Emulator·Recreation · 2026 · playable

Tempest (Godot recreation)

Atari's 1981 vector classic, byte for byte.

Role
Solo developer
Tech
Godot 4 · GDScript · 6502 reverse-engineering

A behavioral recreation of Tempest in Godot 4, built from reverse-engineered 6502 assembly — a bytecode VM runs the original AI scripts across all sixteen wells and ninety-nine waves. The restored cabinet it honors is in my garage.

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