Play Tron 2.0 : Killer App Online

I picked up Tron 2.0: Killer App on the Game Boy Advance back in 2004, a time when movie tie-ins were everywhere and handhelds were full of ambitious, if sometimes flawed, experiments. Developed by Digital Eclipse, it was one of those games that tried to capture a big sci-fi world on a tiny screen, a direct adaptation of the PC game but rebuilt for the GBA's limitations. It stood out for trying something different, even if it didn't always hit the mark.

You play as Jet Bradley, digitized into the computer world, and your goal is to stop a malicious program from escaping into the real world. The gameplay is a mix of action and exploration, moving screen by screen through abstract digital environments. You fight using an identity disc in combat that feels a bit like a top down shooter, and you can collect upgrade chips to modify your stats and abilities. The pacing is methodical, with some tricky enemy patterns to learn, but the real highlight is the occasional shift into light cycle races; those sections are pure, fast paced grid running. It feels like a thoughtful, sometimes clunky, but genuinely interesting attempt to translate a complex world into a pocket sized adventure.