Discs of Tron (ディスクオブトロン)

Released in 1983

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(5 total votes)

Manufacturer: Bally / Midway

Developer: Bally / Midway

Distributor: Bally / Midway

Mame ROM Info

dotrone, Discs of Tron (Environmental)

Display Raster	Orientation Horizontal
Resolution 800 x 600	Colors 254, Color
Genre Sport	Attributes 3D
Controls Joystick / Knob / Button(s)
Size/Weight of Upright 71.5000 " x 24.7500" x 36.0000" Size/Weight of Environmental 77.0000 " x 24.7500" x 66.7500"

Game Summary

Duel with discs in futuristic arena.

Hardware Info

Z80 cpu @ 5 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 2 Mhz
M6802 cpu @ 0.895 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 2 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 2 Mhz
TMS5520 audio @ 0.64 Mhz

Hardware Platform: MCR3

Game Details

Leap from disc to disc in 3D environment - fire discs at Sark (your opponent) and avoid or deflect his discs, chasers, super-chasers, and energy pellets.

Two types of cabinets; standard upright and environmental unit. Environmental unit was a booth with blacklit interior and quadrophonic(!!) sound.

Very complex, but very intuitive controls. Joystick featured a trigger button (fire a disc) and thumb button (deflector). Knob controlled the aim of your disc, including vertical aim. On later levels, pulling knob up/down allows player disc to be aimed at different angles or to be bounced off the ceiling.

Speech on Discs of Tron.

Only the environmental speaks, and then only "sort of."

There are two versions of the upright, one the "psuedo-environemntal" which has the city background, and a standard upright which does not. Neither version has speech unless there is a speech board installed.

When upright cabinets shipped from the factory, they removed the speech from the program, perhaps to save money. This can be verified in the test screens for the sounds. The environmental has entries for speech, the upright does not.

After the upright was released, they decided to release a ROM upgrade and a satellite board, to add speech to the uprights. If your machine got an upgrade board, it will speak, otherwise no.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by shollow. Comment: "An awesome 3-D game inspired by the movie "Tron". This one is a must have if you are a fan of sci-fi shooters. Very challenging. Great design and timeless quality. Essential. " (2004-09-05 22:14:53Z)

by ziphus. Comment: "I used the full environmental version. It was an unreal game for it's time. Awesome game play that could suck you in for hours. I begged borrowed and stole as a kid to play this game :-)" (2003-09-13 08:56:51Z)

by kk. Comment: "The environmental cabinet is cool, but the game itself isn't that riveting." (2000-07-26 14:32:27Z)

by DanElektro. Comment: "A unique coordination challenge--definitely a thinking man's action game. " (2000-07-26 12:55:26Z)

by bubbles. Comment: "good graphics, a bit slow but you soon get caught into the stream of things" (2000-07-26 06:36:52Z)

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Knowledge Base

Bally Midway MCR System Games FAQ
********************************* Bally Midway MCR System Games FAQ version 1.0 Writers Mark Jenison Clay Cowgill ********************************* I. Introduction II. The MCR system classes A. CPU's 1. MCR (I) 2. MCR II 3. MCR III B. Super Sound I/O C. Video 1. Video Generator II 2. Video Generato
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Arcade PCB Pinouts
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/mcrfaq.txt
********************************* Bally Midway MCR System Games FAQ version 1.0 Writers Mark Jenison Clay Cowgill ********************************* I. Introduction II. The MCR system classes A. CPU's 1. MCR (I) 2. MCR II 3. MCR III B. Super Sound I/O C. Video 1. Video Generator II
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/mcrfaq.txt - 24 K - Updated 2002.12.06

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
1.0) Conversion FAQ: -------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, To
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt
From: jeff hendrix <jhendrix@quark.com> To: "'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'" Subject: RE: Univid 1000 Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:44:51 -0700 Here is a list of the harnesses and what boards they go to, I also might have a few harnesses for trade. UNIVID 1000 harness numbers Atari 101 Arabian 102 Centipede 103 Cloak & Dagger 104 Crystal Castle 105 Dig Dug 106 Food-Fight 107 I-Robot 108 Kangaroo 109 Liberator 110 Millipede 111 Pole Position 111 Pole Position II 112 Xevious Ce
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FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
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