Aunc.3360
net.games
utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!bch
Wed Apr 28 10:19:47 1982
Re: Tempest: vector or raster resolved

TEMPEST is indeed a vector display.  During the promotional display while
the machine is idle, there is kind of a multicolor unfolding of the word
TEMPEST which shows a distinct flicker as it hits the refresh rate of the
tube.  What is more impressive than the display is the speed of the
display generator which is able to keep up with the various actions of
the "enemy" at prodigious rates...particularly at the higher levels of the
game.