Tron (video game)

Tron
North American arcade flyer.
Developer(s)	Bally Midway
Distributor(s)	Bally Midway ENCOM International
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date(s)	1982
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player or 2 players alternating
Cabinet	Standard upright, mini upright, cocktail
Arcade system	Midway MCR-II
CPU	main: Zilog Z80 @ 2.5 MHz sound: Zilog Z80 @ 2 MHz
Sound	2 x AY-3-8910 unamplified stereo
Display	Resolution 512 x 480

Tron is a coin-operated arcade video game manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway in 1982. The game consists of four subgames inspired by the events of the Walt Disney Productions motion picture Tron released in the same year. The lead programmer was Bill Adams.

Most of the 12 difficulty levels are named after programming languages. From lowest to highest: RPG, COBOL, BASIC, FORTRAN, SNOBOL, PL1, PASCAL, ALGOL, ASSEMBLY, OS, JCL, USER.

Tron was followed by the 1983 sequel, Discs of Tron, which was not as successful as the original. A number of other licensed Tron games were released for home systems, but these were based on elements of the movie and not the arcade game. The arcade was not ported to any contemporary systems. On January 10, 2008, the game was released for Xbox Live Arcade ported by Digital Eclipse and branded by Disney Interactive.

Tron was distributed in three types of cabinets: the standard upright, the mini upright and the cocktail (table) version.

All cabinets feature an 8-way joystick for moving, with one button for firing or speed control, and a rotary dial for controlling the direction of the fire (a setup also used in Midway's Kozmik Krooz'r). The game can be played by one player or by two alternating players.