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Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life

Posted by timothy on from the please-be-careful-in-there dept.

Digital_Quartz writes "This is a clever hack, using a laptop and GPS to play the classic Lightcycles game from Tron, using bicycles and a city. The page is a little light on details, but does give the essentials, including screen shots."

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  1. how about by zephc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    you paint one of these little bikes red or blue, and ride around somewhere roomy.

    Hummunah.

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  2. The second outdoor video game by technoextreme · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I noticed that this is the second video game that has been retrofitted for outdoors. Pac man was the first one that I know of. I wonder how many of these games can actually be made for the outdoors.http://www.pacmanhattan.com/about.php

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  3. GPS games by centauri · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My GPS (Garmin eTrex C) came loaded with several GPS-based games. One is a single-player lightcycles-esque game in which you run to spots to collect points whilst trying not to cross your own trail.

    The other games feature a maze, a pair-matching game a la Concentration, a Whack-a-mole type game, and an asteroids clone. I've been a little leery of trying them, lest I be arrested for wacky behavior in a public area.

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