Classic Game Room - DISCS OF TRON arcade machine review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Classic Game Room reviews DISCS OF TRON arcade machine from Bally Midway released to the arcades in 1983. Based on the 1982 science fiction movie from Disney starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Dan Shor, and David Warner, Discs of Tron has gamers playing as Tron during the Frisbee death duel battle scene. The other Tron arcade game had light cycles, tanks and the computer battle but this one has death frisbees!! This CGR review of Discs of Tron, the arcade machine, features the rare sit down cabinet version of Discs of Tron, rarely seen in arcades anymore.
I felt a bit uncomfortable when we entered the cabinet "together". I really hope those are a bunch of extra tokens in your pocket!
This is by far one of Mark's very best intros.
This is my favorite arcade game ever. I played it as much as I could, whenever I had a chance as a kid
I loved this game. The sound was amazing when you sat inside, has to one of the first total immersion arcade experiences. Thanks Mark.
Wow, the graphics and sound are amazing for 1983!
1983, at the local Golf n' Stuff (miniature golf along with a one time water slide and go-cart track) in Norwalk, California, my mother dropped me off with my own allowance of $10 in quarters to spend the day. Being only a kid, it wasn't crazy at that time for my parents (or parents) to just leave their kids at a place like this and just play incredible, awesome, boss Video Games all day long. One of my own top 3 games of all time, Disc of Tron was absolutely amazing and just the coolest thing ever! The original TRON game was also KICK ASS and I loved every minute and every sound. Thank you dude for posting this, Ha, and after I saw this review, I became a subscriber. Now that I'm an older man with my pockets bigger then when I was a little kid, it was a dream of mine to one day own one of these....., still dreaming of course. Thank you again, this was so awesome. Can't wait to see all of your other reviews down memory lane.
Awesome game, I used to play this at my local arcade, back in 83!
Got this game in a local arcade in glassgow, uk where I live and still play it to this day its been there since late 80's .... A true classic.
This, Star Wars, and the other Tron game were my favorites back in the day; good to see this review.
If I ever become a millionaire, I'm going to have a room full of classic coin-operated arcade video games!
Discs Of Tron looks awesome.
I rarely saw this one in the arcades i went to and I remember when I would see one as a kid it was always packed … could never get a chance to play but I loved watching it! Thanks for the review!
"Greetings. Master Control Program has chosen you to serve on the game grid."
One of my favorite arcade games of all time.
"I'm gonna review this!" should be Mark's new catchphrase that he busts out every once in awhile. It's proof that this man, can in fact, review ANYTHING. Video games, toys, dogs, bananas - it doesn't matter what it is.
This was one of my all time favs. Can not understand why it has not found its way to modern devices like all the other classic video games.
Your reviews are so cool you make them so funny yet you still get a lot of information across
Awesome! Thanks for giving us a peek into the sit-down Discs of TRON cabinet. I have very fond memories of that game. :)
Damn, I miss old school arcades.
And Mark is awesome, classic game room is a must watch.
I live in Wisconsin Dells, with that said, back in the 70's and especially the game boom of the 80's we had at least 3 major game rooms, Galaxy of Games, The Penny Arcade and the game area at the Chalet near the Outerskate and theater. Yeah there were a few other minor game rooms but those were the major 3. This game was in the corner at Galaxy of Games, I don't know how much I time and money I spent playing it but it was one of the greats.
you had me at "I'm going to review this" with a beer in hand
it was ROOT
Best arcade classic ever love this game the one where he speaks is better then other one
Mark it takes some serious skill to play an arcade machine like you did. Props to you my friend!
Only mark can hold a beer, pass a arcade machine, come back to it immediately, stare at a conveniently placed camera, and say " I'm gonna review this."
That is a NICE camera Mark uses, I wonder what brand and model it is. He did a review of the equipment he used back in the day (around 2000 I guess, when David was in the show), but he should do an updated CGR Studios review featuring all his equipment. I bet he could do a behemoth 5 or 6 part review and still come up short on awesomeness.
This vid was great. I only saw this game once back in the day at a Star Of The Sea carnival. I guess we didn't get many of these out here in Honolulu. Sometimes I wondered if I just dreamed the damn game. Good to see this vid and confirm that yes it was real and that one time I got to play it was as cool as I remembered it. Watching this vid had me grinning ear to ear. Love it.
This was an awesome game. One of my all time favorites.
I remember that game from Intellivision.
Mark + Root Beer + Discs of Tron = Epic.
thats an awesome game and how ironic the had a bottle of ROOT BEER next to a BALLY MIDWAY machine (hint hint)
Great game! i remember this at my arcade at the back of the store. Long long ago!
I still play this game. On 360 and Xbox one
This was one of the most fun to watch reviews ever, love the reviews where you see you having a laugh too Mark
Awesome review! I don't think there's even an arcade parlor in my city anymore :(
AMAZING! This game is the one who has the closest appearence to the movie from all the other Tron-based games.
I love having my inbox spammed with these videos
I loved this game! FLIPPER'S in Miami used to have the environment version back in 1983. It was state of the art. I was pissed when they traded it out.
Damn. I NEVER got to the multi levels back in the day. I thought I was good...thanks for the look back!
now this is what i call a classic review!!
This is the cool version that has sark saying "greetings"
I used to play the hell out of this machine back in the day. I totally sucked at it but I still loved it.
4:14 The sacrifices Mark does for us. Can we like mail him some beer or something?
LOVED THIS USED TO PLAY THIS ALL SUMMER LONG
ME TOO
*walks by casually..* "I'm gonna review this!!" =D
I had to watch the beginning a few times, that was so funny.
I remember the stand-up version of this one in the local game room I used to frequent, along with the first Tron game...Most of the gamers, including myself, didn't like it much, so it wasn't there long...
What a nice machine. Almost unbelievable this is from 1983.
This is my favorite arcade game of all time!!
finally u do this arcade machine this is like my favorite arcade game ever
So cool, never knew this existed. Awesome!
Great review Mark, I still haven;t seen one of these cabs in the wild and would love to play one somewhere down the line.
This game was never ported to the Intellivision. The only Tron games on the Intellivision are Tron Deadly Discs, Tron: Solar Sailer, and Tron Maze-a-Tron. Just saying. Other than that, awesome video! I love this game!
ok that's epic - I don't think I ever played the cabinet....so slick
I used to love this game, and for some reason it seemed easier than the original TRON game. Not that it was all that easy. I used to blow the high score away daily, but when I played the first game I never got past the 3rd level.
Incidentally, this was never released for the Intellivision. You are thinking of Tron: Deadly Discs, which came out before this game.
awesome, bring this back, i want to play it!!!!!
It was my favorite game in Cedar Point's main arcade in the latter part of the 80's.
one of my favorites
This kind of reminds me of those duels in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for the PS1 :D
Man! I wanna go to this place!
I sense a meme coming from this show. And it is "I'm gonna review this!"
Looks great and it looks that the playability is smooth!
It's been so many years since I've seen one of those. Come to think of it, same arcade had the only Baby Pac-Man machine I've ever seen. Awesome!
Now, you must find a sit down Star Wars by Atari and the all so rare StarBlade.
I PLAYED STARBLADE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK ARCADE!!!!!
Out standing.
Mark, if I do ever get the chance to see you, I am going buy you many a beer, and then play arcade games with you all night, hoping the intoxication will allow me a slim chance to win. Then shortly after having my hope crushed as you play better while drunk. :(
Oh well, at least I could meet you!
YOU LUCKY SOB!!!! My edot is one of the sawed versions.. missing the whole back half of cabinet.
This was an amazing machine for the time. It looked almost 3d
Thanks! But you so much did not know about the deflect button!!! You just can't play without it! lol
Wow, amazing for 1983!
Beer in hand. That's why I love Mark.
I've played this machine once, I like how it is enclosed, made me feel like I was in a real Tron.
this is so cool. Arcade machines rock............ they rock hard
great review i remember playing this game at a pizza hut, i still owe so many quarters to my mom for playing this game a lot lol!!mm is he doing the charley sheen style look??
I used to play this in 1983 at a club i went to. Would love to find one. Does it come in a disc for game system's???
Impressive game for 1983! Graphics wise and animation.
@KimCheeWarrior: Most 'premium' games like Discs Of Tron were beginning to cost $0.50 because the owners expected to get a lot of profit from them, I guess. Or rising costs made them charge that same amount. Older games in the arcade would be still $0.25.
"im gonna review this!" lol
"........I'm gonna review this!" Is that how most of the reviews work? XD
Looks very sophisticated for it's time. Nice video :)
(walks by game) I'm gonna review this!
Cabinet Information
The environmental version of this game is huge, weighing in at over 700 pounds. The game was often sawed in two 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.
Mark your thoughts on Legacy? I thought it was pretty awesome, rocked that bass like it was the 80's
Mark, what kind of root beer is that? Looks refreshing. And root beer is like.. My favorite thing. Ever.
I see on the other side is omega race which is also badass.
HOLYSH*T is that an IBC root beer? That's onne of my favorite drinks! Instant +fav for the root beer!
And nice video, btw. :D
i actually played a stand up version of this once, the game just feels better to play standing up. its been decades so forgive me if im wrong but im pretty sure you walked a booth type cabinet.
nice behind the scenes footage man
I heard DISCS of TRON was supposed to be a level in the original TRON game but they did not have the memory to include it. So it became it's own game. In my opinion, the could have cut the grid bugs and MCP to fit it.
Bournemouth Pier arcade mid to late 80s... I lived in this machine!
Hi!
+Bubo 25 that's the one!
Mark you seriously, need to get one of those HD headcams for this type of stuff, and just let people know it's what your using, cause I know I would not mind it.
Mark you are become a LEGEND!!!!
@Neville6000 but even throughout the entire 80's, it was rare to see a game cost more than a quarter to play unless it was the moving variety like outrun, space harrier, or afterburner 2 or multi-screen multiplayer games like cyberball.
MY GOD!!!@! i want to play this! It looks waaaay funner the other tron arcade. i like that one too tho.
I never thinked that camera is that huge XD
this game can be seen in the movie Tron Legacy when Sam is opening the arcade machine the game can be seen under a tarp on a side shot
awesome show great job
if you want to play this online go onto disney's website for Tron Legacy!! It's awesome!! they have this and the original Tron arcade game!
I like the intro, plus mark looks like chalie sheen wehn he's holding a (root) beer bottle
I want to get one now!
@HptmSteinhauer You could always build a legacy machine, just for older games, using WinXP, or even Win98SE. I've built them for a few people in the past, using reclaimed AMD based Emachines off Ebay, that I knew would work with either Win98SE or WinXP. Cause as we know even DOSbox emulation, does not always cut it.
just realized Tron would make the best virtual reality game why is this not a thing yet
There is REZ... TOONAMI DID A REVIEW OF IT,WITH THE RED VIRUS VILLAIN (WHO SOUNDED MUCH LIKE DAVID WARNER IN IT.)
Best intro...ever!
Very unique game experience
Hands down- best game of the era. Why can't modern licenses (evolution) get it right? Would love to own this and the original Star Wars x wing vector rendered game.