Okay, I’m a geek. I’ll admit it. I’m actually sure it comes as no surprise to most of you.

One of the movies as a kid that really motivated me even more towards computers was TRON.

Yeah, the story is pretty lame, even by 1982 standards. But seeing it when I was a lone lad of 9, seeing it in San Bruno, CA at the Hyatt Cinema Theatre, on my 9th birthday, no less, it was cool.

And of course, for those of you that poo-poo this movie, remember that John Lasseter, creator of such movies as Toy Story and Finding Nemo, credits this movie for him getting into computer animation and really thinking about where it could take motion pictures.

Click “Read More..” to read about the history of this ground breaking film, and you might learn something.

..off to play TRON and Discs of TRON in MAME..

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