Video: new Tron tastes just like old Tron

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Video: new Tron tastes just like old Tron

Posted May 4th 2007 4:35PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

Retro titles on Xbox Live Arcade generally have two flavors: original and enhanced. Above we have a video of Tron in its original state for the Xbox Live Arcade. After the break is a video of the "enhanced" version (find high res versions here). Now, we know Tron is a classic and many don't want it tampered with, but the enhanced version barely looks different at all. Honestly, we can hardly tell the difference. Sure, we play for the gameplay, but if this is all the "enhancement" that's being done it seems like a waste of developer resources. We put this question to our readers: if this passes for enhanced visuals, is it even worth it? Would you rather see developers enhance both visuals and gameplay, as Rare did with Jetpac Refuelled?

Tags: arcade, live arcade, LiveArcade, tron, tron xbla, TronXbla, xbla, xbox live arcade, XboxLiveArcade

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5-04-2007 @ 5:14PM

jimmcq said...

That doesn't look very enhanced to me... the animation looks choppy, and they didn't even add the showering particle effects that every 'evolved' game seems to think is necessary.

5-04-2007 @ 5:27PM

fidgetwidget said...

I would much rather a retro/evolved or classic/refueled way of doing things, but lets be realistic, thats not an upgrade, thats a whole new game based on a classic. Pack in the classic with that is wonderful, but we would likely be paying 800 points for them.

I would LOVE to see a Galaga that doesn't suck; with cool new partical and lighting effects, some more control over where your ship is, and a super weapon or two... but I'm just one person.

5-04-2007 @ 5:30PM

v01 said...

Ouchie.. this is basically a port from arcade machine to 360...
Tron is Tron.. but to drop points on this? I don't know....

5-04-2007 @ 5:32PM

Hobofuzz said...

They should have just ported Armagetron to the 360. I'd pay for that just to get the network functionality of Armagetron for Xbox Live.

5-04-2007 @ 6:09PM

Justin A said...

Wow, this is better than Gears of War!

5-04-2007 @ 6:22PM

h0mi said...

yes it looks enhanced to me, but not significantly so.

This better be only 400 points.

5-04-2007 @ 7:42PM

Fezmid said...

I want them to release Tron Deadly Discs for the 360!!! That game was awesome on the Intellivision and the controls would transfer pretty well to the 360 I think.

http://www.intvfunhouse.com/games/disc.php

5-04-2007 @ 7:48PM

ScreamingSkull said...

I've been waiting for a developer to make a 3d transition for pitfall. And I don't mean those craptastic versions that came out a while ago. I mean almost regular old pitfall, but made with a fancy 3d engine, and still be a side scroller, like they did with Ghost and Goblins. Even if somebody did a "Out of this world" treatment to it, it'd be better than half of the retro titles lately.

5-05-2007 @ 9:37AM

trigger said...

I don't know about you, but I'm saving my MS points for Pong HD!

5-05-2007 @ 7:52PM

Majormauser said...

Discs of Tron IS coming out for Xbox Live as well

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/902/902813/imgs_1.html

5-07-2007 @ 9:50AM

PS3Rules said...

This is the best shooter the Xbox180 has to offer. Weeeeeee!

5-07-2007 @ 10:52AM

Hockle said...

majormauser,
Discs of Tron and Tron Deadly Discs (Intellivision) are two different games. Tron Deadly Discs put you in more of an arena setting as guys came at you from different sides, where Discs of Tron is the circular-platform one.

5-07-2007 @ 12:38PM

guidedbyvoip said...

Hobofuzz:

thats exactly what I thought when I heard this game was coming out. Armagetron was a great game, albeit with buggy netcode. 3D Lightcycle games are the way of the future, so says TRON circa 1984. Armagetron on the 360 would be rad.

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