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So, if the arcade operator did not purchase and install the ROM Swap (and most did not, why would they), you would never have seen or played the game.īasically, Tempest Tubes is the same as Tempest, except with a few levels made more interesting and difficult. Tempest Tubes is a Hack/ROM Swap for Tempest produced in 1981 by Atari (the same year of release as Tempest). You probably have never seen or played Tempest Tubes, either. It is, indeed, a new day for Tempest lovers.Įspecially, when with our machine, you can option to be able to play at levels you could never before reach, or may never have even known existed. And, of course, even if you do find one, you still will be confronted with the same old maintenance problems.īut now, with our all new technology Tempest / Tempest Tubes machine, all of those problems are ancient history.
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That is why a good working original Tempest is so very hard to find today. Because, Tempest was a maintenance nightmare for the arcade operator. Between the monitor burning itself up and the recurring circuit board problems, most Tempest ended up in the dump. Period.īut, despite all of its beauty, the Tempest's color X-Y monitor was the absolute worst monitor ever made. When it comes to the look of the cabinet and its graphics, the game play, the game sounds, and the game images, my absolute most favorite classic arcade video game is Tempest.