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Classic Gaming Expo
Step right into it- a room of retro cuboids with tiny power lights glistening. Faded logos haunt the cardboard packaging, amongst a jumble of dusty plastic crammed onto shelves. Graphics twisting in vectors, swirling, ancient. Cassette tapes clutter almost everywhere. The crazy feeling of loyalty to the ghost of a company, t-shirts gathering, logo text crackling. Eyes flicker, then fixate on the dazzling bolts of pixels. "I used to have one of those", they all say, excited, sating their nostalgia. Arcade machines glowering, whirring, squeezing out a few primary colours. Players gaining high scores, on games they never play anymore. Lights dim, crowded hall merges into darkness, as the Knight Rider theme tune is strum above.

Re: so there is where Tron when to die

Date: 2005-08-18 08:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] squirmelia.livejournal.com
Tron is still alive (or at least was still at the show!)

Re: so there is where Tron when to die

Date: 2005-08-18 09:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey-area.livejournal.com
The lightcycle game is also still alive and kicking. Called Armagetron and still totally free, I think this (http://armagetron.sourceforge.net/) is the official website.

And the only thing missing from your picture is an Amiga 500. =)

Re: so there is where Tron when to die

Date: 2005-08-18 09:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] squirmelia.livejournal.com
Do people play real life Tron, like they do real life PacMan?

I think I have another picture somewhere with an Amiga 500 in it. :)

Re: so there is where Tron when to die

Date: 2005-08-18 09:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey-area.livejournal.com
That's that wearable computer project they're running in Singapore you're referencing, isn't it? I'm sure one could adapt that to use motorcycles and walls of light. It would be so very very cool to play...although the other traffic participants would perhaps not agree. OK, so one plays it at 3am. The occasional cab you'd run into could be classed as a Recogniser or something similar. =)

Re: so there is where Tron when to die

Date: 2005-08-18 09:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] squirmelia.livejournal.com
Best to play real life Llamatron and dress up as a llama just to confuse the taxi drivers further.

Re: so there is where Tron when to die

Date: 2005-08-18 09:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grey-area.livejournal.com
Or combine the two and wear llama costumes while riding motorcycles to really sow chaos and confusion.

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