Tempest geometries of play

"Atari's 1981 arcade hit Tempest was a "tube shooter" built around glowing, vector-based geometric shapes. Among its many important contributions to both game and cultural history, Tempest was one of the first commercial titles to allow players to choose the game's initial p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruggill, Judd Ethan
Other Authors: McAllister, Ken S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2015, 2015
Series:Landmark video games
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Reading Tempest
  • A genealogy of Tempest
  • Contexts
  • Life after Tempest