# Atari Tempest arcade game

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Atari Tempest arcade game and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a favorite arcade game, valued for its vector graphics and nostalgia for the arcade era. No critical or mixed quotes were found.

## Why people recommend it

- Vector graphics look (2 comments): "The vector graphics are why I always seek this game out first in any arcade." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47872067)) "The idea that LCD could match what Tempest had was silly to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47882144))
- Strong arcade nostalgia (2 comments): "I remember loving this game in the arcade" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47871882)) "which is my all time favorite game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47872699))

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- [Pac-Man](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pac-man.md): 9 recommend
- [Pac-Man, but You're the Ghost](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pac-man-but-you-re-the-ghost.md): 5 recommend
- [Beakdown](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beakdown.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Atari Tempest arcade game", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tempest/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).