README.md

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 virtual-jaguar

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 included in this repository as they are known to work.

First you must run the following to set up the git submodules containing the assembler toolchain:

git submodule init
git submodule update

Now you can build the toolchain, as follows:

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

Build Tempest 2000

To build an executable file t2000.abs:

make t2000.abs

You can run this as follows using virtual-jaguar:

virtual-jaguar t2000.abs

Note that you may need to explicitly load the file from within virtual-jaguar for this to work.

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

For an optimal Tempest 2000 experience you should 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