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Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life
Posted by
timothy
on Mon Jul 11, 2005 06:18 PM
from the please-be-careful-in-there dept.
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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No thank you (Score:5, Funny)
Which means my opponent is trying to make me crash.
I don't need any help in that regard. I can get into accidents all by myself.
Re:No thank you (Score:5, Insightful)
maybe there should be a minimum speed limit? (which means you lose if you get too tired)
maybe a motorbike could be used, although you would need a closed course for safety,
this all seems too much for the real world
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Re:No thank you (Score:5, Informative)
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Maybe not (Score:5, Funny)
Betcha that would make you take it seriously
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exercise is good (Score:5, Funny)
Be thankful they didn't do a real life version of Joust.
Re:exercise is good (Score:5, Funny)
That was our initial aim but PETA terrorists stole our ostriches. Bastards.
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Re:exercise is good (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps because it's been done already:
http://dclxvi.org/chunk/operations/chunk/image/hir es/joust150.jpg [dclxvi.org]
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Re:exercise is good (Score:5, Funny)
A few minutes later I overheard the following conversation between one of the event organizers and an ambulance medic:
Medic: OK, what happened here?
Organizer: Well, they were jousting and....
Medic: Jousting? Did you say jousting?
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how about (Score:5, Interesting)
Hummunah.
New use for the phrase? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:New use for the phrase? (Score:4, Funny)
The firemen will have to use a clever hack to pull you from the wreckage.
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Link to a mirror (Score:5, Informative)
awesome*2 (Score:4, Funny)
Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
By contrast, some 20 friends of mine were playing Laser Tag in a park after dark, and someone living in the area called the cops and said that there was a gang war going on, and something like 40 units descended on the park. They were ultimately let go that evening from the scene, but that had to be fun...
Darwin Natural Selection? (Score:5, Insightful)
The second outdoor video game (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:The second outdoor video game (Score:5, Funny)
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I'd like to see... (Score:4, Funny)
Other interesting (but failed) video game hacks (Score:5, Funny)
I tried Donkey Kong with a fake moustache, a mallet, and my local zoo. Didn't go so well either.
I tried yelling "hadouken" after throwing a bowling ball wrapped in a lit kerosene-doused rag. The neighbor kid thought it was pretty cool.
I pulled on the passenger door of a cop car, and as he tried to go after me, I went to the drivers' side to try to floor it. I yelled "It's CJ, foo!" I forget, I was either busted or wasted...and nobody thought it was cool.
I think next I'm going to re-create Hitman: Contracts by shaving my head, and getting good with a shotgun.
GPS games (Score:5, Interesting)
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.
Critical flaw in game!!! (Score:5, Funny)
you have to wear the suits. (Score:5, Funny)
Cellphone version (Score:5, Informative)
http://datenmafia.org/gpstron/index-english.php [datenmafia.org]
And laugh as they call the bomb squad. (Score:5, Insightful)
*POP*
Cop #2: "Got 'im"
If you've seen the movie: (Score:4, Funny)
and an LCD screen
and a mobile phone
GPS
err and a RS232 cable
Oh fuck and a backpack to carry it all in
Where was I? Oh yeah...
Every thing you do, or learn will be imprinted on this disk!"