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  • Edge Magazine

    Atari taps Jeff Minter to resurrect classic coin-op ‘Tempest’

    by 
    David Lumb
    David Lumb
    08.08.2017

    As seen in this 1981 commercial, Tempest was one of Atari's flagship coin-operated arcade games. But unlike Space Command or Centipede, Tempest sent players down geometrically fractal tunnels in an advanced -- and vibrantly psychedelic -- semi-3D adventure. Atari thinks it's high time this title was revived for current consoles, and it's tapped celebrated game designer Jeff Minter to do the job.