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TempoFrom Sega Retro
Tempo is a 1995 action platforming game developed for the Sega 32X by Sega and Red Entertainment Corporation. It was the first game in Red's Tempo series, and was followed by Tempo Jr. and Super Tempo. In the game, you control a grasshopper named Tempo, who uses the power of music to rid the world of Rythmia from the minions of the music-hating King Dirge Sound on the television show The Major Minor Show. You defeat enemies by either jumping on them, falling on them, or kicking on them, and you can stun them by shooting music notes at them. When in midair, you can glide slowly downward, destroying any enemy that touches your feet. If you find a special DANCE panel, you can summon your butterfly friend Tina to assist in killing enemies and opening up secret paths.
GameplayThe game plays like a straight platformer. Finding a panel that says "DANCE" on it will cause Tina to appear. Tina will automatically kill enemies if Tempo stuns them with a note. If you find a panel that says "TINA" while Tina is following you, Tina will destroy a nearby obstacle, opening up a secret path. The "DANCE" panel will also kill every enemy on screen at the time. Health is measured by a health bar at the top left corner of the screen. You lose a certain amount of health with each hit, depending on the enemy or obstacle you hit. Once your health reaches a dangerously low point, Tina will flee. You can regain health by collection music notes scattered around the level. Green, red, and orange notes will refill a certain amount of health; the amount decreases with each respective color. A large yellow music note will refill your health once. Some platforms, such as the electric drums in Hi Fi Performance, will give you music notes of decreasing heath value each time they are jumped on. In each level there is a set of diamonds blocking an alternate path that will electrocute you when touched. A nearby flower encased in ice will cause the diamonds to turn into music notes when touched. In each level there is a series of trophy-like platforms similar to the one shown when Tempo starts the level; standing on these will warp you to a different part of the level. These platforms usually come in pairs, so standing on one will always take you to the other. LevelsThe game's stages are divided into three different levels; hitting up and down on the stage select screen allow you to choose the level to choose the stage to play from, though you must beat all the stages on one level to be able to go to the next.
Production CreditsDesigner: Keisuke Abe
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