<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1981	O
arcade	O
game	O
by	O
Atari	O
Inc.	O
,	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Dave	O
Theurer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
Atari	O
's	O
Color-QuadraScan	O
vector	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
progressive	O
level	O
design	O
where	O
the	O
levels	O
themselves	O
varied	O
rather	O
than	O
giving	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
same	O
layout	O
with	O
increasing	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
in	O
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
to	O
survive	O
for	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
score	O
as	O
many	O
points	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
by	O
clearing	O
the	O
screen	O
of	O
enemies	O
that	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
playing	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blaster	O
is	O
also	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
Superzapper	B-Application
"	O
which	O
,	O
once	O
per	O
level	O
,	O
destroys	O
all	O
enemies	O
currently	O
on	O
the	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Superzapper	B-Application
in	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
destroys	O
one	O
random	O
enemy	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Superzapper	B-Application
is	O
recharged	O
between	O
each	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
sixteen	O
unique	O
levels	O
of	O
different	O
shapes	O
,	O
including	O
simple	O
geometric	O
shapes	O
,	O
a	O
flat	O
line	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
symbol	O
for	O
infinity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
first-person	O
remake	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
,	O
but	O
early	O
versions	O
had	O
many	O
problems	O
,	O
so	O
a	O
new	O
design	O
was	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theurer	O
says	O
the	O
design	O
came	O
from	O
a	O
nightmare	B-Application
where	O
monsters	O
crawled	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
hole	O
in	O
the	O
ground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
him	O
coming	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
design	O
concept	O
,	O
stating	O
he	O
"	O
basically	O
just	O
took	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
and	O
wrapped	O
the	O
surface	O
into	O
a	O
circle	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
monsters	O
"	O
come	O
down	O
the	O
tunnel	O
at	O
you	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
hole	O
,	O
and	O
you	O
 [ try ] 	O
to	O
kill	O
them	O
before	O
they	O
 [ get ] 	O
out.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
prototype	B-Application
stages	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
called	O
Aliens	O
,	O
then	O
Vortex	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
Tempest	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
different	O
cabinet	O
designs	O
exist	O
for	O
Tempest	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
official	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
An	O
official	O
port	O
that	O
bears	O
the	O
Atari	O
logo	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
,	O
and	O
another	O
by	O
Electric	O
Dreams	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
5200	B-General_Concept
were	O
in	O
the	O
works	O
in	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
during	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
unfinished	O
prototypes	B-Application
exist	O
for	O
both	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.x	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Tempest	B-Application
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Arcade	B-Application
's	I-Application
Greatest	I-Application
Hits	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Atari	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
1	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Infogrames	O
and	O
Digital	O
Eclipse	O
ported	O
12	O
Atari	O
arcade	O
games	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
being	O
the	O
original	O
Tempest	B-Application
)	O
under	O
the	O
compilation	O
title	O
Atari	B-Device
Anniversary	I-Device
Edition	I-Device
,	O
released	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
compilation	O
titled	O
Atari	B-Device
Anniversary	I-Device
Edition	I-Device
Redux	I-Device
was	O
also	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
plus	O
two	O
exclusives	O
to	O
the	O
Redux	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
handheld	O
compilation	O
,	O
titled	O
Atari	O
Anniversary	O
Advance	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
with	O
half	O
the	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
compilation	O
,	O
including	O
Tempest	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
Atari	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
;	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
prototype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2600	O
port	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Greatest	I-Application
Hits	I-Application
compilation	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
port	O
and	O
graphical	O
"	O
remix	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Tempest	B-Application
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Retro	B-Device
Atari	I-Device
Classics	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
through	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
for	O
400	O
MS	O
Points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
unfinished	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
prototype	B-Application
was	O
found	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
its	O
original	O
programmer	O
,	O
Keithen	O
Hayenga	O
,	O
resumed	O
work	O
on	O
finishing	O
the	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
AtariAge	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
for	O
US$50	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Crawford	O
wrote	O
in	O
1982	O
that	O
unlike	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
"	O
intimidates	O
many	O
beginners	O
because	O
it	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
unwinnable	O
"	O
;	O
its	O
smoothly	O
increasing	O
difficulty	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
encourages	O
players	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
lauded	O
the	O
game	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
best	O
vector	O
coin-up	O
machine	O
for	O
white	O
knuckle	O
intensity	O
,	O
bar	O
none	O
,	O
was	O
Tempest.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
as	O
number	O
74	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
very	O
fast	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
abstract	O
,	O
color	O
vector	O
graphics	O
that	O
remain	O
unequaled	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
novel	O
'	O
paddle	O
 '	O
controller	O
makes	O
playing	O
Tempest	B-Application
effortless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
#10	O
on	O
the	O
KLOV	B-Application
's	I-Application
list	O
of	O
most	O
popular	O
games	O
,	O
tied	O
with	O
Centipede	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
an	O
arcade	O
owner	O
named	O
Duncan	O
Brown	O
hacked	O
the	O
level	O
data	O
and	O
made	O
an	O
altered	O
,	O
more	O
difficult	O
version	O
:	O
Tempest	B-Application
Tubes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
eventually	O
included	O
with	O
Tempest	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Hasbro	O
compilation	O
Atari	B-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Hits	I-Device
:	O
Volume	O
1	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Minter	O
created	O
two	O
authorized	O
games	O
,	O
released	O
long	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
:	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
(	O
renamed	O
Tempest	B-Application
X3	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Tempest	B-Application
3000	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
)	O
for	O
Nuon	B-Device
enhanced	O
DVD	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minter	O
also	O
wrote	O
two	O
games	O
inspired	O
by	O
Tempest	B-Application
:	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
and	O
TxK	B-Device
(	O
2014	O
)	O
After	O
TxK	B-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
,	O
the	O
current	O
incarnation	O
of	O
Atari	O
blocked	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
additional	O
platforms	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
reworked	O
as	O
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
some	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1980s	O
home	O
computer	O
clones	O
include	O
Web	O
War	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
and	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
published	O
by	O
Artic	O
Computing	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
Tubeway	B-Device
(	O
1982	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
,	O
Storm	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Tandy	O
Color	O
Computer	O
,	O
and	O
Livewire	O
!,	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
type-in	O
game	O
printed	O
in	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Tempest-inspired	O
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
five	O
releases	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arashi	O
is	O
a	O
1992	O
freeware	B-License
clone	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	O
running	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whirlwind	O
(	O
1994	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
game	O
that	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
plot	O
thread	O
in	O
the	O
1984	O
film	O
Night	O
of	O
the	O
Comet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
featured	O
prominently	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
video	O
for	O
Rush	O
's	O
1982	O
song	O
"	O
Subdivisions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parzival	O
must	O
beat	O
Anorak	O
's	O
high	O
score	O
of	O
728,329	O
on	O
Tempest	B-Application
(	O
1980	O
cabinet	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
challenge	O
inside	O
the	O
Crystal	O
Gate	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
Ready	O
Player	O
One	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
pilot	O
episode	O
of	O
the	O
television	O
series	O
Numbers	O
,	O
Larry	O
Fleinhardt	O
plays	O
Tempest	B-Application
while	O
advising	O
someone	O
on	O
a	O
mathematical	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
TV	O
comedy	O
Silver	O
Spoons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
seen	O
in	O
"	O
Twilight	O
Zone	O
:	O
The	O
Movie	O
"	O
played	O
by	O
Jeremy	O
Licht	O
as	O
Anthony	O
in	O
the	O
Segment	O
3	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Episode	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
A	O
Good	O
Life	O
"	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sounds	O
can	O
be	O
heard	O
when	O
Anthony	O
's	O
powers	O
fully	O
manifest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
is	O
referenced	O
by	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
partially	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
urban	O
legend	O
Polybius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
