- Name
- Tempest
- Platform
- PC (Platform), Amstrad CPC (Platform), Atari ST (Platform), Mac (Platform), ZX Spectrum (Platform), Arcade (Platform), Amazon Luna (Platform), Xbox 360 Games Store (Platform), BBC Micro (Platform)
- Developer
- Atari (Company)
- Publisher
- Atari (Company)
- Genre
- Shoot 'Em Up (Genre), Shooter (Genre)
- Theme
- Sci-Fi (Theme)
Tempest
Tempest is a rotation-based shooter with vector graphics, first appearing in arcades in 1981. It popularized the subgenre of “tube shooters” and also pioneered the use of vectors in game graphics.