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The Llamasoft Classic 'Tempest 3000' Is Being Reissued For The Nuon

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Update: A price & pre-order date have now been set.Update : Songbird Productions has just revealed a bit more information about its upcoming reissue of Tempest 3000 for the Nuon. This includes a price, the date that pre-orders go live, and what exactly is …
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Archer Maclean's Atari Arcade Experiments Have Been Preserved

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Includes Robotron, Donkey Kong, Tempest and Breakout.Development disks which once belonged to the legendary British developer and game designer Archer Maclean have been preserved by Games That Weren't, giving the gaming world a glimpse of some of the unrel …

NUON Resurrection Update

Nuon Dome about 4 months ago

I had posted about what was needed to get NUON up to speed with the rest of the consoles and this is an update on it 1. Get a decent working emulator based off of NUANCE The problem with NUANCE is it is slow with the advent of super fast hardware you can …

Resurrecting Nuance

Nuon Dome about 4 months ago

Hi! Let me quickly introduce myself before i start with my actual topic: I fell in love with Tempest back in the Jaguar days, and am still a fan til today (along with all other Llamasoft spinoffs that were released over the years, i even did my own variant …
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California Extreme Arcade Expo 2023

The Arcade Blogger about 7 months ago

I promised I’d share some pictures from my visit in August this year to the California Extreme arcade expo, so, here we go! This year marks the 27th Anniversary of the California Extreme Expo! Hosted at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Santa Clara, t …
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Team-17 Co-Founder To Open New Arcade In The UK

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Incoming!Martyn Brown, the co-founder of Team17, is planning to open a brand new arcade in the UK, as recently announced in a Facebook post.The arcade will be situated in the West Yorkshire town of Horbury in Wakefield, and will apparently include classic …

There are people talking about the NUON and Tempest 3K in the Atari VCS Discord

Nuon Dome about 7 months ago

This is a good thing. The more talk about NUON in the Atari forums the more chance someone at Atari gets a snap and sees value in NUON for Tempest 3K. They do not even have to pay for the IP they already own it. This would be cheap for them. …
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Getting Tempest 3K Emulated!

Nuon Dome about 8 months ago

A NUON fan has posted in one of the most obscure areas of the Atari Age forums about a call to get Tempest 3K emulated. Gotta love the enthusiam of NUON fans - if only more people knew about it... ... …

archive requests • Searching for missing ... BBC and Archimedes Software

Stardot about 8 months ago

Having been reading through BBC and Archimedes magazines, checking out the software around back then - I had an A5000 but now run RPCEmu - I came across some interesting software reviews.I have looked for in the following places:Archimedes Archive, bbc.nv …
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Atari Reveals 50th Anniversary Arcade Cabinet Collab with Arcade1Up

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

Atari has just announced an exciting 50th anniversary Deluxe Arcade Machine collaboration with Arcade1Up. Surely, we’re nearing the end of anniversary branded swag from Atari. So this might be the best way to close out the party. Let’s t …

Todays pick up : Tempest..not working

Museum of the Game about 9 months ago

14hr round trip (was supposed to be 11 but road construction and rain extended it). FB marketplace find. Clean, complete, non working Tempest. And it has coin door key. I have not turned it on yet to attempt to troubleshoot yet. I just know it doesnt work. …
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Atari Launches New Limited-Edition Clothing Collection Celebrating Tempest

Time Extension about 9 months ago

Wear your love of the arcade classic with pride!Atari has just announced a new limited-edition range of Tempest-themed items for its online store. So if you're a huge fan of the iconic tube-based shooter or know someone who is, you may want to take a look. …
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Atari To Launch NEW Limited Edition Clothing Collection

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

Atari has announced that they will be launching a limited edition collection of retro video game inspired clothing and art prints. As one of the most well known retro brands in the world, merchandising is certainly no stranger to Atari. But they ha …
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Ultimate Guide: Nuon, The DVD Player That Tried To Be A Games Console

Time Extension about 10 months ago

An obscure gem, or forgettable footnote?The Nuon is a fascinating system. Released in 2000 and positioned as a DVD player that came packed with relatively powerful 3D hardware inside, it promised to put a games console inside every living room – often wi …

When people want me to find them a cheap machine.

Museum of the Game about 11 months ago

When this happens, it's usually someone who is an acquaintance, or a casual friend. They say something like, " I would like to own a pinball machine. If you see anything that pops up really cheap, let me know." If a really cheap pin, pops up …
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Arcade Raid! Nashville Barn Haul

The Arcade Blogger about 11 months ago

Finding larger stashes of classic arcade cabinets is becoming an increasingly rare event these days. Outside of individual cabinets listed on eBay, Craigslist and Marketplace, arcade “raids” of the type written about on this blog seem to be a …

Praise for Tempest FPGA

Museum of the Game about 11 months ago

By accident I saw some old Andy's arcade vid on Youtube the other day about that TempestFPGA thing. I think Andy went on a road trip and visited some throwback arcade and they did alot of chumming about the hobby, etc. Then they showed how Major Havoc …

The NUON Emulator must be the first priority

Nuon Dome about 1 year ago

We have to have a working NUON Emulator in order to move forward with NUON or there is no way any games are ever made. I know that is is hugely difficult to get an Emulator for a system as obsure as NUON but we have done the impossible already. We have c …
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The Rarest and Most Valuable Sega Saturn Games

Racketboy about 1 year ago

Presented by Racketboy and G to the Next Level The Sega Saturn is definitely one of the leading consoles among hardcore classic gamers. Its strong selection of unique and engaging 2D games keeps it relevant a decade after its premature demise. While many …
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Witching Hour: Indie Horror on the Dreamcast?

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 1 year ago

I could hear the wind and rain lashing at my bedroom window, like a cruel temptress in the night, wailing its cries of anguish through the tempest. I hunkered down, my hands shivering with cold and the fear of the evil lurking outside; my face dimly lit by …
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The Ted Dabney Experience at the Arcade Archive!

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

Over here in the UK, the opening of a place where classic arcade titles can be played is always something of an event for those of us in the collecting community. Its probably fair to say that we have a decent number of options across the country now, all …
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Episode 80 - Cody And Eric’s Apology Tour 2022!!! + 6 Good Chibi-Style Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 2 years ago

We're back for Episode 80! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news + 6 Good Chibi-Style Games. We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- 5:22 Quick Questions  1 …

Arcade Classic: Tempest

Jim Blimey! about 5 years ago

A quick ganders at the Spectrum port of this immortal arcade game. …
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RGDS 189 - What is the Best Game of 1981?

Retro Gaming Discussion Show about 7 years ago

Welcome to another amazing episode of RGDS where we discuss and look what video games were released in 1981 and decide what the best game was released that year? Joining us on the podcast is regular hosts Paul “The Drisk” Driscoll, Andy “Cranky Gramp …