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| SKU: |
#5650 |
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Atari Color Vector Transformer Assembly |
| Description: |
Used in Black Widow, Gravitar, Tempest, Major Havoc |
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Power Supplies |
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Tested & Working |
| Working?: |
Tested and Working |
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This item is no longer available
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Tested and working Atari color vector game power transformer block. Original Atari Transformer Part #A037395. This is the power transformer unit used in Atari's color vector games, including Tempest, Gravitar, Black Widow and Major Havoc. Item has been tested and works fine.
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Overview
In Tempest, you control a "shooter" that is moved around the outside of a fixed track. In many cases, this looks like a "tube" drawn in three dimensions. Enemies come up the tube, and you have to destroy them, and (hopefully) avoiding them if they make it all the way up to the top. You control your shooter with a spinner, shoot with a fire button, and you're given a "super-zapper" to use once on each level.
Coin-Op Overview
Tempest is one of the most collectible games. By many accounts, it is collected even more than games like Dragon's Lair and Pac-Man.
Later, a software (ROM change) was created that has new levels. It's called Tempest Tubes, and can be played by changing a few programmed ROMs.
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Technical Details
| Year: |
1980 |
| Manufacturer: |
Atari |
| Name: |
Tempest |
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Coin-Op |
| Sub-Class: |
Arcade |
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