Tron Light Cycles 2600?

jimmydonc · February 6, 2022

Sorry if this is something that has been gone over a lot. Has anyone attempted to make a tron light cycles game for 2600? Like even just a re-themed version of surround that doesn't play perfectly? I was trying to look it up online and although i saw a couple people mention it over the years, i didn't see any mention of a completed project or even an unfinished rom..

I have the 2 official games. Just surprised they never made the light cycles game since in the movie that seems like one of the more important parts.

Sohl · February 7, 2022

Pinging @Arenafoot and @ZeroPage Homebrew for their extensive knowledge!

+ZeroPage Homebrew · February 7, 2022

Good question! Since you're looking for someone that made a port of the Arcade game I'll avoid "light cycle-type" games. Here's what I've found (with some help from @Arenafoot's amazing Homebrew list):

2006? - @Thomas Jentzsch hacked Surround to bring it closer to the arcade colours but it's restricted to 1v1 play
2007 - @jbs30000 started on a port of all four levels of the Arcade but it's quite early and rough. It has the Light Cycle portion (go down) but I couldn't play it long enough to know if it goes past the 1v1 level.
2018 - @orange808 made an excellent Arcade port of Tron here but it omitted the light cycles level. "Lightcycles were originally implemented and nearly completed before I abandoned them and added the disks game."
2019 - @acsabo ported the Light Cycle level from Tron here but it is restricted to 1v1 and doesn't go up to the 3 computer opponents.
2021? - @gauauu released QuadGames, a series of four player games for use with his QuadTari hardware which includes a 1-4 player (no AI) surround game. Although it isn't Tron themed, I thought I'd include it.