Kevin Flynn
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| + | |[[Image:Flynn-1982.jpg|thumb|150px|Kevin Flynn, circa 1982<br>- Tron]] | ||
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| '''Kevin Flynn''' was a world-renowned video game designer for the EnCom Corporation who, from 1980 to 1985, built the company into the world's largest software manufacturer through arcade games like the beloved ''Space Paranoids'' and ''Tron''. In 1985, after being divorced from his wife, Flynn announced his retirement from EnCom to create "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition." But this new frontier apparently never came to pass, as Flynn vanished mysteriously in 1989 without a trace. | '''Kevin Flynn''' was a world-renowned video game designer for the EnCom Corporation who, from 1980 to 1985, built the company into the world's largest software manufacturer through arcade games like the beloved ''Space Paranoids'' and ''Tron''. In 1985, after being divorced from his wife, Flynn announced his retirement from EnCom to create "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition." But this new frontier apparently never came to pass, as Flynn vanished mysteriously in 1989 without a trace. | ||
| Despite the fact that two decades have passed with no evidence of the visionary programmer's survival, some of his devotees -- like the members of the [[Flynnlives.com|Flynn Lives Organization]] -- believe that Kevin Flynn is still alive and in hiding... | Despite the fact that two decades have passed with no evidence of the visionary programmer's survival, some of his devotees -- like the members of the [[Flynnlives.com|Flynn Lives Organization]] -- believe that Kevin Flynn is still alive and in hiding... | ||
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Kevin Flynn was a world-renowned video game designer for the EnCom Corporation who, from 1980 to 1985, built the company into the world's largest software manufacturer through arcade games like the beloved Space Paranoids and Tron. In 1985, after being divorced from his wife, Flynn announced his retirement from EnCom to create "a digital frontier that will reshape the human condition." But this new frontier apparently never came to pass, as Flynn vanished mysteriously in 1989 without a trace.
Despite the fact that two decades have passed with no evidence of the visionary programmer's survival, some of his devotees -- like the members of the Flynn Lives Organization -- believe that Kevin Flynn is still alive and in hiding...
