Songbird productions is rereleasing Tempest 3000 for the Nuon in limited quantities.
Even though Giant Bomb is full of video game enthusiasts and old people there's a good chance you've never heard of the Nuon. It was, essentially, game playing hardware that was included in certain DVD players in the year 2000. It could also enhance certain features on actual DVDs. It was a massive flop, only like 6 games were produced, only a few DVDs used the enhanced features, and a lot of people who did own the machines didn't even know they played games or have controllers for it. Tempest 3000 is arguably its best game but is just a slightly modified version of Tempest 2000, and is mostly forgotten in favor of that game.
Now they're putting out new physical copies of Tempest 3000 and...why? Does anyone have Nuon nostalgia? How many people actually have a Nuon? For how many is it anything other than a conversation piece? If it is a conversation piece is a 2024 re-release of a game for it really that impressive to have? It's just such a weird thing. Who is this actually for?
I'd understand porting Tempest 3000 to modern systems just for preservation of a different version of a somewhat important game (Tempest 2000) or for inclusion in the recent Llamasoft archive by Digital Eclipse, but who wants a physical version of this Nuon game? It seems more and more physical re-releases or flat out new game releases for old systems are happening and while I kind of get wanting a new NES game just for nostalgia's sake (though personally I have no interest) this is the Nuon. THE NUON!
How long until we get Virtual Boy rereleases? 32X?
Who are the people who are buying these things in 2024 and why? I am genuinely curious.
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