Tempest 4000

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Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™. Developed by legendary game designer, Jeff Minter, Tempest 4000™ remains faithful to the original fast-paced gameplay by putting you in control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft equipped to destroy deadly creatures and other obstructions with rapid-fire shots on vibrant geometric prisms.

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Developer:
Llamasoft LTD
Publisher:
Atari, Inc.
Release date:
17 July 2018
Genre:
Casual
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (163)

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Description

Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.  Developed by legendary game designer, Jeff Minter, Tempest 4000™ remains faithful to the original fast-paced gameplay by putting you in control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft equipped to destroy deadly creatures and other obstructions with rapid-fire shots on vibrant geometric prisms.

Featuring fantastical graphical environments, 100 levels, three game modes, and more, you must eliminate all enemies as fast as possible to survive and compete for the highest score on the leaderboards.

Tempest 4000 is a fantastic conclusion to Llamasoft’s work on the games and easily holds its place amidst the classics of Atari’s flagship arcade series.. Hardcore Gamer

Tempest 4000 is a great iteration on an arcade classic - Zam

Tempest is back and it's every bit as frantic as it was before.TrueAchievements

Tempest 4000 is a collaborative love-letter for Tempest fans from Minter and Atari that’s been enhanced for contemporary audiences with exciting new features and gorgeous 4K graphics.
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Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit, Windows 10 64bit
Processor:
Intel Core i3-2120 CPU 3.30Ghz
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel HD Graphics 4600 or higher
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
2 GB available space
Sound Card:
Windows Compatible Sound card

recommended*

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User reviews

TheRealFodder
Not recommended | 13 Jun 2024
41 min played

If I hadn't played Tempest 2000 I'd probably love this. While this looks and sounds awesome - the whole thing just feels sluggish and is really not helped by the momentum placed on the controls. It just feels 'wrong' to

Helpful: 16
NESFreak
Not recommended | 04 Jan 2024
11 min played

Fun game, but lots of technical issues. But the launcher is a mess. Can only select resolutions op to 1680x1050 on a 4k@120hz monitor. And the input options are weird. Also, whatever remains of atari is basically a

Helpful: 11
ruleof3rds
Not recommended | 17 Jul 2024
31 min played

Controls and Music ruin it. Lack of mouse controls is not great. But on top of that the joystick controls seem to have an annoying inertia to it in order to kinda poorly emulate fighting against a trackball's inertia.

Helpful: 15
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Recommended | 31 Jul 2024
7.7h played

I don't get the hate. It's a perfectly adequate, and in my opinion improved port of TxK. Plays and looks great. Has that 'loud' neon Minter aesthetic and is a decent, better-looking followup to his other Tempest (and

Helpful: 6
GunstarGizmo
Not recommended | 19 Apr 2025
17.1h played

Turdfest 4000 is what this game should be named. it starts out fine for the first few levels before taking a dive into the Minter mushroom patch. You're constantly bombarded by suckadelic garbage which completely

Helpful: 3
mrbigmouth502
Not recommended | 09 Apr 2025
7 min played

Absolutely lousy excuse for a Tempest game. No music, terrible key mapping, and the in game button prompts don't even match up with the controls you've assigned. I bought this on sale and I still feel ripped off.

Helpful: 5