Tuesday, May 02, 2006

The Golden Age of Gaming


"Far from the Game Grid, the boy turned to the girl, mortified at the ease with which she'd won. 'Lemme play you again?' He figured he had her technique analyzed now, and was positive that he could beat her this time.
She shrugged; she sort of liked him, and enjoyed sharking him. 'Yeah, if you've got another quarter.' Into the video game went the coin, where it joined millions upon millions of others earned by the programs. They and their playing fields, the videogames, were one of the most popular entertainment innovations in history."
--pg. 9

Apparently the 1982 Tron Video Game (ah, the Golden Age of Gaming) made more money than the actual movie. I guarantee that the 1982 Tron Video Game made more money than Tron A Novel by Brain Daley based on a Screenplay by Steven Lisberger Story by Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. I don't have the actual facts and figures at my fingertips, but if you contact the Walt Disney Corporation I'm sure they'd be happy to answer any of your Tron-related questions:

Walt Disney Co.
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Phone: 818-560-1000
Fax: 818-560-1930
Web Site: http://www.disney.go.com

AND NOW (drum roll, please, Maestro) PRESENTING FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE, AN ACTUAL FIELD RECORDING OF THE 1982 TRON VIDEO GAME!

Just follow the link to CoinOpVideogames.com!

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