Customer Reviews

Tempest X3

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Atari's gone and made Tempest X3 into a complete blast! Not only do you get the original Tempest, but you get the all new 2000 mode with pyschadelic colors and rich details. The new jump feature is priceless, and the game's addiction level will draw you in like never before. Recommended to retro gamers and newcomers alike- Tempest X3 is not to be missed!

The original version of Tempest was on my top five list of favorite arcade games--and Tempest X is even better. The game play is basically the same as the original, but there are also some colorful power-up features, and a great techno music soundtrack!

There are only a couple of drawbacks to Tempest X. The original arcade version of Tempest is included (if you'd ever care to play it), but it's also sluggish and crude. Also, Tempest X is so colorful that you can lose track of what's happening. However, in the higher levels, you'll be running mostly on instinct anyway.

That's the real appeal Tempest X really has for me. Once you fall into your own little zone, this game can swallow you whole!

This is an awesome arcade game, and a fantastic remake of the (very original concept, shooter) cabinet game. The original version is included with two other main modes of play including new sound and color to make the experience as visually and audibly entertaining as the original game itself! The other two modes include a remake with new color and music designed by the original concept creator, David Theurer, and a two player challenge mode version of the remake. I also own the PC incarnation of this collection and my only critique would be that the music/songs are not selectable on the Playstation version. The Playstation version does allow for the game to randomly choose the music played, but it will not change again until the entire set of playfields are played through once; this could take the better part of 45 minutes, if your that good.

The addition of a bonus level in the modern version of the game is great, but you may have to turn the volume down on your system during this mode of play to eliminate any misunderstandings. There is a synthesized "female" voice that exclaims "YES" when an achievement is made in the bonus mode; this voice plus the "techno" style music may sound odd to someone not watching the game with you. I had the front door of my home open and my neighbor was listening to me play the game while he was raking his front lawn. To put it bluntly, he thought I was watching porn on the TV by the sound the game was making! Upon viewing the game, with many apologies, he was very relieved to see that the content of my entertainment was not as sideous as he believed.

To sum up: This game is visually and audibly one of the best retro arcade remakes available on any system. It is increasing challenging through game play and confidently thumbs its nose at the typical, unnecessarily carnage ridden games of today. Safe for any age or experience, challenging for any age or experience.
This game WILL play on the Playstation 2, and can be used with the "Pelican Accessories Universal Real Arcade Stick" available here at Amazon.

I didn't think they could improve on this classic..... I WAS WRONG !

I loved Tempest 2000 for the Atari Jaguar, it was one of my favorite games, I'm kicking myself right now for selling it. *sigh* Well I didn't want to buy another Jaguar just to play this game so I decided to purchase Tempest X, thinking that it was an improved Tempest 2000. I turned on my PSX and started playing, and what I saw made me want to throw the game out the window! They completely butchered Jeff Minter's classic, every one at High Voltage software needs smacked really hard for what they have done. You cannot see what's going on thanks to the new horribly implemented visuals. They took out melt-o-vision and put in some crumy transparency effects that aren't very transparent as they are hard to see past! Why 2 stars? Well the sound effects and music are great, and only the fact that it's Tempest, one of my favorite games, I am unable to give it one star. Do yourself a favor, get the Atari Jaguar version, if not that, then get the old dos pc version, which can be run in NT/2k/XP with VDMSound a sound blaster emulator, you can only have cd sound or game sounds, but even with only cd sound it blows Tempest X3 out of the water.
Update: Added a star because if you play the game on ePSXe with a good monitor the game is actually playable, still not as good as Tempest 2000 for the Jaguar though.