thanks for the prototypes. I think I will try out the Amiga version and the DOS version. Tempest 20o0 on the "Jag" is a true legend.

[@DevilMaster]

I played that game in 2008 at a retrocomputing exhibition. Got the highest score.

[@Ratsauce]

Most remakes: Visual and Audio Enhancement Nuon: Psychedelic Acid Trip

[@bangerbangerbro]

Well that's the way Minter probably wanted all the x000 versions to be lol

[@Gunzee]

4:30 the start of a nice beat, most 2600 games lacked music but the sfx slowly made a beat. Centipede, missile command, boxing & defender 2 are the readily memorable. I'm sure there were many more but it was '92/93 the last time I used my 2600.

[@ikeaaron]

The Atari ST port is shameful but the Amiga version blew my mind.

[@Scifidude1]

The Atari Jaguar version, to this day, still ranks as one of the greatest games ever produced on any console.

[@bangerbangerbro]

Why just the Jag version?

[@aeonsnarfus]

Truth. Best playability, tightest tuning, best programming...not a port, but direct to the metal, and properly psychedelic.

[@tarstarkusz]

Arcade and Jaguar are the best versions, IMHO.

[@LanIost]

The MSDos one is great if you have the CD version which has the Jaguars music (or maybe even more)

[@vapourmile]

The PC version is definitely better than the Jaguar version.

[@repairdepartment5918]

I like the jaguar too, but can the captions/instructions be turned off?

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@LanIost I liked the sound blaster music like in the video better than the original soundtrack.

[@mwaawm]

No footage of the warp levels from the Jaguar version is disappointing. Also workrs have been useful to indicate the year of release so that we judge contemporaneous versions against each other. The Amstrad version was very impressive if it came out the same time as the spectrum and (apalling) ST one.

[@WIDERisBETTER]

This is an amazing compilation video! I am a proud Atari jaguar owner and this game is awesome on the system! I just got myself a Sega Saturn a couple weeks ago as well as a copy of that version too. But the Atari jaguar is still the best version of this game!

[@choinate]

I first played Tempest in Atari Jaguar.

[@bryanbelshaw7725]

Windows and Playstation (Tempest X3) look fabulous. My preference would be the Playstation. Brilliant to see all these versions of of the arcade legend. They should've re-issued it in the arcade with the techno soundtrack.

[@GamingHistorySource]

This version includes Tempest X3 for playstation. I missed it in the earlier video.

[@Kevin_40]

:)

[@jonsan5693]

+Gaming History Source What's the best version of tempest?

[@Kevin_40]

+The Video Kidd Tempest on Jaguar, Saturn, PS1 and PC are about equally as good, just with some minor differences here and there.

[@GamingHistorySource]

+The Video Kidd I enjoyed the windows version quite a lot !

[@ztevezen9434]

How on earth do you play

[@Miesiu]

The Jaguar version win !

[@ATW2k]

Thanks for making such a cool collection of my favorite game!

[@wingnut4427]

And thank You for assisting me with the Nuon footage ! :D Coudl'nt have done it without You.

[@ZacharyDietze]

This list should be updated now that Tempest 4000 is a thing…

[@TheRetroShed]

Love Tempest! Great vid.

[@Bubbabyte99]

That Nuon version is what an acid trip looks like kids.

[@davidcone1433]

I'm sure this has been said by now, but there's now Tempest 4000 available for PC, XB1, and PS4.

[@accutronitisthe2nd95]

The Jaguar is 2nd place with its hidden spinner support and Typhoon 2001with its arcade spinner support is #1 BUT now there is Tempest 4000 !

[@sidewinder7480]

I came here just for the kickass music.

[@DavesGarage]

I have the World' High Schore (in Extreme mode at Twin Galaxies) and the Arcade is the only version I can play at all! Even emulated is poor, that's why I now have multiple machines... and if I'm lucky, ONE of the monitors will work :-)

[@daemonelectricity]

9:03 DARKNESS! IMPRISONING ME! ALL THAT I SEE! ABSOLUTE HORROR!

[@Sebastian1011]

Nice vid! Now that TxK is out it should probably be included too.

[@targetrender9529]

Great video, thanks. Wasn't awRe of a Super Nintendo version. That looked surprisingly good. Gotta get TxK for the Vita, now.

[@lurkerrekrul]

There was also a great Tempest clone for the Amiga called Vektor Storm.

[@TheAxelay]

As a former Amstrad 464 CPC owner, I'll say that version is the best 8 bit micro version around!! The Amiga version is extremely surprising like it's a prequel to the Jaguar version!!! It's that good and advanced!!! Typhoon 2001 does it SO right and it's a 5mb freeware title that can still hold it's commanding position (obligational download!). But to the most insane version is the mysterious NOUN Tempest 3000!!! That version is outright batsh!t nuts which levels that change, bend and alter themselves!!! Shame it's so hard to find or emulate...Then there the version not on here...Tempest 4000 which is so so but it has it's faults and some of them are pretty serious...So Tempest 3000 to me is the DEFINITIVE version because it's so hard to find....

[@IanRomanick]

Oh man... that 2600 version is definitely in the "why did they bother" bin. The 5200 version looked pretty good. Too bad that never made it to the 8-bit computers. I really like the "zap" effect on the Amstrad.

[@bangerbangerbro]

The VCS version didn't come out. It's not finished.

[@IanRomanick]

@@bangerbangerbro So in other words... they didn't really bother. 😂

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@IanRomanick I suppose haha.

[@1976mrk]

In addition to the versions you listed, Tempest was also on the Microsoft Arcade 1.44 floppy disk compilation; that's actually how I first played Tempest, through Windows 95 (ahh, the memories). Now I'm looking forward to checking out TxK on Vita.

[@ClassicGaminer2014]

2:36 Ha! Looks like underwear! Lol!

[@Akira625]

Microsoft put out a Windows 3.1 version of Tempest in the early 90's, as part of a collection of early 80's Atari arcade games. I had that one, and I liked it quite a bit, and it also included a bit of history behind the games. Unfortunately, it no longer ran as well after I installed Windows 95.

[@cresshead]

Atari Jaguar Tempest 2000 still looks and sounds the best..windows version not too bad but looks too clinical

[@kristina80ification]

+cresshead Tempest 2001 was made in the 00s, when those sort of super slick visuals where all the rage, personally I always thought they looked kind of ugly and didn't like that fad. If it was made now I think they would probably have stuck closer to the original visuals.

[@ShawnTraceyhuntsville]

+Kristina Typhoon 2001. And, as I remember it , it was a fan made remake of Tempest 2000. If you do a search for it you can still find several free downloads of the game. It's only 5mb or so.

[@Akira625]

Despite all the problems with the Atari Jaguar, their updated version of Tempest got a lot of praise from both critics and players alike.

[@legionnairegonk4425]

Still looks most natural fit on Jag. T2k visuals may have been surpassed, but gameplay feel and balance has never been equalled. In fact since T2k all the updates just look too much overload on screen.

[@msbae]

The Windows version looked so good that I just downloaded it from CNET's freeware download site. It actually is as cool as it looks. :)

[@GamingHistorySource]

Link is in the description. I still play it from time to time.

[@monikaradzaj7407]

Can you update this video to include Tempest 4000?

[@stubbz8726]

The C64 didn't get a Tempest conversion, but there was a similar game called 'Axis Assassin'.

[@andyukmonkey]

The Amstrad CPC version looks fantastic. I think I have a copy somewhere... I vaguely remember playing it and not understanding what i was doing.

[@andrewmurphy1603]

andyukmonkey I was just thinking how good the Amstrad version looked. It's better than the ST version. I want.

[@CountScarlioni]

It's rare I get to say how good an Amstrad version of a game looks, but this is definitely one of those occasions! Damn good job they did there.

[@bencekutrik]

Nothing beats the arcade version

[@bangerbangerbro]

What Amiga is the Amiga version for? edit: oh AGA I assume.

[@The_Invisible_Man]

There is the arcade version, the rest are light years behind.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Looks like it's not possible to get killed in the Atari 5200 version! AMSTRAD did quite a good job!

[@LanIost]

16:57: Do you not read the thing that says "collect power ups"? Are you avoiding them or something? So frustrating. You need to be able to jump!

[@HavenMarches]

Tempest 3000 looks cool but it's just too much. Tempest 2000 for the win.

[@10p6]

Ovbiously i will stick with the Jaguar version. Shame they did not include 'Tempest Xtreem' though. That is pretty awesome too for an 8 bit.

[@TheTIMidator]

And now, Tempest 4000 is coming soon

[@kristina80ification]

huh, I never realized that there were DOS and Saturn versions of Tempest 2000, I always thought it was a Jaguar exclusive game.

[@bangerbangerbro]

Everyone acts like it is when they go throguh Jaguar games so I cans ee why you thought that.

[@teddym2808]

Saturn and Jag are identical which people don't seem to realise.. they are the best game of tempest due to not being OTT but just right with the graphics.. The newer even more intense versions are seizure inducing.

[@justimagine2403]

What about the sequel - Tempest Tubes?

[@Pitbull0669]

Thank God the 2600 missed that lol.

[@RetroMarkyRM]

You missed, the BBC micro version, which was probably the best 8 bit one! lol..it took atari all the way to the jag to get a decent game. (wtf happened with the 16bit atari ST version!?)

[@Gambit771]

I'd say the CPC was the best 8-bit version. The BBC looks chunky and slow with no animation for the players character.

[@msbae]

Why does the version from the Atari Anniversary Edition look so dark?

[@GamingHistorySource]

It was a live capture from a USB video capture device. I actually brightened it up.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I am actually not that fond of Jeff Minter's various psychedelic embellishments in the later versions; they detract from the stark, high-speed brutality of the basic game. How is the 5200 prototype that slick and fast, and why was it never released as an 8-bit computer game? (Maybe control depended on the analog joysticks?) It looks amazingly good. Most of these suffer from the lack of that wonderful heavy dial encoder on the arcade cabinet. But I had a 1990s Macintosh knockoff called Arashi that used the mouse and played really well.

[@ultravio1et]

you should update this with the awesome 'TxK'

[@Rocky1138]

Wait... there was an Amiga version and it looked just like the Jaguar version? Is this a fan remake?

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

Rocky1138 I dont think that, it's look so professional for AMIGA, or is that or a fan with well done progaming knowledge.

[@kristina80ification]

+Rocky1138 It's one of those low budget knock offs from the time period, and really I feel like the game falls a bit short of Tempest 2000 in a lot of ways, nice music though.

[@mwaawm]

Looks like a remake done well after the Jaguar release, can see they've tried lifting wholesale the graphics and a lot of music from the Jaguar version.

[@ArcadeStriker]

Now if I just could find the Windows 95 version or even see any footage of it...it's damn rare! (Apparently there was a Win95 version, but I can only find the DOS version) I have heard about Typhoon and it's cool (I have it), but I just wonder how the Win95 version was.

[@GamingHistorySource]

+TheArcadeStriker Windows version download.cnet.com/Typhoon-2001/3001-2099_4-10624452.html?spi=6302c916fc41f84ccaea0c988536d90f&dlm=0

[@ArcadeStriker]

I mentioned I alreadygot that version. I meant the apparent Windows 95 version that seemingly was released.

[@GamingHistorySource]

+TheArcadeStriker ahhh .. ok.. my bad.. misunderstood. have you tried theisozone.net ?

[@ArcadeStriker]

I did and there is only the DOS version.

[@DevilMaster]

AFAIK, there was no Windows 95 version, only the MS-DOS version and a separate CD with the soundtrack that you can use while you play to hear CD-quality music instead of the lousy FM music. BTW, the music tracks in the Saturn version are exactly in the same order as in the soundtrack CD, so if you happen to have a Saturn version CD, you can use it while you play the MS-DOS version.

[@mrluxury1018]

I like the final level in the original

[@kzbxvz]

The original Atari vector graphics from 1981 is so classy & original so there is no compare (strange no Vectrex version) but the Atari jaguar version Tempest 2000 is a helluva game & the soundtrack is even better :)

[@philipthomas7536]

kzbxvz I agree about the vectrex not having one as it would have been ideal for the machine. However there are 2 tempest related games out for it; webwars and bedlam. Hopefully a proper version of it will come out on home brew one day.

[@mrluxury1018]

Flipper, Tanker, Spiker and spike, Fuseball, Pulsar, Fuseball tankers and, Pulsar tankers.

[@mrluxury1018]

Any more

[@Mr.Atari2600]

Tempest 2000, DOOM, & Alien vs. Predator are probably the best games that the Atari Jaguar can offer.

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

+Genesis Does What Nintendoes!!! Don't forget Wolf3D is amazing

[@Mr.Atari2600]

MetalSonicodraco7342 I think the Jaguar version wasn't impressive. It has the best graphics than the other versions but the SNES version has better controls & the 3DO/Mac version has the most levels & best music.

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

That's true, but for me is still ine of the best games on the platform, itself the Jag it's not bad but was poorly used

[@swordghoti]

The 2600 version resembles a stain fight on a pair of stripey underpants, appropriately.

[@F1JV]

I'm glad I didn't waste my hard earned money on this game as a kid when I could play the real arcade game during our arcade wars...went to 20 tokens for a dollar. The 2600 was capable of a much better game even before bank switching...and especially after...look at Pac-Man vs. Ms. Pac-Man on the 2600. They could have atleast had 2 crummy webs...at the VERY least.

[@kyliefan7]

swordghoti It looks like some game called “female problems” where the robot surgeon has to fight off “unwanted intruders”...I think I saw this as a kid and said pass.....did the guy who programmed ET do that one? Even 5200 is pretty bad...

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@F1JV The 2600 version was just a prototype; it never made it to release as an actual commercial product. It's shown up in various AtGames compilations of Atari 2600 games, but it's clearly not a finished game.

[@mangoldm]

What song is that at the start?

[@GamingHistorySource]

IN GAME MUSIC FOR JAGUAR oops caps lock....

[@mangoldm]

Love it. Any idea if it's available for download or streaming?

[@GamingHistorySource]

Made a download for ya. Sorry about the last one. There was a problem with it. But this one is better. www.mediafire.com/download/bv95ybzpae990ga/Tempest+2000+-++Minds+Eye.mp3

[@mangoldm]

Thank you! That was very kind. Sounds awesome!

[@GamingHistorySource]

No Problem ! :) Enjoy !

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

What's "NUON"?

[@HaloInverse]

It was an attempt at an expanded DVD player/disk specification. The DVD players had a bunch of extra graphics/computing hardware in them that enabled things like better frame-by-frame/reverse playback, on-the-fly zoom/enhance, and running actual programs off of the DVD - e.g. Tempest 3000. It was marketed as a super-DVD-player that also played games, instead of a games console that also played DVDs. However, there weren't enough Nuon-enhanced DVDs made to encourage people to buy (expensive) Nuon players, and not enough people buying Nuon players to encourage movie/game publishers to support the Nuon format. It was also released around the same time as the XBox (original) and PS2 - both of which could play DVDs, had bigger game libraries at launch, and cost less. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuon_(DVD_technology)

[@djrkcryt2568]

Nuon version is tempest on drugs

[@W3Rn1ckz]

you missed the XBOX 360 Live arcade edition.

[@GamingHistorySource]

Sometimes it isn't possible for me to include the newer next gen releases. I didn't forget it. I couldn't add it. It is noted in the other info section of the video after the list.

[@W3Rn1ckz]

Oh, okay. :)

[@richardherzog5405]

Windows version is pretty epic.

[@KyleRichoux]

Uploaded on my birthday! :D (I assume no one cares)

[@GamingHistorySource]

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[@marioghernandez4960]

I don't know which is which in the picture at 8:54.

[@xxemojixxgaming7631]

Mario G Hernandez it's Amiga

[@jim6820]

Can’t compare with the arcade. Tempest X is awesome. The graphics r awesome.

[@GamingHistorySource]

Gaming History Source 1 day ago Because this video is vector graphics. I have uploaded it in Hi def. A link to Typhoon 2001 is in the description & is free. Enjoy ! Reply · 2 Gaming History Source 1 day ago download.cnet.com/Typhoon-2001/3001-2099_4-10624452.html?spi=6302c916fc41f84ccaea0c988536d90f&dlm=0 Reply · 2 Kevin Christensen 2 hours ago where the hell is tempest x3 for the ps1? Reply · wingnut4427 2 hours ago AHH SHIT !!! I have the footage. I didn't add it. I'll update this video to include it. Should be completed shortly. My bad ! Thanks for pointing it out. Reply · wingnut4427 1 hour ago ok ! Producing right now ! Thanks for pointing that out. I don't know How I missed it. >_< Reply · Nick Mccolm 9 hours ago fun fact: the sore we go to all the time (oky's) used to have this and asteroids, and guess who was lucky enough to play it when they were at work? my dad! (my biological dad, that is. and his deceased brother.) Reply · wingnut4427 1 hour ago @ Immortal Doom I have made multiple attempts at producing Space Ace & Dragon's Lair but I keep running into issues associated with Lazerdisk type games. For some reason the games always seem to wig out & not respond. There are always problems with them. I'll look into it again. Maybe it was My old PC but I'm not sure. Reply · Progearspec 16 hours ago Damn that tempest 2000 and it's catchy music ~_~ Reply · 1 Immortal Doom. 2 hours ago Do you think you can do a comparison of versions of space ace? Reply · FortunaChan 1 day ago Tempest tube (arcade hack) is most hardest gameplay, but the game is the same The 2600 version look strange Reply · 1 FyberOptic 1 day ago Dave Theurer, who also made Missile Command, made these games from nightmares he had. In this case, it was from a movie he'd seen at camp, about monsters crawling out of a hole in the ground, which he said haunted him for years. Reply · 2 cybernator01 1 day ago The arcade always takes me back to school lunch time at the local chip shop, with the strong aroma of vinegar filling the air. Reply · Philip Wood 1 day ago I never knew they made a dos version of this game... Reply · ArcadeUSA 1 day ago no matter what system, I absolutely love me some Tempest! Reply · 1 Gaming History Source 1 day ago check out the download link for Typhoon at the end of the video. If You love Tempest You're going to go nuts over this free download. Reply · Supersaiyan79 1 day ago Oh that Atari 2600 proto looks a bit sad... Reply · Puresox333 1 day ago CPC Version of Tempest Rocks! Reply · J Waughtal 1 day ago 10th to comment! Reply · 5HlNOBI 1 day ago 2600 o_O Reply · Haroldo Pinheiro shared this via Google+ 58 minutes ago Reply · 1

[@strydom666]

PS1 wins, poor Saturn and Jaguar had trouble doing one layer of transparency back in the day.

[@handsomebrick]

Gyruss is cooler though.

[@madmax2069]

what the hell did they even try to make with the 2600 version, because damn that doesn't even look like tempest. i know the 2600 is far more capable than that mess.

[@bangerbangerbro]

It's clearly a prototype as it says.