Awesome version of tron [TRON : Light Cycles]

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Awesome version of tron [TRON : Light Cycles]

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Hi,
I have come here to see if you can help me find a game that I used to love playing on my windows 95 computer.
It's basically like tron. It had a birds eye view of a a square where you would "tron around" in. The awesome part of it was you could earn money and buy things at the shop for the next level/game you played, and you could change your line-style from normal to dotted and even thick line (after purchaced from the store)!
I have been searching everywhere but I can't seem to find the right one... :shifty:

Please help :D
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Ah, yes, I have the shareware version of that. "TRON : Light Cycles v1.0"
The screen on exit says:
"Copyright (c) 1992, Keith Fordham."

I remember those details you mentioned.

Since it's shareware, I'll upload it temporarily-ish: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1712024/stuff/trongame.zip
That isn't the original zip. I only had the files extracted. It's either that or nothing. Sorry, TRON.DOC.
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YES! That's the one! But how do I get it to run at normal speed? I saw a program but I forgot what it was.

But how come its like... NOWHERE on the internet?

And is there a way to register?
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Try running it in DOSBox. It should run fine there. http://www.dosbox.com/
Follow http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5443 or such from that forum to get it set up.
DOSBox would be a better bet than MoSlo or programs like that, I would think.

Why this game is nowhere on the internet, I don't know.
I just had the shareware version sitting around on a floppy and copied it over one day because I wanted to play it.
You'd have to find the author somehow. Open REGISTER.FRM in notepad. Maybe the author's mailing address still works. Maybe he's moved and you would have a remote chance of finding him through internet searches. *shrugs*
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Yes! I got it working, thanks a lot.
But one thing:
Why doesn't it let me buy new trails at the store :O
(Yes I do have enoguh money)
It just says "Already Have ConTrail"
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manstie wrote:Why doesn't it let me buy new trails at the store :O
Heh, it's been so long since I played it other than the other day to make sure my memories were correct.. Try selling the other trail first if possible. Otherwise, check the readme.
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Still not working :(
Readme tells nothing about unable to buy trails...
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manstie if you have problems with the gameplay we have a sub for this:
Game Help, Hints and Tips

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