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Tron is a coin-operated arcade video game manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway in 1982. It is based on the Walt Disney Productions motion picture Tron released in the same year. The game consists of…

47 1 August 1982

Tron is an arcade developed by Bally Midway, released 1 August 1982 on Xbox 360 and Arcade.

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What Tron is

Tron is an arcade game developed by Bally Midway and released in 1982. It is available on Xbox 360 and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tron is a coin-operated arcade video game manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway in 1982. It is based on the Walt Disney Productions motion picture Tron released in the same year. The game consists of four subgames inspired by the events of the science fiction film. It features some characters and equipment seen in the film, e.g. the Light Cycles, battle tanks, the Input/Output Tower.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tron series

Tron is the first of 21 entries we hold in the Tron series. The next entry was Tron: Deadly Discs in 1982. Its critic score of 47 is 18 points below the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Tron: Catalyst at 90.

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How it was received

Tron holds a critic score of 47 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1982 averaged 66, so it scored 19 points below the year average.

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When did Tron come out?
Tron was released on 1 August 1982 for Xbox 360 and Arcade.

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