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Discs of Tron (Environmental)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Discs of Tron (Environmental)
Name dotrone
Manufacturer Bally Midway
Year 1983
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .028
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Sports

Parent and clones

Parent dotron : Discs of Tron (Upright) (1983)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt yes
Input players 1
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
dial 0 128 50 10 yes
joy 8 no
trackball 0 255 100 10 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 yes 512 480 30

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade edotlamp.u2 32 fb58b867 45beb55f2c2e9197f091fc06e9a2f595e57e5c93 proms 20 good no
arcade loc-a 4096 2de6a8a8 6bba00daed8836297f3189db4e4fe8e158adc465 ssio:cpu 0 good no
arcade loc-a.cp0 8192 b35f5374 loc-a.cp0 3f330ffde52ac57c02dfdf8e105aefcc10f87a0b gfx2 c000 good no
arcade loc-b 4096 4097663e afb5224529550cec378415a5cd81b47f6c6c101b ssio:cpu 1000 good no
arcade loc-b.cp9 8192 565a5c48 loc-b.cp9 9dfafd58bd552bfda4e1799a175735ecc1369ba3 gfx2 e000 good no
arcade loc-bg1.5f 8192 bb2d7a5d loc-bg1.5f 8044be9ffca9520fd77e0da492147e553f9f7da3 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade loc-bg2.6f 8192 40167124 loc-bg2.6f 782c8192dd58a3f23ff2338452dd03206d79030a gfx1 0 good no
arcade loc-c 4096 f576b9e7 4ff39c46c390aa93d900f5f7a0b35fa71f066863 ssio:cpu 2000 good no
arcade loc-c.cp8 8192 ef45d146 loc-c.cp8 6cd83909b4376abce287e435a10e5bc25e18b265 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade loc-cpu1 16384 eee31b8c c05ad1d10588a6c1050c608f1a473685ebe4daad maincpu 0 good no
arcade loc-cpu2 16384 75ba6ad3 d02c3d731073fb6083bd8f771f76338939384a07 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade loc-cpu3 16384 94bb1a0e af4769fac39e67eff840675bf93cc4304f2875fd maincpu 8000 good no
arcade loc-cpu4 8192 c137383c ccf7cf9c7c0528aa819cfca34c1c0e89ab2d586a maincpu c000 good no
arcade loc-d 4096 74b0059e 1fe393721446538036fb6110fdc3920959ebd596 ssio:cpu 3000 good no
arcade loc-d.cp7 8192 5e8a3ef3 loc-d.cp7 74983c922eae1326ecd0ff14000851e0b424cc61 gfx2 a000 good no
arcade loc-e.cp6 8192 ce957f1a loc-e.cp6 24177a8dd6dcb377cf8aee7c7b47b26f29e77e20 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade loc-f.cp5 8192 d26053ce loc-f.cp5 b7fb3d1df9b80c056cf131574565addb529645e1 gfx2 6000 good no
arcade loc-g.cp4 8192 57a2b1ff loc-g.cp4 b97539ffd2f5fc8b86fc2f8f233cc26ba16f82ee gfx2 0 good no
arcade loc-h.cp3 8192 3bb4d475 loc-h.cp3 3795ba1640790041da51ebeac8517cc7d32e243e gfx2 2000 good no
arcade pre.u3 4096 c3d0f762 a1857641c35b5bcb33f29fe79a1a581c4cbf129b snt:cpu 9000 good no
arcade pre.u4 4096 7ca79b43 c995e1e67d70706a090eb777e9fec0f1ba03f82d snt:cpu a000 good no
arcade pre.u5 4096 24e9618e eb245ff381a76b314a0ed3519e140444afae341c snt:cpu b000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ssio:ay1 audio 2000000
M6802 snt:cpu cpu 3579545
Midway SSIO Sound Board ssio audio
Midway Squawk 'n' Talk Sound Board snt audio
Speaker rspeaker audio
TMS5200 snt:tms5200 audio 640000
Z80 ssio:cpu cpu 2000000

Serie

Serie : Tron
  1. Tron Deadly Discs (1982)
  2. Tron (8/9) (1982)
  3. Tron (6/25) (1982)
  4. Tron (6/17) (1982)
  5. Tron (6/15) (1982)
  6. Tron (Germany) (1982)
  7. Discs of Tron (Upright) (1983)
  8. Discs of Tron (Upright alternate) (1983)
  9. Discs of Tron (Environmental) (1983)
  10. Tron (Jpn) (1983)
  11. Tron (Fra) (1984)
  12. Tron (198?)
  13. Tron (2010)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Discs of Tron (c) 1983 Bally Midway.

As Tron, you fling discs at Sark in an attempt to knock him off his platform. Knocking off Sark will advance you to the next level. Other levels vary the level and number of platforms to jump between.

- TECHNICAL -

[Environmental model] [No. 383]

The Environmental model is huge, weighing in at over 700 pounds. The game was often sawed in 2 to make it easier to move. The cabinet, though it looks like it should come apart, does not (the roof and floor boards span both halves of the cabinet).

The environmental is called such because it attempts to replicate the environment that your character on the screen is experiencing. The player stands inside the cabinet on a disc, and lights around the disc flash when your character dies (just like on screen). The surround sound replicates the sounds of discs that whiz by your character.

- TRIVIA -

Discs of Tron was released in March 1983.

Also released as "Discs of Tron [Upright model]".

Discs of Tron was originally designed to be a part of the original "Tron" coin-op, but was cut out at the end and set aside for refinement and release as a stand-alone coin-op in its own right.

Discs of Tron is inspired by the short sequence in the movie (Tron, 1982 Disney) where the character Flynn beats another trapped program and eventually 'derezzes' him, and when Tron is introduced, beating four 'computer players' very early in the movie.

David Bagenski holds the official record for this game with 418,200 points on June 28, 1986.

- UPDATES -

This Environmental version has as additional PCB boards including sound, speech and light sequencer boards and relays, and different EPROM data for video & CPU.

- SCORING -

Smash Sark's disc : 100 points.
Smash Sark's energy disc : 200 points.
Smash Sark's chaser : 400 points.
Smash Sark's super chaser : 800 points.
Smash Sark's energy pellet : 600 points.
Graze Sark : 200 points.
Derez Sark : 1000 points.
Derez Sark's Platform : 2000 points.

- SERIES -

1. Tron (1982)
2. Discs of Tron (1983)
3. Tron 2.0 (2003, PC/MAC)
4. TRON (2010, iPhone/iPod)

- STAFF -

Designed and Programmed by : Robert Dinnerman (Bob)
Game Art and Animation : Brian Colin
Concept art : Earl Vickers
Cabinet Design : George Gomez
Hardware : Atish Ghosh
Group Manager : Bill Adams

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (feb.13, 2008)

* HANDHELDS:
[US] Nintendo Game Boy Advance (oct.20, 2004) "Tron 2.0 - Killer App [Model AGB-BTNE-USA]"
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy Advance (nov.12, 2004) "Tron 2.0 - Killer App [Model AGB-BTNP-EUR]"

* COMPUTERS:
Commodore C64 (19??)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1990) "Disc"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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