some new things I've learned on playing Tempest.

[dezbaz]

Great thread guys

I am at step 1, I have a Tempest PCB and harness LOL

 

[djw90]

Yeah, I didn't know there weren't any levels other than blue either. I tend to fix Tempest more than play it. That will soon change.

Serious???

 

[Talon2000]

Serious???

Not his Tempest . He spends his time repairing the monitors and I fix the boards for other people to learn these secrets. There getting to be fewer dead tempests in dfw.

 

[tron guy]

I just found out that eating the big circle on pac man turns the ghosts blue!

 

[MXV]

Yeah, I already mentioned that It doesn't necessarily just kill the fuseball. For example, if there's only one of any enemy left on the screen and you use the super zapper a second time, it'll kill it.

Actually it kills what is the biggest threat, not necessarily the closest thing to you. If a fuseball is on the outside of the tube it will always kill that.

 

[jawhn]

I just found out that eating the big circle on pac man turns the ghosts blue!

That's it? What's the big deal about turning a ghost another color? That's kinda lame...

I found a REALLY cool one yesterday. Play Berzerk, and then wait a little bit before exiting the level. The programmers put a bouncing smiley face in there to killl you! It's hilarious!

 

[djw90]

Not his Tempest . He spends his time repairing the monitors and I fix the boards for other people to learn these secrets. There getting to be fewer dead tempests in dfw.

Its funny I have found some things I didnt know about games I played in the 80's. One was on gravitar.. a way to enter the inside of the planet

 

[alejandromad]

I find that I get higher scores when I pay my kids to put my initials in instead of theirs....lol

OMG --- that's brilliant! (Brats!)