S3:E14 - Tempest, Yars’ Revenge And The Advent Of Hardcore Games
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Episode description
S3:E14 Tempest, Yars’ Revenge And The Advent Of Hardcore Games
In this episode Steve and I discuss the games Tempest and Yars' Revenge and how they represented a change, at least to us, in the home and arcade gaming experience. We also have some home brew news, and a new song from Tony Longworth
Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton
Branding by Daryl Litts
Additional music - “Spineless Wannabe Tinpot Dictator” By Tony Longworth
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Links to mentioned games, etc
- Yars’ Revenge:
https://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=603 - Tempest: (From Klov):
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10065 - AtariProtos 2600 Tempesthttp://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/tempest/tempest.htm
- AtariProtos 5200 Tempesthttp://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/tempest/tempest.htm
- Atari ST Tempest
https://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=402 - Tempest Elite Plushttps://intotheverticalblank.com/2020/06/14/review-and-video-game-play-tempest-elite-megaoids-venture-48k-animal-keeper/
- Official Jaguar Tempest 2000 FRom Atari Age
https://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=1111 - Nuon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuon_(DVD_technology) - New Version of Space Invaders Closer to the Arcade being developed for the 8-bits
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