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==Reception== {{Video game reviews | GBA = true | MOB = true | PC = true | XBOX = true | EuroG_PC = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Martin Taylor |date=September 1, 2003 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_tron_pc |title=Tron 2.0 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060906/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_tron_pc |url-status=live }}</ref> | EuroG_XBOX = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Kristan Reed |date=December 8, 2004 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_tron20_x |title=TRON 2.0: Killer App (Xbox) |website=Eurogamer |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816055725/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_tron20_x |url-status=live }}</ref> | GameRev_PC = B+<ref>{{cite web |author=Ben Silverman |date=August 2003 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/tron-20 |title=Tron 2.0 Review |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060446/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/tron-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> | GameRev_XBOX = C+<ref>{{cite web |author=Mike Reilly |date=December 2, 2004 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/tron-20-killer-app |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App Review (Xbox) |publisher=Game Revolution |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817153546/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/tron-20-killer-app |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot_GBA = 6.1/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Frank Provo |date=December 2, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-killer-app-review/1900-6114356/ |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App Review (GBA) |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808091815/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-killer-app-review/1900-6114356/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot_MOB = (LC) 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Avery Score |date=January 1, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-light-cycles-review/1900-6094058/ |title=Tron 2.0: Light Cycles Review |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326173545/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-light-cycles-review/1900-6094058/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(DoT) 4.2/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Damon Brown |date=July 29, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-discs-of-tron-review/1900-6103823/ |title=Tron 2.0: Discs of Tron review |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519143449/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-discs-of-tron-review/1900-6103823/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot_PC = 7.1/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Scott Osborne |date=August 27, 2003 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-review/1900-6074111/ |title=Tron 2.0 Review |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430194116/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-review/1900-6074111/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot_XBOX = 6.7/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Bob Colayco |date=November 9, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-killer-app-review/1900-6112783/ |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App Review (Xbox) |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802033917/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tron-20-killer-app-review/1900-6112783/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpy_GBA = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Bryan Stratton |date=November 10, 2004 |url=http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/tron-20-killer-app/565114p1.html |title=GameSpy: Tron 2.0: Killer App (GBA) |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216194531/http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/tron-20-killer-app/565114p1.html |archive-date=December 16, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> | GSpy_PC = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Sal Accardo |date=August 27, 2003 |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tron-20/6140p1.html |title=GameSpy: TRON 2.0 |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061600/http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tron-20/6140p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpy_XBOX = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Russ Fischer |date=November 9, 2004 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tron-20-killer-app/564852p1.html |title=GameSpy: Tron 2.0 Killer App (Xbox) |publisher=GameSpy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226041744/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tron-20-killer-app/564852p1.html |archive-date=December 26, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> | IGN_GBA = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Craig Harris |date=October 28, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/28/tron-20-killer-app-2 |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App (GBA) |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820124203/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/28/tron-20-killer-app-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> | IGN_MOB = (DoT) 8/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Levi Buchanan |date=June 4, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/05/discs-of-tron |title=[Tron 2.0:] Discs of TRON |website=IGN |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820085059/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/05/discs-of-tron |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(LC) 7/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Levi Buchanan |date=December 3, 2003 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/12/04/tron-20-light-cycles |title=Tron 2.0: Light Cycles |website=IGN |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820122842/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/12/04/tron-20-light-cycles |url-status=live }}</ref> | IGN_PC = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Dan Adams |date=August 22, 2003 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/08/22/tron-20-review |title=TRON 2.0 Review |website=IGN |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820062150/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/08/22/tron-20-review |url-status=live }}</ref> | IGN_XBOX = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Douglass C. Perry |date=November 2, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/02/tron-20-killer-app |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App (Xbox) |website=IGN |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820055529/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/02/tron-20-killer-app |url-status=live }}</ref> | NP_GBA = 3.7/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |volume=185 |date=November 2004 |page=131}}</ref> | OXM_XBOX = 6.9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |date=January 2005 |page=78}}</ref> | PCGUS_PC = 91%<ref>{{cite journal |author=Chuck Osborn |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/tron_20.html |title=Tron 2.0 |journal=[[PC Gamer]] |date=November 2003 |page=96 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315140824/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/tron_20.html |archive-date=March 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 20, 2016}}</ref> | rev1 = ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'' | rev1_PC = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Cincinnati>{{cite news |author=Marc Saltzman |date=August 5, 2003 |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/080503_tron.html |title=Stylish TRON 2.0 is filled with action |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001113715/http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/080503_tron.html |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Times]]'' | rev2_XBOX = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=TheTimes>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/gaming/article/tron-20-killer-app-dwkdb3kdjfx |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App (Xbox) |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=January 22, 2005 |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807022354/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/technology/article1861750.ece |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> | GR_GBA = 67%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/920699-tron-20-killer-app/index.html |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App for Game Boy Advance |work=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820105306/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/920699-tron-20-killer-app/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | GR_MOB = (LC) 70%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920338-tron-20-light-cycles/index.html |title=Tron 2.0: Light Cycles for Mobile |work=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820174348/http://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920338-tron-20-light-cycles/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(DoT) 61%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920365-tron-20-discs-of-tron/index.html |title=Tron 2.0: Discs of Tron for Mobile |work=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820174007/http://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920365-tron-20-discs-of-tron/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | GR_PC = 84%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/529599-tron-20/index.html |title=Tron 2.0 for PC |work=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=May 8, 2014 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060805/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/529599-tron-20/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | GR_XBOX = 71%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/919972-tron-20-killer-app/index.html |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App for Xbox |work=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820174019/http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/919972-tron-20-killer-app/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | MC_GBA = 68/100<ref name="mcgba">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tron-2-0/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App for Game Boy Advance Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909223849/http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/tron-20-killer-app |url-status=live }}</ref> | MC_PC = 84/100<ref name="mcpc">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tron-2-0/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Tron 2.0 for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=July 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728133951/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tron-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> | MC_XBOX = 69/100<ref name="mcxb">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tron-2-0/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Tron 2.0: Killer App for Xbox Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=December 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205065540/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/tron-20-killer-app |url-status=live }}</ref> }} The PC version received "favorable" reviews, while the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] versions received "average" reviews, according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="mcgba"/><ref name="mcpc"/><ref name="mcxb"/> ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'' gave the PC version four-and-a-half stars out of five and said: "Whether or not you're a fan of the movie, ''TRON 2.0'' oozes with style and substance. Developer Monolith Productions deserves credit for creating one of the finest and most unique PC games of the year to date".<ref name=Cincinnati/> ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' gave the same console version a score of eight out of ten and called it "a must for those out there who still like their CGI old school".<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Alex Porter |date=August 26, 2003 |url=http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_6017.html |title=Tron 2.0 |magazine=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030905212431/http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_6017.html |archive-date=September 5, 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> However, ''[[The Times]]'' gave the Xbox version three stars out of five, saying that "the controls take some time to master, and there's a surfeit of useless jargon seemingly designed to prevent you getting to grips with the gameplay. Nor is this a game for the short-sighted, since the on-screen captions that supposedly offer guidance are minute and virtually illegible".<ref name=TheTimes/> Despite the good reviews, the PC version underperformed in sales and BVG eventually dropped support for the game two years after it was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tron-sector.com/20 |title=Tron 2.0 News |publisher=Tron Sector |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315161904/http://www.tron-sector.com/20 |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 18, 2016}}</ref> Despite the lack of support from BVG, additional levels and multiplayer maps have been developed by fans of the game, including an expansion game and modification.<ref>{{Cite web |last=tronfaq |date=April 28, 2019 |title=Tron 2.0 News |url=http://tronfaq.blogspot.com/2006/02/all-tron-20-files-in-one-place.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609204000/http://tronfaq.blogspot.com/2006/02/all-tron-20-files-in-one-place.html }}</ref> [[Slave Labor Graphics]] produced a ''Tron 2.0'' [[comic book]] sequel miniseries called ''[[Tron: The Ghost in the Machine]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} ''[[Computer Games Magazine]]'' named ''Tron 2.0'' the fourth-best computer game of 2003, and presented it with awards for "Best Sound Effects" and "Best Art Direction", the latter of which it shared with ''[[Uru: Ages Beyond Myst]]''. The editors called ''Tron 2.0'' "easily one of the year's best looking games, and a textbook example of how graphics rely just as much on art design as they do technology".<ref name=cgm13th>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | title=Best of 2003; The 13th Annual Awards |date=March 2004 | issue=160 | pages=58β62}}</ref> The editors of ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' nominated ''Tron 2.0'' for their 2003 "Shooter of the Year" and overall "Game of the Year" awards, which ultimately went to ''[[Call of Duty (video game)|Call of Duty]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'', respectively.<ref name=cgwpremier2003>{{cite magazine | author=((Editors of ''CGW'' ))| magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 2003 Games of the Year |date=March 2004 | issue=236 | pages=57β60, 62β69}}</ref> It was also nominee for ''[[PC Gamer US]]''{{'}}s 2003 "Best Action Game" award, although it lost again to ''Call of Duty''. The editors declared it "a movie license done right".<ref name=pcgamerusawards2003>{{cite journal | date=March 2004 | title=The 10th Annual ''PC Gamer'' Awards | volume=11 | number=3 | pages=38β40, 42, 44, 45 | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | author=Staff}}</ref> During the [[7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] nominated ''Tron 2.0'' for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year]]" and "Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGame=259 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Tron 2.0 |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=1 August 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617004432/https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGame=259 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, [[GamesRadar]] ranked the game third on their list of the seven best Disney games, saying "Not to discount the gorgeousness of 2.0βs [[Neon lighting|neon]] lined environments, nor the wonderfully tech savvy [[Leet|1337 speak]] [...] but the Light Cycle arenas remain the gameβs crown jewel. All the nausea-inducing camera angles and impossible turns of Tronβs deadly game of competitive [[Snake (video game genre)|Snake]] were preserved, and you could bring the action online where it ran like a fanboy fever dream."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-kickass-disney-games/?page=2 |title=The Top 7... Kickass Disney Games |publisher=GamesRadar |date=2009-09-21 |access-date=2022-05-03 |author=Antista, Chris |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407212959/http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-kickass-disney-games/?page=2 |archivedate=2015-04-07}}</ref>
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