Atari and Jeff Minter are friends again for the Tempest revival

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Atari has announced Tempest 4000 (https://www.atari.com/news/legendary-game-designer-jeff-minter-and-atari-team-adrenaline-pumping-reboot-classic-arcade-sci), a sequel to the arcade classic Tempest, and it’s coming out in 2017 for consoles and PC. The best bit is that Tempest 2000 creator, Jeff Minter, is back on board. So obviously they’ve hugged it out and moved on.

Tempest 4000 is being developed with the aim of reviving the gameplay of the earlier title and with Minter on board it should ensure that the game retains the authenticity it’s known for.

The involvement of Minter is great news, considering that previously he was ‘beyond disgusted’ with Atari after it hit his studio Llamasoft with a lawsuit over the PS Vita title, TxK, which Minter had previously described as being ‘distantly related to Tempest 2000’. This resulted in TxK being withdrawn from sale, and planned releases on multiple formats were cancelled.

In Tempest 4000, players will once again be in control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft which is equipped to destroy deadly monsters and so on. With three game modes to choose from and 100 levels, players have to kill all enemies as quickly as possible, aiming for the number one spot on the leaderboards.

Tempest 4000 will be coming out later in 2017 to consoles and PC.

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  • Platform(s): PS Vita
  • Genre(s): Action, Shooter
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