SOLVED. YA Sci fi fantasy, Last i remember reading it was around2008 Kid plays a VR game at an arcade and it infects him, causing him to start seeing the enemies in real life, he has to go back to the game and beat it to escape with his life. [s]

[Brad]

I remember i picked up this book and internet detectives: Net bandits from the same store at the same time, but I think it was a secondhand bookstore, so the pub date may be way earlier than 2008.

[Kris]

Brad, can you describe the enemies?

What skills and weapons does he use in real life vs. VR?

Are there friends who help him beat the game?

[Brad]

i cant remember the weapons but i know he was on his own, he had a couple of people giving him information, one was the owner of the arcade. I get this vague memory of a castle or something, but im not sure it involved that. One of the things i remember is the first time the main character went into the vr, he was wondering why he didnt hit the walls, i think they explained the room rolled him back
the second time he went in, he didnt wear the gear, since the vr was in his head

[John]

I think I might be looking for the same book. I can picture the cover being kind of orange and yellow with a giant Fly. I think there were different areas they had to play through in the game like a desert, a mountain, eventually a castle/keep of some kind. I thought there were two kids but I could be wrong.

[Brad]

yeah! sounds familar!

[John]

Found in another group: Rodomonte's Revenge by Gary Paulsen

[Brad]

Yes that's it! Thank you so much!!!

[Bargle]

Link Rodomonte's Revenge by Gary Paulsen.