I play this video almost everyday and have to fight back tears of JOY. And SADNESS. My dad who has passed. Took me to the Photon center. In wildwood nj. And when they opened one in Baltimore md. Either on top deck firing at the Green and Red helmets that ran around in the zone. Or playing myself. This music was a STAPLE to my childhood. From the bottom of my 🖤 Thank you for posting this. I wish a billionaire or millionaire who instead of wasting money on bull. Would bring these back
The production and feel of this audio track with the dim lighting and glowing fade when my parents brought me upstairs to shoot for 25 cents after Showbiz (Chuckie Cheese now).... The ultimate memory. I was IN the scifi movie... Its smells come back to me sometimes.
Thank you for posting this. I first played in Baton Rouge. Later to play in Houston and, finally, in Charolette, NC. The last time was in the spring of 1988 and I took 2 of my students (I taught math at Asheville High and was the tennis coach) after they washed out at the state tennis tourney in Chapel Hill to Charolette to play. Photon definitely washed the blues away. Sadly, as we all know, it is no more.; but it left some great memories.
I once came down the ramp full speed and plowed into a guy. He went flying and I tumbled on top of him. We both said sorry to each other then got back up and ran in opposite directions! No harm no foul!
I remember we used to use this stuff called "Flavor Fog" in the arena. Normally we used strawberry. One time the manager accidentally bought Pina Colada. The arena smelled like coconuts for a week!
I was on a Photon team in Tulsa, Oklahoma where we traveled to different locations to take on the best photon teams from different cities. I was 11 years old maybe but I was one of the best in the country at this game and was the only player on our "select" team under 18 years old. I remember the different zones and code names for those zones and the competitiveness. I had all of the achievement pins you could receive. I think one was called the "gamma" pin, which was maybe the highest achievement if I remember right. My code name was "Garfield". I still remember the layout/map of the arena like the back of my hand. I also remember the techniques to dodge head shots and shield the chest sensor. I'm not a gun guy but recently got a concealed carry license. During the shooting exercise the instructors where amazed at my accuracy and speed. I give the credit to Photon! This soundtrack really brings back memories.
@@SunsetKetchjust seeing this reply two years later! lol. Sorry about that. No never went to the Virginia Beach location. I wish they would open this up again. I might have to do it myself. Not expecting to make a profit though but would be cool to have.
I have all 8 tracks ripped from a franchise compact disc. Let me know if you want them . I've also got scans of official maps, brochures and badges I was a regular at the Fountain Valley in Orange County, California. It turned into a Comp USA from what I remember. The only other Photon center I visited was in Oklahoma City, OK.
I would LOVE to have all 8 of the tracks! I used to beg the people who worked at the Baltimore, MD location to tell me where I could get the music. They gave me all sorts of incorrect information about where to find the music. I have been wanting to hear the tracks again for so long. I used to play at Baltimore and in Ocean City, Maryland all of the time.
Here ya go. 8 songs off a franchise CD, a bunch of pictures, Scans of various Photon articles, abstracts of the documents from the patent office, Helmet sounds, A short quicktime of a commercial, An old Doom wad of a photon map someone made, and I think an old Windows 98 Photon theme. I had these stowed away on an old harddrive and almost completely forgot about them. In the credit.txt are the people responsible for putting it all together. Don't forget to thank them if you run into them www.dropbox.com/sh/k3cpp7vom4qmkt7/491nAxDfvZ In 1996-1997 I made contact with Jim Strothers whom bought the trademark rights to original Photon and tried to resurrect Photon using the original photon system re-adapted with modern day technology during the time. He successfully reopened a franchise in Broken Arrow, OK. But unfortunately it closed maybe a few months later maybe due to unforeseen circumstances. Most of the events are written about here: www.evilnet.net/?cat=12
This takes me back. Played a lot in El Paso when I was stationed at Fort Bliss. Then in Tempe when I was on leave. Sad to see it all gone. The Tempe location was huge, while El Paso was small. I loved every minute!
I remember saying this as we knew this and yelling all the way down the back part. Me, as Darkrider, and Hope, as Tempest, at the Dallas Photon scared many people when we did this. We were Wolf clan.
Man! Those were the days! I always enjoyed going to the Photon Center in L.A. Got a good workout and my marksman skills improved! Codename: ZaxxonIn The Zone!!
There was 10 tracks in all I had all of them on tape and transfered them to MP3 on my computer, yes there were 8 regular tracks but there was also 2 hidden tracks. I'll have to see where they are.
OMG! I used to work at the arena in Cincinnati back in '87. What a fun job that was, even in the silver uniforms we had to wear. I had all 8 tracks burned to a CD-R but it has since degraded to the point of non-listenable.
PIT (Photon in Toronto) Crew member here. We had both Alpha and Omega fields...including 2 field FFA where the doors were opened and we could run between both fields.
New Link per multiple requests. This one is for Google Docs. Should last just as long as Google does :) Enjoy drive.google.com/file/d/0B5t-Lqtt_W-0X3A4dlpaMmd6ams/view?usp=sharing
Started seeing a surge of access request again, Updated link to photon files, hopefully without the need to ask for access this time. drive.google.com/file/d/0B5t-Lqtt_W-0X3A4dlpaMmd6ams/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-g6F8KTQWAwJJWqn3tYZ8zg
Did anyone else's location have a mural kinda like megaman on the side of the building? VB dob 85', my parents took me to Showbiz across the street. I was 5. Sick times. Bayeville Park vert ramp spectators and Grey cement block stompers!!!
I played at the Tempe Arizona location. If I remember correctly, our was just just a plain beige building from the outside with your typical lit up laser quest lettering.
I play this video almost everyday and have to fight back tears of JOY. And SADNESS. My dad who has passed. Took me to the Photon center. In wildwood nj. And when they opened one in Baltimore md. Either on top deck firing at the Green and Red helmets that ran around in the zone. Or playing myself. This music was a STAPLE to my childhood. From the bottom of my 🖤 Thank you for posting this. I wish a billionaire or millionaire who instead of wasting money on bull. Would bring these back
The production and feel of this audio track with the dim lighting and glowing fade when my parents brought me upstairs to shoot for 25 cents after Showbiz (Chuckie Cheese now).... The ultimate memory. I was IN the scifi movie... Its smells come back to me sometimes.
The memories holy shit... those that know, know.
Watching a recent Phocon interview, they mentioned that the scifi atmospheric music was played from the entrance... It worked.
Ok, That gave me goosebumps as the memories came rushing back...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!! Thanks for sharing! I miss this so much. If I ever win big lottery I'd like to bring this back!
Photon Virginia Beach! I was blown away as a kid seeing the arena.
The mural and Showbiz. Good times as a 5 year old0
Dude it was so sick
I played in VB but I really sucked.
Thank you for posting this. I first played in Baton Rouge. Later to play in Houston and, finally, in Charolette, NC. The last time was in the spring of 1988 and I took 2 of my students (I taught math at Asheville High and was the tennis coach) after they washed out at the state tennis tourney in Chapel Hill to Charolette to play. Photon definitely washed the blues away. Sadly, as we all know, it is no more.; but it left some great memories.
My brother and I LOVED going to Photon in Toronto. He even injured a tooth running into someone's battery pack. Good times.
Yes. Real shit. Some dude hit me willingly with a gun
I once came down the ramp full speed and plowed into a guy. He went flying and I tumbled on top of him. We both said sorry to each other then got back up and ran in opposite directions! No harm no foul!
Wow. Flooded by awesome memories of contests in the Sterling Heights,Michigan arena❤❤❤
I played at the Tempe Arizona location. Played almost every weekend as well as league nights.
I remember we used to use this stuff called "Flavor Fog" in the arena. Normally we used strawberry. One time the manager accidentally bought Pina Colada. The arena smelled like coconuts for a week!
That's awesome. Always wondered why it smelled so sweet
Photon shoveling in vape smoke before it was a thing.
Thanks for posting this!!!!! I played Va beach all the time.
Thank you so much for posting this. I played at the one in the Tri-County Mall area of Cincinnati, OH. It was pure magic.
you're welcome!
Same here!
I was on a Photon team in Tulsa, Oklahoma where we traveled to different locations to take on the best photon teams from different cities. I was 11 years old maybe but I was one of the best in the country at this game and was the only player on our "select" team under 18 years old. I remember the different zones and code names for those zones and the competitiveness. I had all of the achievement pins you could receive. I think one was called the "gamma" pin, which was maybe the highest achievement if I remember right. My code name was "Garfield". I still remember the layout/map of the arena like the back of my hand. I also remember the techniques to dodge head shots and shield the chest sensor. I'm not a gun guy but recently got a concealed carry license. During the shooting exercise the instructors where amazed at my accuracy and speed. I give the credit to Photon! This soundtrack really brings back memories.
Diiiiing dang. Did you ever go to the Virginia Beach location?
Is that you, Bhodi?
@@SunsetKetchjust seeing this reply two years later! lol. Sorry about that. No never went to the Virginia Beach location. I wish they would open this up again. I might have to do it myself. Not expecting to make a profit though but would be cool to have.
I have all 8 tracks ripped from a franchise compact disc. Let me know if you want them . I've also got scans of official maps, brochures and badges I was a regular at the Fountain Valley in Orange County, California. It turned into a Comp USA from what I remember. The only other Photon center I visited was in Oklahoma City, OK.
I would LOVE to have all 8 of the tracks! I used to beg the people who worked at the Baltimore, MD location to tell me where I could get the music. They gave me all sorts of incorrect information about where to find the music. I have been wanting to hear the tracks again for so long. I used to play at Baltimore and in Ocean City, Maryland all of the time.
Here ya go. 8 songs off a franchise CD, a bunch of pictures, Scans of various Photon articles, abstracts of the documents from the patent office, Helmet sounds, A short quicktime of a commercial, An old Doom wad of a photon map someone made, and I think an old Windows 98 Photon theme. I had these stowed away on an old harddrive and almost completely forgot about them. In the credit.txt are the people responsible for putting it all together. Don't forget to thank them if you run into them
www.dropbox.com/sh/k3cpp7vom4qmkt7/491nAxDfvZ
In 1996-1997 I made contact with Jim Strothers whom bought the trademark rights to original Photon and tried to resurrect Photon using the original photon system re-adapted with modern day technology during the time. He successfully reopened a franchise in Broken Arrow, OK. But unfortunately it closed maybe a few months later maybe due to unforeseen circumstances. Most of the events are written about here:
www.evilnet.net/?cat=12
prior242
Thank you so much! This is the best Christmas present ever! ;)
I would love to have everything you have. I played on the very first Alpha field in Mesquite TX. Spent too much money and time there.
+prior242 what was your code name?
ahhhh. Palatine in the late 80's here. I can almost smell the fog machines and hear the Wang Chung
Palatine was where I played. Still have my ID.
So many memories of playing this in Tempe back in '89. Thanks so much for posting this.
The best job I ever had was when I worked as the Assistant Manager at the Photon in Oklahoma City
What awesome memories! "DNA" from Kenilworth, NJ
+JimMelissa Keen I used to play up at that location too. Almost every Friday night was a trip up from Mt. Laurel.
FYI - I finally found my copy of all the tracks from Photon. If anyone wants them let me know!
Hey, I'm currently looking to archive and maybe reupload all the soundtrack from Photon. Do you have a folder or something I could access? Plz and ty
@Almost_Healthy I don't have it online but I can it get on Google drive. Give me a day or two and I'll dm you
@@mike_revesperfect tyvm
Hearing this music makes me smell that smoke...oh to be twelve again and running around in there.
Smelling cigarette smoke like a bowling alley. Being greeted by the sci fi music.
My brain is on fire from the nostalgia. I heard this so many times.
This takes me back. Played a lot in El Paso when I was stationed at Fort Bliss. Then in Tempe when I was on leave. Sad to see it all gone. The Tempe location was huge, while El Paso was small. I loved every minute!
I played there all the time. Dunno if you remember 'GreyFox' or 'MiamiMice' - those were my aliases there in El Paso. ;)
I played the original Photon in Dallas back in the 80s. Lots of nostalgia here.
Yes this was track 1. It was played generally on all regular games. I had all the tracks at one time, but over the ages only this one survives.
This would be such a sick niche release
This is awesome. Used to pay all day on the weekends in Dallas.
I remember saying this as we knew this and yelling all the way down the back part. Me, as Darkrider, and Hope, as Tempest, at the Dallas Photon scared many people when we did this. We were Wolf clan.
Sorry that was Wolfriders.
oh man, how sad is this. my kids will never know the joy of a multilevel Photon arena. :( -Greywolf, near Cranford NJ - The Light Shines forever!
Man! Those were the days! I always enjoyed going to the Photon Center in L.A. Got a good workout and my marksman skills improved! Codename: ZaxxonIn The Zone!!
There was 10 tracks in all I had all of them on tape and transfered them to MP3 on my computer, yes there were 8 regular tracks but there was also 2 hidden tracks. I'll have to see where they are.
OMG! I used to work at the arena in Cincinnati back in '87. What a fun job that was, even in the silver uniforms we had to wear. I had all 8 tracks burned to a CD-R but it has since degraded to the point of non-listenable.
Michael Wildridge Cincinnati Ohio
My friend slipped in a huge pile of vomit while playing Photon in Virginia Beach
🤣 Once I was running down the ramp full speed and plowed into linebacker at the bottom. Helmet and gun went flyin!
This is the most VB story ever!
PIT (Photon in Toronto) Crew member here. We had both Alpha and Omega fields...including 2 field FFA where the doors were opened and we could run between both fields.
where u among the people to come down to Cincinnati to play us?
I played PHOTON in Cincinnati, Chicago a few times. We hots people from Texas and Canada a few weekends, any memories?
New Link per multiple requests. This one is for Google Docs. Should last just as long as Google does :) Enjoy
drive.google.com/file/d/0B5t-Lqtt_W-0X3A4dlpaMmd6ams/view?usp=sharing
Wow thanks Preston! I only had the main track.
You are awesome sir!
Started seeing a surge of access request again, Updated link to photon files, hopefully without the need to ask for access this time. drive.google.com/file/d/0B5t-Lqtt_W-0X3A4dlpaMmd6ams/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-g6F8KTQWAwJJWqn3tYZ8zg
So many memories of the Fountain Valley arena coming back. The Expert league games, Black Legion and the late night gaming sessions at CoCo's.
Let me make this VERY clear. I will sell my soul to anyone who can send me back to where I can play just ONE MORE ROUND. No questions asked.
Hahaha! You and me both!!!
@@AZRiFRaF - I put this on when I’m playing “Onward”.
One of the tracks, anyway. Would love to find them in MP3 format somewhere. Such fond memories.
Track 6 was my favorite.
Photon Houston - summer of 1986 I went several times. Does anyone know the location? Thanks for posting it brings back some great memories
Albuquerque NM player back in the day!
PIT (Photon in Toronto) crew saying hi!
Thank you for posting this!!
You're welcome!
Cleveland had one. Then whirlyball moved in that same building.
That's where I used to play!
LAZER TAG , BITCHES...! HELL YESSSS!!!! TEAM GREEN GOING DOWN!!!
does anyone have a link to the orginal sounds from the phaser if so id like to have it
the light shines
Did anyone else's location have a mural kinda like megaman on the side of the building? VB dob 85', my parents took me to Showbiz across the street. I was 5. Sick times. Bayeville Park vert ramp spectators and Grey cement block stompers!!!
I played at the Tempe Arizona location. If I remember correctly, our was just just a plain beige building from the outside with your typical lit up laser quest lettering.
Our arena was in Ocean City, Maryland.
That was my spot too.
That is the laser tag of Baton Rouge.
I remember!!!! YES....RUN
Hey would anyone wanna help me re create this in gmod?
Where else can I get other soundtracks?
I used to have the all the tracks but have lost all but track one over time.
photonclassic.tripod.com/pics.htm
Jamie Rice jr ur Dad was done at this game !! 😅😅😅
Wildwood nj i am now and will always be the necromancr never could get the e in my name was to many characters
I played there in the 80s 😂 Ace -
NNRU