tempest-atari
Found a Tempest mini arcade game
Today, I stumbled into one heck of a deal. I found a lady local to Indianapolis who had a couple of games sitting in her garage. Her husband used to be an operator, but he passed away a couple of years ago. At that time, most all of the arcade and pinball machines he had were sold. But a Mr. Do! and Tempest remained.
I was lucky enough to come across this find, but was not familiar at all with Tempest – I’m still fairly new at this. Mr. Do! was my primary interest and one of my most favorite games. I posted it on RGVAC to see what interest there was for a wood grain sided Tempest arcade game around the Indianapolis area. Offers came pouring in, and in the end I was able to pick up the game and within an hour had made an agreement to get it into the hands of another local collector in the Indianapolis area.
The Tempest worked briefly when we plugged it in at the lady’s house. But when I arrived at the collector’s house to drop it off and we plugged it in, smoke came pouring out of the back almost immediately. I hope that the other collector can get it working again, Tempest is a game he has sought to find for some time throughout the state of Indiana.
