classic “Tron style” light cycle combat

About Armagetron

The What

"A Tron clone in 3D"
This has been the tagline of Armagetron, since, well, a very long time, and is probably the shortest and most accurate description possible. Tron was an arcade game based on the movie of the same name, release by Disney in 1982. The original game consisted of 4 sub-games, the only one of concern is the 'Light Cycles' one, in which the player uses a left/right joystick to control a 'Light Cycle' which leaves a wall behind it wherever the cycle it goes, turning only at 90 degree angles. The player must then get the AI to crash into their wall while avoiding hitting the AI's own wall themselves. Those were the humble beginnings of Armagetron Advanced's game play, which has now blossomed into 16 player mayhem, with highly advanced AI, network based game play, and of course all in a 3D environment.

License Info

Armagetron Advanced is Open Source Software, free, and is released under the GPL.
It is registered with the SourceForge project service. Located here.

“be the last man standing”


your opponents have dark and frightening names


Get your light cycle and get online with armagetron for Solaris!

n.b.:The background image that you see for the last screenshot may be found here.
extra special warning : there is a vast network of armagetron game servers running also
and they will really soak up a lot of your time -- so beware.