TxK, Tempest 2000 Remake for PS Vita Demoed

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If you happen to be one of the other five people who own an Atari Jaguar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar), you've probably played the excellent Tempest 2000 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_2000). As chance would have it, a few months ago Llamasoft announced they were approached by Sony to write TxK, based"...on the essence of the original T2K (http://minotaurproject.co.uk/blog/?p=372). ... . We're not going to overload you with ultra psychedelia (http://minotaurproject.co.uk/SpaceGiraffe/), but we will make it fluid and colourful and awesome-looking ... We're going to give you a perfect treat for your eyes, ears and thumbs with a modern extrapolation of one of the best shooters ever made on hardware that's just perfectly suited for it, and in a way that retains the purity of the original design."A couple of weeks ago, a working version of TxK was demoed at Play Expo (http://thevitalounge.net/txk-demoed-at-play-expo-2013/). Read below to see the video. It really seems to retain the aesthetic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/) of Tempest 2000 enhanced by modern hardware and a full color range (http://atariage.com/forums/topic/188164-why-cry/?p=2377510), with a touch of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRHJMf_jY8A(you can kill enemies at the rim somehow at least).

http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/11/01/0525256/txk-tempest-2000-remake-for-ps-vita-demoed