Tempest 2000

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Tempest 2000
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Interplay
Developer: High Voltage Software
Distributor: Roadshow Interactive (AU)
Licensor: Atari Corporation
Original system(s): Atari Jaguar
Developer(s) of original games: Llamasoft
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code US 1996-12-20 T-12516H EU 1997-03-20 T-12516H-50 DE 1997-03-20 T-12516H-50 UK 1997-04-30 £24.9924.99 T-12516H-50 PL 1997 AU 199x
Non-Sega versions IBM PC Jaguar Macintosh Windows PC

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Tempest 2000 is an update to the arcade game Tempest. Originally an Atari Jaguar game, it was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1996.

Tempest 2000 was announced as Tempest X in North America, but only the PlayStation version kept this name (albeit as Tempest X3.

Production credits

• Original Game Design: Dave Theurer
• Tempest 2000 Design: Jeff Minter
• Sound and Music: Imagitec Design

High Voltage

• Executive Producer: Kerry Ganofsky
• Producer: Christian Wright
• Saturn Programming: Nate Trost
• Additional Programming: Brian McGroarty

Interplay Productions

• Executive Producer: Alan Pavlish
• Producer: Robert Pardo
• Line Producers: Alan Barasch, Fred Corchero
• Manual Design: Patrizia Scharli
• Director of Quality Assurance: Chad Allison
• Assistant Director of Quality Assurance: Colin Totman
• Lead Tester: Darrell Jones, Douglas Avery
• Testers: Kaycee Vardaman, Greg Baumeister, Tony Martin

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US manual

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Magazine articles

Main article: Tempest 2000/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Consoles + (FR) PAL 82 Computer & Video Games (UK) 50 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 83 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 72 Mega Force (FR) PAL 70 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 80 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 88 Player One (FR) 40 Sega Power (UK) PAL 84 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 80 Total Saturn (UK) PAL 70 Video Games (DE) NTSC-U 75

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Tempest 2000

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Tempest 2000/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	596,810,592		CD-ROM (EU)	T-12516H-50 V1.300
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	596,803,536		CD-ROM (US)	T-12516H V1.000
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1996-05-28	CD-R				Page

External links

• Interplay webpage: Saturn