<s>
is	O
a	O
tube	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Llamasoft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
13	O
April	O
,	O
1994	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
Atari	O
Corp.	O
'	O
s	O
2000	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
remake	O
by	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
of	O
Dave	O
Theurer	O
's	O
1981	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
which	O
used	O
Atari	O
's	O
QuadraScan	B-General_Concept
vector	O
color	O
display	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
an	O
exclusive	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Windows	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
several	O
changes	O
and	O
additions	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
,	O
with	O
critics	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
gameplay	O
and	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
often	O
been	O
called	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
and	O
as	O
of	O
1	O
April	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
has	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
30,000	O
copies	O
during	O
its	O
lifetime	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
modifies	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Tempest	B-Application
by	O
adding	O
power-ups	O
,	O
bonus	O
levels	O
,	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
enemy	O
types	O
and	O
wildly	O
varying	O
web	O
level	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Completing	O
all	O
100	O
web	O
levels	O
in	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
unlocks	O
"	O
Beastly	O
Mode	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
harder	O
difficulty	O
setting	O
where	O
enemies	O
move	O
faster	O
,	O
fire	O
more	O
often	O
and	O
are	O
more	O
resilient	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
shots	O
;	O
in	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
ship	O
fires	O
at	O
a	O
lower	O
rate	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ship	O
is	O
also	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
Superzapper	B-Application
smart	O
bomb	O
that	O
destroys	O
all	O
current	O
enemies	O
on	O
the	O
playfield	O
,	O
while	O
recharging	O
the	O
Superzapper	B-Application
and	O
using	O
it	O
a	O
second	O
time	O
destroys	O
a	O
random	O
enemy	O
on-screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
to	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
are	O
power-ups	O
,	O
which	O
appear	O
as	O
capsule-shaped	O
polygon	O
objects	O
after	O
destroying	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
enemies	O
or	O
enemy	O
bullets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
modes	O
include	O
Traditional	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
game	O
;	O
Tempest	B-Application
Plus	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
mix	O
between	O
Traditional	O
and	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
modes	O
and	O
Tempest	B-Application
Duel	O
,	O
a	O
two-player	O
versus	O
mode	O
where	O
players	O
compete	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
matches	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
;	O
in	O
addition	O
,	O
this	O
mode	O
includes	O
an	O
exclusive	O
Mirror	O
power-up	O
,	O
which	O
deflects	O
shots	O
from	O
the	O
rival	O
back	O
at	O
him	O
,	O
alongside	O
other	O
objects	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
playfield	O
and	O
regular	O
enemies	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
gaming	O
convention	O
,	O
Atari	O
held	O
a	O
conference	O
with	O
prospective	O
developers	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
at	O
which	O
they	O
listed	O
off	O
arcade	O
games	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
considering	O
having	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
,	O
asking	O
the	O
developers	O
to	O
raise	O
their	O
hands	O
at	O
ones	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Minter	O
volunteered	O
to	O
do	O
Tempest	B-Application
as	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
favorite	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
launch	O
party	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
in	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
took	O
Minter	O
aside	O
and	O
told	O
him	O
that	O
he	O
felt	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
a	O
poor	O
demonstration	O
of	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
's	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
discouraged	O
,	O
Minter	O
continued	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
finished	O
and	O
also	O
regarded	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
hardware	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
develop	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Wales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carrie	O
Tahquechi	O
,	O
wife	O
of	O
ex-Atari	O
producer	O
Ted	O
Tahquechi	O
did	O
the	O
female	O
voice	O
work	O
in	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
common	O
criticism	O
with	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
rotary	O
controller	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
controller	O
on	O
the	O
Tempest	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
several	O
homebrew	O
options	O
exist	O
by	O
using	O
parts	O
from	O
a	O
Jaguar	B-Device
controller	O
and	O
either	O
an	O
Atari	O
2600	O
Driving	O
Controller	O
or	O
new	O
,	O
higher-precision	O
rotary	O
encoders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
version	O
's	O
music	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Ian	O
Howe	O
,	O
Alastair	O
Lindsay	O
and	O
Kevin	O
Saville	O
of	O
Imagitec	O
Design	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
Weavers	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
created	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
's	O
Defender	O
2000	O
on	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
in	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
MOD	O
file	O
format	O
,	O
although	O
non-Jaguar	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
played	O
music	O
from	O
a	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD	O
was	O
also	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
short-lived	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Light	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
music	B-Application
visualizer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
audio	O
for	O
all	O
conversions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
come	O
including	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
tracks	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
were	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
due	O
to	O
cartridge	O
space	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
in	O
1994	B-Application
in	O
all	O
regions	O
including	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
came	O
with	O
an	O
exclusive	O
Japanese	O
manual	O
for	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
the	O
latter	O
version	O
with	O
several	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
X3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	O
50	O
:	O
The	O
Anniversary	O
Celebration	O
compilation	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
marking	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
re-release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
programmed	O
by	O
Imagitec	O
Design	O
,	O
contains	O
optional	O
AdLib	O
and	O
Roland	O
MT-32	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
,	O
but	O
lacks	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
visual	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Melt-O-Vision	O
"	O
transition	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Logicware	O
in	O
1998	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
X3	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
version	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	B-Application
,	O
with	O
updated	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
following	O
gameplay	O
differences	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
were	O
identified	O
by	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
in	O
a	O
Usenet	B-Application
post	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
or	O
"	O
H_V_S	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
highscore	O
position	O
activates	O
a	O
secret	O
mode	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
choose	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
original	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
X3	O
supports	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
,	O
Nyko	O
Trackball	O
and	O
Namco	O
's	O
rotary	O
neGcon	B-Device
analog	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
,	O
programmed	O
by	O
High	O
Voltage	O
Software	O
,	O
is	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
third	O
type	O
of	O
bonus	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
audio	O
tracks	O
from	O
the	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
soundtrack	O
CD	O
for	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
received	O
general	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
when	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameFan	O
also	O
gave	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1995	O
overview	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
history	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
said	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
that	O
"	O
This	O
single	O
game	O
probably	O
did	O
more	O
for	O
Atari	O
's	O
reputation	O
than	O
anything	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
marketing	O
team	O
had	O
managed	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
five	O
years.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
sold	O
more	O
than	O
30,000	O
copies	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
second	O
best-selling	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
behind	O
Alien	B-Application
vs	I-Application
Predator	I-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
unknown	O
how	O
many	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
total	O
during	O
its	O
lifetime	O
as	O
of	O
1	O
April	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
much	O
less	O
well	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
Scary	O
Larry	O
of	O
GamePro	O
both	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
offers	O
too	O
few	O
enhancements	O
or	O
additions	O
over	O
the	O
by-then	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
old	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Hsu	O
and	O
Crispin	O
Boyer	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
questioned	O
why	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
game	O
had	O
received	O
such	O
acclaim	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
place	O
,	O
opining	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
simply	O
an	O
outdated	O
arcade	O
game	O
with	O
some	O
extra	O
"	O
glitter	O
"	O
which	O
has	O
no	O
bearing	O
on	O
the	O
essence	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sushi-X	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
paled	O
against	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
,	O
lacking	O
the	O
smoothness	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gerstmann	O
,	O
Hsu	O
,	O
Boyer	O
,	O
and	O
Sushi-X	O
all	O
also	O
complained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
suffers	O
from	O
poor	O
control	O
in	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
a	O
rotary	O
controller	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
Tempests	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
opining	O
that	O
it	O
retained	O
the	O
elements	O
that	O
made	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
great	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
enhancements	O
were	O
strong	O
enough	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
fresh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Paul	O
Glancey	O
of	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
recalled	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
:	O
"	O
...	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
had	O
pepped	O
up	O
the	O
gameplay	O
with	O
a	O
barrage	O
of	O
eye-warping	O
pixel	O
explosions	O
,	O
swirling	O
,	O
smearing	O
colour	O
effects	O
and	O
a	O
'	O
banging	O
 '	O
ravey	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
port	O
,	O
though	O
slightly	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
original	O
,	O
effectively	O
recreated	O
this	O
experience	O
for	O
Saturn	B-Device
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
A	O
-	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
An	O
update	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
shooting	O
classic	O
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
is	O
multimedia	O
in	O
the	O
truest	O
sense	O
,	O
with	O
psychedelic	O
graphics	O
,	O
a	O
CD-quality	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
breathy	O
voice	O
samples	O
(	O
the	O
words	O
superzapper	B-Application
recharge	O
have	O
never	O
sounded	O
more	O
erotic	O
)	O
,	O
even	O
text	O
that	O
scrolls	O
past	O
at	O
dizzying	O
speeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
one	O
weakness	O
is	O
the	O
often-unresponsive	O
Jaguar	B-Device
control	O
pad.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	B-Application
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
17th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
also	O
awarded	O
Best	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Game	O
of	O
1994	B-Application
by	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Melt-O-Vision	O
trademark	O
was	O
abandoned	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
trademark	O
renewal	O
for	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
also	O
cancelled	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
cited	O
by	O
Ultra/United	O
Games	O
as	O
an	O
influence	O
during	O
development	O
of	O
Battle-Girl	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VM	O
Labs	O
licensed	O
Tempest	B-Application
for	O
their	O
Nuon	B-Device
DVD	I-Device
system	I-Device
and	O
hired	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
3000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minter	O
also	O
produced	O
the	O
unofficial	O
"	O
inspired	O
by	O
"	O
follow-ups	O
Space	B-Application
Giraffe	I-Application
and	O
TxK	B-Device
on	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
defunct	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Sector	O
II	O
website	O
under	O
a	O
CD	O
compilation	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
titled	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Source	O
Code	O
Collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
two	O
unofficial	O
clones	O
of	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
named	O
Typhoon	O
2001	O
and	O
Cyclone	O
2000	O
were	O
launched	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
by	O
Thorsten	O
Kuphaldt	O
and	O
NoCrew	O
Mobile	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
sequel	O
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
a	O
reworking	O
of	O
an	O
earlier	O
clone	O
by	O
Minter	O
titled	O
TxK	B-Device
,	O
which	O
incorporates	O
classic	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
music	O
and	O
enemies	O
,	O
alongside	O
other	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
