Tempest X3 is a multidimensional shooter game for PlayStation where players maneuver a claw along the periphery of intricate tube-like structures. Players must eliminate various hostile entities, including fuseballs and pulsars, while avoiding environmental hazards. Successfully clearing each stage allows progression into deeper space, presenting new challenges and levels to conquer.
In Tempest X3 you control a claw that perches and crawls around the outer edge of a series of geometrically shaped, tube-like constructs, shooting down or out into the nebulous void of outer space. From the core of this void, fuseballs, rockets, pulsars, tankers and other hazardous aliens and alien artifacts move toward your ship. Once you clear a screen, you fly into the void and onto the next level. Watch out for spikes as you advance.