Tomy’s Tron puts three scenes from Disney’s computer-world film on one glowing screen: a Light Cycle duel, a disc-throwing contest with Sark and a final strike at the Master Control Program.
The cabinet is moulded in smoked, see-through plastic, so you can look straight into the machine. Behind the screen sits the circuit board, its tracks laid out like the film’s neon grid and printed with the words “World of Tron”. This example carries the Grandstand name, the British importer of Tomy’s games, and was made in Japan.
Interesting facts
A window on the Grid. The smoked, see-through shell shows off the machine’s insides. Through it you can see the circuit board, its silver tracks fanning out like the film’s glowing circuitry, and the words “World of Tron” printed across it.
Ahead of the film. The screen is marked © 1981 Walt Disney Productions, yet Tron did not reach cinemas until 9 July 1982. Disney calls it the first motion picture to make extensive use of computer imagery.
Counting in green bars. The leaflet admits the digital counter stops at 1,995. Every 2,000 points is shown instead as a green bar along the top of the screen, and your score is the digits plus the bars.