''Tempest 3000'' is a remake of the 1981 '' Tempest''

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released exclusively for the Nuon on December 12, 2000. Written by Jeff Minter, it is an enhanced version of Minter's own earlier ''

Tempest 2000 is a tube shooter video game originally developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in North America on 13 April, 1994. It was released in Europe on 27 June and in Japan on 15 December of the same year, with t ...

'' (1994) for the Atari Jaguar. By 2003, the game had sold over 20,000 copies. ''Tempest 3000'' was one of the first software projects for the Nuon, with public demos appearing as early as January 1998.

Gameplay

''Tempest 3000'' includes all of the enhancements from ''Tempest 2000'' plus additional web designs, webs that move and reform, a greater game role for the jump control, a missile fire option (which attacks enemies in two columns of the web, but not the column in which the player's Claw is placed, thus providing no protection against oncoming enemies), and new bonus rounds.

References

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