Tempest 4000 is out now and just as Jeff Minter as ever

Tempest 4000

Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.

Tempest 4000

Jeff Minter of tiny indie outfit Llamasoft is back and hasn’t changed a bit, if Tempest 4000‘s launch today is any indication. Take the 1981 vector-graphics arcade shooter Tempest, and pile on the psychedelic laser effects, pumping ’90s techno music and weird Welsh humour until comfortably numb. It is almost excessively retro, very loud and is out now.

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