> > > I loved in the arcades in the 80s that I am disappointed in today > > > > I guess some of that disappointment might be attributed to not having the cabinet, > > controls and atmosphere of an arcade. > > Yeah. The ultimate judge of a game these days is playing it at CAX, or one of the few > good arcades still around (e.g. Ground Control). > > That said, I look for different things in gaming now than I did when I was 8 years > old. I didn't "get" Tempest then; I very much do now. So I think his post has merit.
Tempest is one of my favorite games, I own the PC version, a friend gave me which I don't know were it is, Jaguar version (with soundtrack) and the PSX version that some of my friends programmed and did level layouts for it. I just wish I could have bought Tempest arcade machine off my friend when he sold it, but I couldn't afford it at the time. Any arcade cabinet and real controls are better than anything you could ever play on a computer.
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