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The film Tron led to two popular arcade games; Tron and Discs Of Tron. Danny Pearson has spent long hours playing both. Here he describes the games and reveals to TVG readers how to defeat Sark and the master control program. In this article I will be looking at not one game, but two. The first Tron game came out just after the film of the same name. The second game, Discs of Tron, is based on the disc battles in the film. Tron is four individual games in one flashy package. As in the film, the idea of the game is to survive as long as you can against the foes that the evil Sark and the master control program !hrow at you. The game is controlled by a paddle and a Gb/f-type joystick, probably because both games are made by Bally-Midway. The four stages of the game are light cycle, tanks, MCP cone, and spiders The light cycle game was played in the Him. The aim is to surround the computer controlled opponent until he has no alternative but to crash into one of your jetwalls. Tins is by no means easy, as in the later waves you take on three of the computer's bikes. The tank stage is played in the memory circuits of the MCP, or master control program You must shoot the other tanks in the maze of circuits before you can move to the next stage To destroy a tank, you must shoot it three times But if one of the tanks shoots you. you will die immediately. This game is controlled by both the paddle and joystick The joystick moves the tank, and the paddle rotates the gun turret. […]