Tempest 4000

Hypnotizing Arcade Shooter Tempest 4000 Comes to Nintendo Switch and Atari VCS this Spring

Dazzling Neon Graphics and a ‘90s Trance Soundtrack Culminates in Atari’s Return of the Beloved Fan-Favorite from Legendary Designer Jeff Minter Atari — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today that Tempest 4000, the critically-acclaimed sequel to the classic arcade game Tempest®, will launch on Atari VCS and Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2022. Developed by Llamasoft and legendary game designer Jeff Minter, Tempest 4000 is a visually stunning, action-packed arcade shooter that remains faithful to the original while adding heart-pounding new gameplay features. Watch the latest Tempest 4000 trailer here. In Tempest 4000, players once again face screaming electric death as they take control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft equipped to destroy deadly creatures and other obstructions with rapid-fire shots on vibrant geometric prisms. With three game modes to choose from and 100 levels to conquer, players must eliminate all enemies as quickly as possible to […]

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PONG Gets Modernized in the Form of PONG Quest, a New Atari Role-Playing Game Coming Soon

It’s a Whole New Take on a Classic – Delve Dungeons and Save PONG World in a New RPG Based on the Iconic Title NEW YORK, NY (MARCH 31, 2020) – Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — and developer Chequered Ink, announced today that PONG Quest™, a humorous new RPG reimagining of the flagship arcade classic PONG®, is coming soon to Windows PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, and PlayStation®4. It’s PONG like you’ve never thought it could be! Immerse yourself in a whole new world of PONG-inspired fun where you’ll adventure as a brave young paddle traversing a variety of treacherous dungeons, all loosely based on classic Atari hits, including Asteroids®, Centipede®, and more. Your journey will dictate the fate of PONG World as you reveal the mysteries of… the Spooky Door! “PONG as an RPG is something completely unexpected, but wonderful in execution,” said Atari COO Jean-Marcel Nicolai. […]

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