Tron - Midway

Developer:  Nintendo

Year:  1982

Genre:  Other

Production:  21,000

Game Play

There are four distinct games per level.

• Light Cycles: The player controls a Light Cycle that leaves a  blue trail. The joystick controls the direction of travel and the  trigger controls the speed of the bike. The object is force the enemy  Light Cycles yellow to run into each other or the trails while avoiding  crashing.
• Grid Bugs: Destroy the Grid Bugs and escape into the  I/O Tower before the timer runs out. The stick controls the movement of  your character and the whirlygig controls the direction of fire.
• Tanks:  Destroy all enemy tanks or Recognizers to clear the level. The stick  controls the movement of your tank and the whirlygig controls the  direction of fire.
• MCP Cone: Destroy the blocks similar to Breakout and move your character into the cone to clear the level. A bonus is  awarded if you destroy all the blocks. The stick controls the movement  of your character and the whirlygig controls the direction of fire.

Cheats and Tricks

In the Lightcycle stage, the cycles have  a fixed behavior pattern for each stage and so, like Pac-Man, 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.

If a person holds down the player start button while another person  switches the machine off and back on or unplugs and re-plugs the power  cable into an outlet, the game will credit and start without having to  insert a coin.