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Tron
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Manufacturer:
Bally Midway Year: 1982 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp) |
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Tron DescriptionBased on scenes from the Walt Disney movie of the same name, this game has four distinct games per level: Lightcycles, Grid Bugs, Tanks, and the MPC Cone. All four games must be completed before you can advance to the next level.Cabinet InformationThe uniquelyshaped upright cabinet featured characters and objects from the movie on the sideart, while the control panel and much of the other cabinet surfaces were painted with circuit lines similar to those seen in many of the films set designs. The control panel also featured a pair of blacklights, one located just above the controls behind a clear plastic shield and one underneath the panel together, these caused the translucentblue joystick and the fluorescent paint used on the cabinet circuit lines to glow. In a darkened arcade, the effect was quite eeriePCabaret or mini and cocktail cabinet versions were also produced.Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsIn the Lightcycle stage, the cycles have a fixed behavior pattern for each stage and so, like IPacManI, it is possible to find a pattern of your own which will defeat the cycles every time on that level. In the Tanks stage, if no part of your tank is touching the white line running through the center of each corridor, the enemy tanks fire cannot hit you. If you are careful, you can move halfway into the central transporter diamond, just far enough to get off the white line, then pick the enemy tanks off at will. Note the tanks can still ram you, though.Game PlayThere are four distinct games per level.
MiscellaneousLICENSOR The TRON name and concept were licensed from Walt Disney, the makers of the film.POne of the more unique touches in the game is that the levels, instead of being simply designated Level 1, 2, 3, etc., were named after programming languages you start out at RPG and advance through PASCAL, BASIC, ASSEMBLER, etc. until you reach the USER level.VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,993 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,022 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,216 machines (3,798 unique titles).Very Common - There are 396 known instances of this machine owned by Tron collectors who are members. Of these, 377 of them are original dedicated machines, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 17 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 11 VAPS members with Tron machines for sale. There are 11 VAPS members with extra Tron circuit boards for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - Very Popular - There are 80 VAPS members currently looking for Tron. There are 2 VAPS members looking for Tron board sets. This game ranks a 94 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 98 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaThe game that became IDiscs Of TronI was supposed to be included in ITronI, but the programming was not completed in time.PAs every good Tron fan knows, the grid bugs were almost entirely edited out of the movie what was left was about two seconds of an animation of a grid bug creating itself. Grid bugs appear in the game because of pressures to develop the arcade game in time for the release of the movie all part of Disneys sales strategy for the movies launch posters and trailers ended with a tagline along the lines of See the movie. Play the game. So, game programmers had to use whatever script elements they could from the movie before the film itself was actually completed. Light cycles, tanks, recognizers, and the MCP, of course, all made the final cut the grid bugs did not.Legacy
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