Atari Tempest arcade restoration retrospective 🎆 🪚 high score tournament gameplay 🥈 Vector Cabaret!

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  • @richardcooper
    @richardcooper 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always enjoy your ramblings and enthusiasm for Arcades :)

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why thank you, sir! I'll keep on rambling then!

  • @garogercade7850
    @garogercade7850 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoyed this video! Great job on this restoration.

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! Not bad for a complete NOOB several years ago! 😅

  • @SwainyAtRetroAsylum
    @SwainyAtRetroAsylum 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A great game & I love the cabaret cab. Great work Charlie 👍

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, Swainy! I do have a soft spot for cabarets!

  • @GalagaGuy88
    @GalagaGuy88 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow that sounds like a ton of work! It looks amazing

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It sure was, but Tempest is worth it!

  • @Omega_Mark
    @Omega_Mark 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job on the restoration. Congrats on owning a Tempest 👍.
    16:47 Just a small suggestion for your gameplay here. You are at the worst location to get these red Flippers and you lose a lot of lives here. They just need 90 degrees of travel to get to you. If you are at the position next to it, they need to rotate 270 degrees (takes longer, as they have less momentum) to get you. Try to maximize that travel angle, so you have more time to shoot at it.

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, and I appreciate the tip -- I need all the help I can get!

  • @stokjock
    @stokjock 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your Robotron and Tempest machines are 2 of my fav all time arcade games. I'm very jealous! lol

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, they’re two of my favorites too! And I’m planning to restore the SECOND Robotron project cabinet hiding out in the back of my garage soon!

  • @arcadeerik2603
    @arcadeerik2603 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks great Charlie, love Tempest. My high score is just a little under yours, now I have to get back on my Tempest and beat your score. Thanks for the push, to beat your high score. Haha. :)

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Erik! My top high score doesn't count since I was continuing via the Skill Step advance!

    • @arcadeerik2603
      @arcadeerik2603 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@overtimearcade So what is your score? What are you saying you can't start using the upper level start? It's part of the game? why not? But do you have a score starting from level 1 would love to know what it is to try to beat that score.

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think for tournaments, they don't want you starting from any higher than level 9. The official Twin Galaxies tournament ruleset includes this: "Special Rules: You may start your game from from Wave 1 to no higher than Wave 9 [54K Completion Bonus]."

  • @alexxbaudwhyn7572
    @alexxbaudwhyn7572 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the cabaret form factor.
    Smaller size, weight vs the full uprights, plus Atari cabarets have the nice glass marquee below the cp.
    Also like the woodgrain sides. Easier and cheaper to maintain and restore or refinish. When machines are packed next to each other in home or commercial arcades like this, can't see the side art anyways

    • @Omega_Mark
      @Omega_Mark 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep, plus these cabinets still have a full size monitor.

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just wish someone would find a good match for the original woodgrain vinyl!

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly -- in fact, I don't think there was ever a 13" color vector monitor released in an arcade cabinet...?

    • @alexxbaudwhyn7572
      @alexxbaudwhyn7572 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@overtimearcade Shouldn't be a big deal to scan the vintage woodgrain veneer and have a good print shop, graphics shop make vinyl appliques replicas

    • @alexxbaudwhyn7572
      @alexxbaudwhyn7572 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@overtimearcade Also, plenty of curbside and thrift vintage desks, cabinets, bookshelves made of mdf, high density particle board or plywood with similar woodgrain made through the 80s, 90s
      Been stocking up on old Sauder desks, bookcases found curbside to use as stock for cabinet builds, some with 80s woodgrain, some black finish

  • @nrnoble
    @nrnoble 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have owned an Atari Tempest cab since 1983. I recently replaced the failing game boards with a dedicated FPGA running Tempest. Plugs right into the existing harness. I can't tell any difference.

    • @alexxbaudwhyn7572
      @alexxbaudwhyn7572 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nrnoble make, model, brand, link to the Tempest Fpga board?
      Thanks

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting... is that the one by Scott Swazey as seen on John's Arcade?

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You beat me to asking that! I'm wondering if it's this one: tempestfpga.com/tempestfpga/

    • @alexxbaudwhyn7572
      @alexxbaudwhyn7572 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@overtimearcade Real question is, what are the known deviations in behavior (sound, video, gameplay, feel, etc) using the current best software emulators to run Tempest roms vs original pcb hardware?
      If none are known, I'm inclined to just build a Temoest cocktail or cabaret replica cab running the rooms on emulation but with original controls or commercial grade spinner, buttons that feel and play the same as OG

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You'll still need a 6100 color vector monitor for the true experience, which is likely the most expensive part of the entire ensemble. Plus, you could probably buy a non-working Tempest boardset and get it bullet-proofed by an expert for less than the FPGA emulation board costs.

  • @VHSArcadeVault
    @VHSArcadeVault 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love tempest. I can't wait to find a good deal on one local

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good thing Atari made a ton of them. Avoid the cocktail version though, as they're apparently cursed!

  • @jasonsteverson4609
    @jasonsteverson4609 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Charlie!!

  • @foxbodystang8587
    @foxbodystang8587 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How rare is a Joust 2? What kind of price does it range?

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Joust 2 is certainly very uncommon. Depending on condition, it should be in the $1500-$2500 ballpark. It's not a particularly GOOD game, however!

  • @juise15
    @juise15 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What are these forums you speak of?

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why the KLOV forums, of course! forums.arcade-museum.com/

  • @TheDreamtimezzz
    @TheDreamtimezzz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep saving these! More games are disappearing and being destroyed everyday!

    • @overtimearcade
      @overtimearcade  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just try and stop me! 😅