Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - 3-D · 1994

Tempest 2000

Published by Atari · Developed by Llamasoft

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - 3-D
Publisher: Atari
Players: 1, 2 (sim.)
Programmer(s): Minter, Jeff
Graphic Artist(s): Wood, Joby
Game design: Theurer, Dave, Minter, Jeff
Musician(s): Imagitec Design
Sound FX: Tahquechi, Carrier, Tahquechi, Ted
Year: 1994
Controls: Jagpad
Developer: Llamasoft
Country: USA
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English
License: Commercial
Serial: J9010

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 9.7/10 · Votes: 128 · Downloads: 5,098 · Hits: 24,214

Screenshots (9)

Cover Art (2)

Ads (1)

Posters (2)

Article (1)

Presenting Jeff Minter

Easter Eggs (1)

Cheat Mode
Before using the following codes you'll need to activate Cheat Mode. To do so, press 1 + 4 +7 + A at the main menu.

Enable Rotary Controller
To use a rotary controller, go to the Game Option menu and press Pause on both controllers.

Invisible Web
Start any Tempest Plus game and hold Option until you get to the rainbow levels. The web will be invisible during the rainbow levels only.

Level Skip
To skip to the next level, press Option while playing.

Rotate Web
While selecting a web, you can change its rotation by press Up or Down to change the level and pressing Left or Right to change the rotation.

Warp Bonus Round
To enable the Warp Bonus Round, press 6 while playing.

Book / Magazine Reviews (5)

ST Format · June, 1994 · Rating: 97%

Atari ST User · September, 1994 · Rating: 93%

ST Review · December, 1994 · Rating: 92%

ST Format · April, 1994 · Rating: Preview

ST Magazine · Juillet, 1994

Comments (2)

Christopher Nuzzi — 9 Oct 2019
This is one of my favorite games of all time. The cart also contains the best home version of the arcade-standard Tempest. What makes both T2000 and the arcade version on this cart so great is the controls. You would think that a game designed to use a rotational control would suffer when played with a dpad, but the game designer made the controls so precise you can spin all the way around a level and land on the exact segment you need to in order to grab a powerup or shoot an enemy before they reach the rim. The visuals and sound are also a masterpiece that still hold up after all these years.
LS650 — 11 Jan 2017
Probably the best game ever released for the Jaguar, both in gameplay and in technical prowess. It's a must-have for any Jaguar owner.