I finally bought this game since the new expansions are available on GOG. I'm really enjoying everything that is available in this collection. The history of the company is very well represented. They were able to dig up interviews and videos from the past and have included many new interviews. The information about the hardware and games is very accurate. Having so many old games available to play on my PC is welcome and very exciting are the new versions of games. I have already spent a few hours with this title and I'm sure to spend many more. I recommend this to any Atari or retro fan. I am able to run this on my GNU/Linux machine without trouble. Note: As of this review it appears as though This collection will only run if GOG galaxy is also installed.
I have been playing Tempest since my first exposure to Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar which I still play to this day. This game honors the game play from Tempest 2000 while also not being an exact clone of it. Without digging into the various differences and changes I can say that this is an arcade style game with a great sound track that gets very intense but keeps you coming back for more. I can lose myself in this game for hours because the game play is simple to learn and the difficulty continues to ramp up, keeping you engaged. The visuals are very nice. It has the vector graphic aesthetic and call backs to the "particle effects" of the Jaguar Tempest 2000 while also introducing blur effects and other modern graphic effects. The soundtrack is very nice and fits the game play. What you'll hear is music from the original Tempest 2000 with new sound effects but it works very well. They kept that soundtrack for a very good reason. Llamasoft did a very nice job with this version of Tempest and I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
