But really, the most important thing to remember about Tron, over anything else - the cabinet for this machine was just amazingly cool. Never, before or since, have I come across a cab which just looks so out-of-this-world, they really went to town on the design of this baby. Glowing blue lights remniscient of the character's costumes in the movie, funky grid motifs, the crazy joystick and spinner controls, it was all too much really.. You would see this machine beckoning you from across the arcade, and you had to play it. Even now, most reputable arcade machine collectors drool at the thought of owning a mint Tron cab. Shallow, peraps, but it's an important piece of history. A follow-up to this machine, Discs of Tron, was released shortly afterward - I will revisit that game some other time, suffice it to say the designers got the gameplay much more nailed down in that effort!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Retro Game of the Day! Tron
But really, the most important thing to remember about Tron, over anything else - the cabinet for this machine was just amazingly cool. Never, before or since, have I come across a cab which just looks so out-of-this-world, they really went to town on the design of this baby. Glowing blue lights remniscient of the character's costumes in the movie, funky grid motifs, the crazy joystick and spinner controls, it was all too much really.. You would see this machine beckoning you from across the arcade, and you had to play it. Even now, most reputable arcade machine collectors drool at the thought of owning a mint Tron cab. Shallow, peraps, but it's an important piece of history. A follow-up to this machine, Discs of Tron, was released shortly afterward - I will revisit that game some other time, suffice it to say the designers got the gameplay much more nailed down in that effort!
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Nice I loved this game and it still makes me think of the good'ole arcade hangin out..!
ReplyDeleteIt is pity that I loved a lot of retro games but I haven't played Tron. First Because I am old but I ain't that kind of old and second because in my arcades, other games were more popular at the time. Well, now It is time to go back to Viagra Online
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