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Armagetron Advanced is a multiplayer snake game in 3D based on the light cycle sequence from the film Tron.[1] It is available for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, AmigaOS 4[2] and OpenBSD as free and open-source software.

Armagetron Advanced
Developer(s)Dave Fancella ("Lucifer"), "epsy", Fred ("Tank Program"), Jochen Darley ("joda.bot"), Luke Dashjr, Daniel Harple ("dlh"), Mathias Plichta ("wrtlprnft"), Manuel Moos ("Z-Man"), Sven Wendler ("subby")
Initial release2001
Stable release
0.2.9.0.1 / August 14, 2020; 2 years ago (2020-08-14)
Preview release
0.4
Repository
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
TypeSnake
LicenseGPLv2+
Websitearmagetronad.org

History


Development started in 2000 under the name "Armagetron - Multiplayer Lightcycle Game" as free and open-source software released under version 2 of the GNU General Public License on SourceForge.net.[3] In March 2005 the project continued under the name "Armagetron Advanced", which is also hosted on sourceforge.net.[4]

In 2007, "Armacycles Advanced" was chosen as an alternative secondary game name for the Fedora Linux operating system to avoid future potential trademark issues.[5][6] For the same reason, "Retrocycles" was chosen as another secondary game name to use with the Steam distribution service in 2020.[7]


Gameplay


A local game
A local game

Two or more players are represented by dual-wheeled motor vehicles, or light cycles, in a grid-lined arena. The vehicles constantly move forward, leaving a colored trail behind them as they travel. Contact with either the arena walls or a trail left by a player will result in death and elimination from the battle (not only does this remove their trail entirely, the explosion also breaches trails a short distance away). Therefore, players attempt to box each other in order to force their opponents to touch their trail or one of the arena walls. Players can change the direction of movement, by turning 90 degrees to the left or right (though in some servers the number of axes is more than four, making it possible to turn 45 degrees, or none at all).

Being close to a colored trail causes the bike to accelerate; the closer the player is to the trail, the greater the acceleration. This allows players to accelerate and use the resulting speed advantage to outmaneuver their opponents. Players are able to use a brake, the 'v' key by default, to slow down, however, the effectiveness of the brake varies from server to server. Some servers even implement a 'speed brake', which turns the brake key into an accelerator.


Game modes


Several game modes exist:


Reception


Armagetron Advanced has been given positive reviews,[8][9][10] In 2008, Rock, Paper, Shotgun called it "about as perfect as freeware gets."[11] As of July 2016, Armagetron Advanced has been downloaded from SourceForge over 3.7 million times.[12][13]


See also



References


  1. "Armagetron advanced website". Archived from the original on 5 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
  2. "Armagetron Advanced released for AmigaOS 4.x". AmigaWorld.net. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  3. Armagetron - Multiplayer Lightcycle Game on sourceforge.net
  4. armagetron advanced on sourceforge.net
  5. "Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 251529". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. "rebranding for Fedora". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. "New Title Screen!? and other cool stuff - Armagetron Forums". forums3.armagetronad.net. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  8. Rob Williams (2006-09-19). "Top 10 Free Linux Games". Techgage. Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  9. Dave Belfer-Shevett (2005-05-13). "Game Review: Armagetron". Planet Geek. Archived from the original on 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  10. Juergen Haas. "armagetron". about.com. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  11. Tron in 3D And Awesome: Armagetron by Quintin Smith on Rock, Paper, Shotgun (September 30th, 2008)
  12. Armagetron Advanced - stats on SourceForge.net (accessed 2016-07-19)
  13. Armagetron - stats on SourceForge.net (accessed 2016-07-19)



На других языках


[de] Armagetron

Armagetron ist ein Computerspiel, dessen Spielprinzip bei dem Film Tron zu sehen ist und als Open Source unter der GPL Version 2 veröffentlicht wurde.[1][2][3] Das Spiel, welches nur extrem wenig Speicherplatz benötigt und 3-dimensional dargestellt ist, verlangt vom Spieler vor allem sehr viel Geschicklichkeit und gute Reflexe.
- [en] Armagetron Advanced

[ru] Armagetron Advanced

Armagetron Advanced — свободная компьютерная игра для операционных систем Linux, Windows, Mac OS, FreeBSD и AmigaOS 4, разработанная группой энтузиастов по мотивам фильма «Трон» (1982 года) и выпущенная в 2001 году. Игра периодически обновляется и на официальном сайте размещаются новые версии; также там доступны к свободной загрузке исходные коды игры.



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