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Originally Posted by Leto
Tempest was the ONLY game I played at arcades. Many many quarters were lost to that particular addiction. I would skip lectures to head downtown to the "The Wizard" arcade hoping that there was nobody on the game. Most likely there wasn't because it was just too frustrating for most people.
I've tried to play emulated versions on the PC, but it isn't the same as having the upright unit that you can stand i front and spin the big metal knob, and slam the red button.
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I had a girlfriend who was awesome at Tempest. She would stand there for hours, crowds would gather around to watch her. Those piercing, screechy, crunchy sounds are embedded in my memory forever. She was good at all video games. She particularly loved Tempest, though.