Upon its release in 1980, Tempest took the arcades by storm (no pun intended). Its mix of fast addictive gameplay and beautiful color vector graphics (a first for Atari), helped make Tempest an instant hit. What most people don't know is that Tempest actually started out as a first person perspective Space Invaders game. It wasn't until Dave Theurer added the tubes that Tempest began to resemble the arcade classic we all know today.