Seems fitting that it should take me 26 goddamn years and an actual
bootleged preview of the film's oft rumored sequel before I finally--
FINALLY! -- hit the painfully elusive "
USER" level of the game. This was played on
M.A.M.E. with the Tron rom
set 1. I used to haul my mom's empty glass bottles of RC up to 7-Eleven in the rain on my Murray BMX bike just so I could score enough change for three or four games of Tron at
Galaxy World in Carol Stream, Illinois.
Here's a
video of the game for those who have never seen it in action.
Seems fitting that it should take me 26 goddamn years and an actual bootleged preview of the film's oft rumored sequel before I finally-- FINALLY! -- hit the painfully elusive "USER" level of the game. This was played on M.A.M.E. with the Tron rom set 1. I used to haul my mom's empty glass bottles of RC up to 7-Eleven in the rain on my Murray BMX bike just so I could score enough change for three or four games of Tron at Galaxy World in Carol Stream, Illinois.
Here's a video of the game for those who have never seen it in action.
I really sucked at this game in 1982. Loved the cabinet design, as well as its wendy carlos soundtrack, but the controllers were too tricky. I had the whole set of four action figures with glo-in-the-dark weapons, and I regretted giving them away to a younger neighbor kid a year later when I grew out of toys.
ReplyDeleteNow that I'm middle-aged and have no shame, I can and buy these reissues, and spend my free time building an arcade cabinet in the garage.