Tube shooter · Golden age
Tempest
Dave Theurer colour vector shooter, and the game that killed the most spinner assemblies.
Released1981
ManufacturerAtari
GenreTube shooter
DisplayColour vector
Players1-2 alt.
ControlsOptical spinner
Control requirement: optical spinner.
A one-turn optical spinner. On a joystick the tube rotation becomes stepped rather than analogue, which makes lane-to-lane precision at high levels effectively impossible. A trackball is playable but not faithful.
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