Tempest 2000 (1994) by Jeff Minter

This is the source code for Tempest 2000 by Jeff Minter originally published in 1994 for the ill-fated Atari Jaguar.

The source code can be compiled into an executable that you can run in virtual-jaguar.

Build Instructions

Build Requirements

sudo apt install build-essentials wine python3

Build the assembler toolchain

We use two tools to build the source code: rmac and rln. If you already have these installed you may have some luck using them, if not you can build the versions suggested below as they are known to work.

First clone the Tempest 2000 repository:

git clone https://github.com/mwenge/tempest2k.git

Next run the following commands to enter the Tempest 2000 repository and downoad the assembler toolchain:

cd tempest2k
git clone git@github.com:mwenge/rmac.git
git clone http://tiddly.mooo.com:5000/rln/rln.git

Now you can build the toolchain, as follows:

cd rmac
make
cd ../rln
make 
cd ..

Build Tempest 2000

To build the game:

make 

Play Tempest 2000

Your best option is using BigPEmu.

wget https://www.richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/builds/BigPEmu_Linux64_v118.tar.gz
tar zxvf BigPEmu_Linux64_v118.tar.gz
bigpemu/bigpemu t2000.abs

Other Build and Play Options

To build a cartridge file that is byte-for-byte identical to the rom commonly circulated in forums:

make cartridge

This will create a file t2k.rom. You can run this as follows using virtual-jaguar:

virtual-jaguar t2k.rom

or bigpemu:

bigpemu t2k.rom

You can also run the game in 'Tempest 2k' a Jaguar emulator specifically optimized for Tempest 2000. Tempest 2K is available in the utils folder as t2k.exe. To use it run the following at the command line:

wine ./utils/t2k.exe t2k.rom

Reading the source code.

The place to start is in yak.s.