The Space Vortex Rider LT Hack 1.4 + Redeem Codes

For the most part - it just opens to a black screen after its done loading. I wanted to try this before I bought the .99 cent version. It was my favorite game in the 80's. What a bummer. The ONE TIME I could get it to load I got to play it. It looks the same but the seamless play is not there. I understand that they can't give us a dial to spin like the real game. You have to push your Left & Right individually and you can't move it fast enough to make it to the other side of the circle - would be way better if you could hold down the L/R arrows and it would keep moving instead of having to push it over and over again. To move. Doesn't feel the same. Good try tho. Extra star is for the fact you chose the best game to re-do.

*Added an extra star for developer responsiveness! Thanks, Richard! It’s great to know someone out there is listening. *
The graphics are super retro and satisfying, which is awesome! But the gameplay is clunky at best. To move around the board, you must tap arrows, which are located at the bottom left of the screen. It’s awkward. Far more elegant and intuitive would be the ability to slide your finger in the direction you wish to move and shoot. I love where this game is headed, and I know it can and will be improved over time. But right now, it’s nearly impossible to play. Sorry. I really want to love it, but it’s mostly potential at this point and not a super substantive rendition of the game.

I don’t think game makers understand something. I have money. I want what I want though. Not what you made. I want the real Tempest. People my age who played it in the arcade have no problem giving you 5 bucks if it worked great. We spent that back in the day! This one jams up ,freezes , won’t reset, control is NO WHERE near what it should be. Make it so your finger controls the player around the circle. Do something better and you will get paid. Make a decent Scramble from Konami or Defender too.

No development action in 2 years so this isn’t going to go anywhere but...
The black screen a lot of people get seem to be instead of the first of the ads you get but it gets stuck in the black screen. Black screen only happened once of a bunch of tries for me: mostly 30 sec ads for me when you start, when you click More, when you click Back etc.
As others said the click to move doesn’t parallel the old game (too slow) AND greatly interferes in shooting. Slide left and right to rotate would be better as long as the firing is handled separate and immediately.

Loads a black screen then plays an entire ad that you cannot skip. The gameplay is absolute garbage. The arrows move the player in the opposite direction as expected. Shooting only responds sometimes. Everything is ripped off from Tempest, except playing this does not compare to the original at all. Enemies are flung randomly from the center, and shooting most of the time doesn't work, so it's pointless. Don't bother.

You really can’t complain since it’s free. It’s worth a try. To get past the black screen you gotta jump out of the app one or two times. Finally the 30 second ad plays. Then hit the start button in the middle of the screen. The controls are pretty terrible and the graphics aren’t like the real game. But it is a reminder. Keep looking for this game, it’s gotta turn up at some point.

I didn’t get a black screen so here are some suggestions for the game. Make the background change in a little bit so it’s not the same thing. And make different levels (different shapes and stuff for the “space vortex”. Also needs more variety in enemys

The game will load and play but then there is no way to reset and reload to play again. Can't believe this game and a 99 cent version are still listed. There used to be a playable version of this classic space game but an lOS update broke it.

This game is what you would get if you showed someone a photo of T2k and said “these things are flying out from the center and you have to shoot them.” Don’t expect the classic game.

Making this tempest knock off ridiculously hard and pathetic. Everyone has a touch screen, utilize that rather than left/right rotation arrows.