S3:E14 - Tempest, Yars’ Revenge And The Advent Of Hardcore Games




Into The Vertical Blank : Generation Atari show

Summary:   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 Visit us: http://www.intotheverticalblank.com https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPnyVqBr2glJ-vAcDYDUYYw Tony Longworth Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth 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 Agehttps://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=1111 Nuonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuon_(DVD_technology) New Version of Space