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    "romCore": "AEMUEV.so",
    "romDescription": "The arcade hit shooter Tempest comes home to the Atari 2600! Well, sort of. Atari 2600 Tempest was a prototype that never saw release back in the day for a variety of reasons. It was finally made available in 2005, allowing players a chance to get their first glimpse at how Atari planned to bring the rather advanced arcade game to the console. While the arcade's sharp vector-based graphics couldn't be reproduced by the Atari 2600, the basic gameplay is similar. Each stage consists of a tunnel of sorts, and you can move your ship around its mouth. Enemies crawl up from the depths, and you need to blast them away before they reach you. Once per stage, you can use your SuperZapper to clear away all of the enemies on-screen. Use the Game Select button to adjust the difficulty and your starting number of lives. While this version lacks the style and some of the gameplay complexity of the arcade version, it's a fascinating piece of history and a unique shooter in the console's line-up.",
    "romFileName": "AP1AK.a26",
    "romGenre": "Shoot 'em up",
    "romLaunchType": "BLASTRETRO",
    "romMapping": {
        "a": "Fire/(+Up) Use SuperZapper",
        "b": "NULL",
        "dpad": "Move Ship",
        "l1": "NULL",
        "l2": "NULL",
        "r1": "NULL",
        "r2": "NULL",
        "select": "Select Game",
        "start": "Restart Level",
        "x": "NULL",
        "y": "NULL"
    },
    "romPlatform": "Atari 2600",
    "romPlayers": 1,
    "romReleaseDate": "2005",
    "romTitle": "Tempest"
}
