TRON
By: Marcelo Olivarez Jr.
GAME INFORMATION
• Made in 1982
• Manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway
• Action Game
• Received Coin-Operated game of the Year
• Lead Programmer Bill Adams
• Based of the movie
DEVELOPER
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Midway Games is an American game developer and publisher
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Titles include Mortal Kombat, Ms. Pac-man, Tron, and also has rights to Defender, Joust,
RoboTron 2084, and Gauntlet
GAME CABINET
• Three Game cabinets Standard upright, Mini upright, and Cocktail (table)
GAME CONTROLS
• 8 Way joystick for moving
• One button for shooting or speed control
• A rotary dial for controlling the direction of the fire
GAMEPLAY
• Had four sub-games each with 12 increasingly difficult levels
• Had to complete each level in every sub-game in order to go to the next level
• Highest score achieved was 14,007,645 by David Cruz
• Original High Score was always the lead programmers initials “BA”
EXTRA GAME MODE
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There was originally supposed to be 5 th segment but the discs of Tron (the 5th segment)
was left out because programming was not finished at the time
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In the game mode it featured a disc throwing combat, similar to the film sequence
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It did get its own game release in 1983 but was limited releases in some areas
CABINETS AND REVENUE
• 800 cabinets were sold in 1982
• 10,000 cabinets in 1983
• It made $30,000,000 dollars