- #PHOTON THE ULTIMATE GAME ON EARTH READ ALONG ADVENTURES MOVIE#
- #PHOTON THE ULTIMATE GAME ON EARTH READ ALONG ADVENTURES FULL#
#PHOTON THE ULTIMATE GAME ON EARTH READ ALONG ADVENTURES FULL#
In 2005, the ILTA presented George Carter with the first "Industry Innovator" Award in front of a room full of operators and manufacturers who owed their livelihood to the efforts of George Carter. I chuckled and gave him the industry stats as far as I was able to compile at that time. George had informed me how he had sold the rights of Photon and thought the laser tag fad had passed. We spoke for a while about the laser tag industry and where it was headed. George came to the booth and I instantly recognized his name. The ILTA was only a year old and the trade show had over 20 laser tag exhibitors. I was working the ILTA booth at the IAAPA Expo that was in Dallas, TX in 1998. This inspired George Carter to create what is known as "Photon - The Ultimate Game on Planet Earth".įrom The Curator: I remember the day George Carter first showed up and introduced himself. The Storm Troopers are shooting at them and they are returning fire.
#PHOTON THE ULTIMATE GAME ON EARTH READ ALONG ADVENTURES MOVIE#
History: Welcome Photon Warrior, The story begins with George watching the famous laser battle scene in the movie "Star Wars" where Luke, Princess Leia and Han Solo are running across the deck of the Death Star. The digital sound track for playing Photon was created by Ken Caillat, a Los Angles recording producer who is best known for producing Fleetwod Mac's best selling albums. George Carter confirmed the prototype pod holder after seeing it again for the first time in over 25 years. Mack also donated the prototype pod holder.
Mack recived a "Grand Opening" poster that was later made available to the Laser Tag Museum and is now on display. The company was Maxtron and was owned by Mack Hargrove. Photon had hired a contract electronics company to manufacturer the Photon circuit boards. Patent for the development of the Photon laser tag system. This trivia fact was reported to the Laser tag Museum by Henry Salomon.
One interesting bit of trivia about the Photon product was that the green helmets and the red helmets flashed at different speeds so color blind players could play. The industry moved to the forward infrared transmission which is now the standard pack-to-pack communication process. This technology also used by Vultrek and Laserforce. Photon used reverse infrared technology where the pack and helmet emitted the infrared beam and the phaser was the receiver. Max provided to the Laser Tag Museum a prototype pod holder and one of the 6 Grand Opening posters created by the Photon Marketing department. The Photon equipment was manufactured under contract by the Maxtron company, owned by Max Hargrave. A Power pack which powers all Photon Space Gear.
If an opposing player's beam has struck home, the microcomputer will deactivate the disrupted player's Phaser for 10 seconds. A Photon Control Module containing micro-processor chips that communicates constantly with the game-controlling Photon computers, informing the central computers as to whether the wearer has been hit in the past few seconds by a light beam. A Photon Phaser which uses a light beam to score on opposing players and on the opposing team's home base goal. A "high-tech" helmet with radio frequency receivers and signal lights that inform the helmet's wearer he or she has been "zapped" and is momentarily disrupted. Most walls and all floors in the Photon playing area are fully padded and carpeted for the players' protection".Įquipment: The Photon equipment was large and cumbersome by today's standards. An "earth Port Observation Deck" overlooks approximately 10,000 square feet of playing area, featuring elaborate lighting and sound equipment, a heavily mazed network of tunnels, battlements, walkways, artificial fog machines and electronic sensors.
In the Photon staging area, players don their Photon equipment and wait their turns to enter the actual playing area. Taken directly from an official Photon fact sheet:Ĭustomers, entering entering directly from parking lot sidewalks, find themselves in the lobby where passports are required by the Photon computers and tickets for play can be purchased. The 10,000 square foot facility was located on the eastern edge of Dallas. Northwest Highway, Suite 300, in Dallas, Texas. The First Facility: The first Photon was located at 12630 E.
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