GLtron

Four lightcycles, one grid, and a trail that kills you as surely as the wall.

▶ Play GLtron free, in your browser, nothing to install

GLtron (Andreas Umbach, version 0.70final) is a 3D lightcycle game: you race across a square grid, turn at right angles and try to cut off the other cycles while their trails fill the arena.

The original's single-player game against three computer opponents and its local split-screen games for two or four players are here, with the classic arena, the Dumb/Normal/Strong/MCP bot levels, boosters, wall acceleration and the original score/round rules.

The models, textures, sounds and menus are the original's; the renderer is three.js, the soundtrack is the original Impulse Tracker module rendered to OGG, and the four seats can be human or computer as in the original's Play Settings.

Screenshots

The original menu: Game, Video, Audio, Quit

Start of a round on the pause screen: the original arena, three rivals with their glow, the recognizer and the 2D map

The behind camera: the cycle lit from the eye, its trail with the white tip and the shadow on the floor

The circling camera in a round: the textured walls, the cycle and its trail

Controls

A / S	Player 1 turn left / right (D boosts, Q/W glance)
J / K	Player 2 turn left / right (L boosts, U/I glance)
Left / Right arrows	Player 3 turn left / right (Down boosts, Delete/End glance)
Keypad 4 / 6	Player 4 turn left / right (5 boosts, 7/9 glance)
Space	Pause; any key resumes
Esc	Back to the menu (or the website from the menu)
F1–F4 / F10	Viewports / camera
Arrow keys, Enter	Menus

The original

GLtron (2003) by Andreas Umbach; Linux/Windows (C, OpenGL, SDL). This port follows 0.70final, the same rules, levels, graphics and sounds, running natively in the browser. License: GPL-2.0-or-later (Licenses & source). Players: 1-4.

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