Two Tron games head to XBLA, we get depressed
by Justin McElroy 
{ May 3rd 2007 at 11:00AM }
Sure, you could be excited that Disney has announced arcade versions of Tron and Discs of Tron are coming to Xbox Live Arcade at some unspecified time this summer. You could be jazzed that Backbone is throwing in online multiplayer and updated graphics with the releases, but we just can't seem to get there. Maybe it's because these games come 25 years after Tron ignited the imaginations of 1982 cavemen who hadn't even heard of the internet and we've fallen woefully short in making their neon-drenched dreams reality.Think about it. It's been two-and-a-half decades now, and the closest we've come to being digitized by a radical laser, assigned an identity disc and being forced to compete in gladiator-style games that may or may not result in our termination is waving around a white stick. Forget the MCP, we haven't even reached the technological sophistication of the VR Troopers -- and they were awful. So go ahead, feel free to enjoy the games of the past. We'll be too busy feeling guilty that our present is also some 1982 movie goer's future.
Gallery: Tron / Discs of Tron (XBLA)
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professor_vector @ May 3rd 2007 11:12AM
one of my most prized possessions is a fully restored Tron Arcade cabinet.....and it looks so awesome in my living room
Andrew @ May 3rd 2007 11:28AM
That picture looks like Peter Griffin when they did a Tron spoof in an episode.
minus_273 @ May 3rd 2007 11:35AM
nooo not that picture. at least they didnt show him from in front. It was a guy on slashdot who decided to make a tron constume for some convention .. three words or horror.. male camel toe...
ill trooper @ May 3rd 2007 11:41AM
Yes... Understood. Now living in 'the future,' but still no jetpacks. Feels like we might be closer to having an MCP than jetpacks...
Jonathan Tran @ May 3rd 2007 11:45AM
You think that's depressing? Try watching Back to the Future 2
Crono @ May 3rd 2007 11:52AM
This is the best tron game ever made.
Diskoboy @ May 3rd 2007 11:53AM
Dear god, online multiplayer Discs of Tron is going to kick so much ass!!! If they're smart, they'll release both games together, like Atari did with Centipede and Millipede.
gwangi @ May 3rd 2007 11:58AM
Any picture but that... my eyes they burn!
MattK @ May 3rd 2007 2:36PM
I know its an old game but i still love playing the flash Lightcycle Tron games that come up from time to time. It's great fun playing PvP with the timing it takes to trap someone into the corner or escape from one yourself.
If I can play the Lightcycle game multiplayer then I'll definitely be getting it :)
Todd @ May 3rd 2007 11:59AM
I'm still patiently waiting for the sequel to the movie.
"Tron: Digitally Remastered"
C. Grant @ May 3rd 2007 12:07PM
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/12/found-pic-im-linux/
Garp @ May 3rd 2007 12:08PM
OK.. this is really, really cool, if you ask me. I spent way too much time with Tron in the arcades and to this day I'm still drawn back to Discs of Tron. This I'll definitely pick up!
fyreblazer @ May 3rd 2007 12:54PM
pfff LOL @ VR Troopers...we are VR!
konajinx @ May 3rd 2007 1:32PM
Awesome! I was always disappointed that I never had an easy way to play either Tron or Discs of on MAME due to the spinner control. I always loved these games so it's cool to see them coming our way.
Oh and that Tron guy was recently on Attack of the Show! to help rate the YouTube Star of the Moment, and man was he a fucking prude. Annoying beyond belief, but then you can probably tell that without actually having to listen to the guy.
Advanced Arcade @ May 3rd 2007 5:19PM
Ok. I own both Tron and Discs of Tron. They are both great games. On Xbox, not so good. There is NO way to duplicate the controls. Tron has a spinner and Discs has a spinner that you push/pull up and down. Good luck with that.
www.advancedarcadegames.com
Frankie @ May 3rd 2007 1:50PM
Oh Noes! Tron Guy has a website:
http://www.tronguy.net/
KaneRobot @ May 3rd 2007 2:05PM
Wow, it's the photo cover to Marvel's new "Sgt. Slaughter 2099."
Crono @ May 3rd 2007 2:04PM
Frankie, I'm going to kill you for making me look at the tronguy pictures.
There
was
no
warning.
MY EYES!!!
Frankie @ May 3rd 2007 2:58PM
Hahah...i'm sorry man....i didn't think male camel toe was possible..till now...
at least i'm saving a few bucks because i'm not eating lunch today. :O~~~~
Jay Maynard @ May 4th 2007 8:11AM
I gotta agree with Advanced Arcade: the controls are what make the arcade games. Discs of Tron, especially, would be so different to play that it's almost a new game without the special controller.
konajinx: Me? Prude? Nawwwwwww.