Tron

Tron

Films[]

Tron[]

Main article:Tron

Tron is a 1982 American action science fiction film byWalt Disney Pictures. It starsJeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn,Bruce Boxleitner as Tron and his User Alan Bradley,Cindy Morgan as Yori and Dr. Lora Baines, and Dan Shor as Ram.David Warner plays all three main antagonists: the program Sark, his User Ed Dillinger, and the voice of theMaster Control Program. It was written and directed by Steven Lisberger.Tron has a distinctive visual style, as it was one of the first films from a major studio to use computer graphics extensively.

Tron: Legacy[]

Main article:Tron: Legacy

Tron: Legacy is a 2010 science fiction film. Jeff Bridges returns as Kevin Flynn and also, in a digitally de-aged form, plays the film's antagonist, a new version of his CLU program.Bruce Boxleitner also returns as Alan Bradley and, likewise de-aged, as Tron. They are joined byGarrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn, Kevin's son, the film's protagonist,Olivia Wilde as digital warrior Quorra,Michael Sheen as Castor, owner of a nightclub within the Grid, and Beau Garrett as Gem, a program that works within the digital world. The film deals with Sam investigating the disappearance of his father twenty years earlier, a quest that ultimately leads him into an isolated digital world created by his father after the events of the first film. Original film director Steven Lisberger acted as a producer and consultant on the film, which was written by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis and directed by first-time director Joseph Kosinsi.

Tron: Ares[]

Main article:Tron: Ares

The third film, titledTron: Ascension, was revealed in March2015 to be filmed in fall at Vancouver,^[2] but was later reported to have been canceled.^[3] It was later revived asTron: Ares.

Television series[]

Main article:Tron: Uprising

In March 2010, Disney announced that a TV series, entitledTron: Uprising, was in production. The premiere aired onJune 7, 2012, on Disney XD.^[1] However, the nineteenth and last episode aired onJanuary 28,2013.

Cast[]

Video games[]

Tron[]

Main article:Tron (video game)

Since video games play a central role in the film, many video games based onTron have been produced over the years. Atari, Inc. had plans to develop a realSpace Paranoids game, but this was canceled due to the video game crash of1983, along with arcade adaptations ofSuperman III andThe Last Starfighter. In 1982, Midway Games released theTron arcade game, which consisted of four mini-games based on sequences in the movie. This game earned more than the film's initial release. In 1983, Midway releasedDiscs of Tron, a sequel that focused on disc combat.

Mattel games[]

Main article:Tron: Deadly Discs

Mattel Electronics released three separateTron games (unrelated to the arcade game) for the Intellivision game console in 1982:Tron: Deadly Discs,Tron Maze-A-Tron, andTron: Solar Sailer.Deadly Discs was later ported to the Atari 2600 (along with an originalTron game for that platform,Adventures of Tron), and a version also appeared for the short-lived Aquarius home computer. A special joystick resembling theTron arcade game joystick was also created as a free giveaway in a special pack that included both Atari 2600Tron video games.

Tron 2.0[]

Main article:Tron 2.0

A PC game sequel released for Windows and Macintosh was released on August 26,2003. In this first person shooter game, the player takes the part of Alan Bradley's son, Jet, who is pulled into the computer world to fight a computer virus. A separate version of this game, calledTron 2.0 Killer App, is available for the Xbox, and features new multiplayer modes. An almost completely different game of the same name is also available for the Game Boy Advance, where Tron and a Light Cycle program named Mercury (first seen inTron 2.0 for the PC) fight their way through the ENCOM computer to stop a virus called The Corruptor. This game includes light cycle, battle tank, and recognizer battle modes, several security-related minigames, and the arcade gamesTron andDiscs of Tron. While the Game Boy Advance game is only minimally connected to the PC game, one of the 100 unlockable chips shows a picture of Jet Bradley.

Space Paranoids[]

Main article:Space Paranoids

In2009, 42 Entertainment released eight, real-lifeSpace Paranoids arcade machines during the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. They were placed in a recreated Flynn's Arcade near the convention center. The object of the game is to go through the levels and to achieve as many points as possible by destroying Recognizers. The total number of points a person can achieve is 999,000 pts, which is a reference to the score Flynn got in the movie, and is a record currently held by the gamer with the initials FLN. You use a pilot-like joystick and a ball to move the turret and tank.

Tron: Evolution[]

Main article:Tron: Evolution

A tie-in video game based uponTron: Legacy, titledTron: Evolution, released in December 2010. Teaser trailers were released in November 2009, with a longer trailer airing during the Spike Video Game Awards on December 12, 2009.Evolution was made at the same time as the film, and features heavy cross-over references, with members of the video game developers stating that some of the facts in film have more depth if the game is played first, as the game reveals more about that scene. It will also allow you to explore further parts of the Tron world.

Tron: Evolution – Battle Grids[]

Main article:Tron: Evolution - Battle Grids

Unlike Tron: Evolution, made for PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 and PC, Tron: Evolution – Battle Grids is made exclusively for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, and its storyline predates that of the other versions. In this game, the player create their own program. This program will meet Quorra and Tron before the events of Tron Legacy and they will train him to be the first ISO to win the Grid Games, but before that can happen, the player will have to battle and defeat the enemies that kidnapped Quorra and threatened that if the player participates in the games, she would be derezzed. The video game is developed by n-Space and published by Disney Interactive Studios.

Tron: Identity[]

A sequel set in the Tron Universe, which was developed and published byBithell Games for the Nintendo Switch and released on April 11, 2023. Tron: Identity it is both a visual novel and puzzle game. Taking place thirteen years after the events of Tron: Legacy.

Tron in other Disney properties[]

Epic Mickey[]

Main article:Epic Mickey

A game based on Disney history,Epic Mickey features several Tron elements in itsTomorrow City level. Spatter enemies wear the red suits of Sark's minions and one of the robotic Beetleworx of the area has a Lightcycle inspired torso. The boss of the level isPetetronic, a version of Pete dressed as Sark, who you must defeat by deflecting his disc attacks and using either thinner or paint to defeat him, paint turning his circuitry blue and friendly, thinner derezzing him, only to appear as an MCP like program in the alternate ending.

Kingdom Hearts series[]

Main article:Kingdom Hearts (series)

Characters from the Tron universe are used inKingdom Hearts II andKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. InKingdom Hearts II, "Space Paranoids", a world based on the video game from theoriginal movie, features the charactersTron,Commander Sark, and TheMaster Control Program (MCP).

InKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, "The Grid" another world named after the system fromTron: Legacy, appears in the game, and features the charactersKevin Flynn,Sam,Quorra,CLU,Rinzler, and TheBlack Guards.

Virtual Magic Kingdom[]

Main article:Virtual Magic Kingdom

An online multiplayer game developed by Disney, had a room based onTron, with Recognizers and the MCP in the background. There were also multiple furniture items in VMK based on Tron, such as Lightcycle Chairs, Tank Chairs, and aTron Arcade Game Cabinet. It also featured the Red Tron suit (Sark) and Blue Tron Suit. VMK is closed as of May 21, 2008.

Disney Universe[]

Main article:Disney Universe

Features abstract versions of characters fromTron: Legacy as playable characters.

Theme parks[]

From 1982 to1995,Tron was featured inDisneyland'sPeopleMover attraction, as part ofThe World of Tron, in which the light cycle sequence from the film was projected around park guests as their vehicle passed through a tunnel on the upper level of the Carousel Theater, placing the PeopleMover in the role of a light cycle. The attraction was known as PeopleMover Thru the World of Tron after this sequence was added. From1977 to 1982, this segment was previously home to the "SuperSpeed Tunnel", in which race cars were projected around the vehicles.

In 2010, theEpcot Monorail on theWalt Disney World Monorail System received wrap advertisements featuring blue and yellow light cycles on either side of the train to promoteTron Legacy.

ElecTRONica was announced on the Disney Parks Blog forDisney California Adventure in Anaheim, California. Disney's "ElecTRONica" is an interactive nighttime dance party in Hollywood Pictures Backlot. It is a similar experience to Glow Fest, but with a focus onTron: Legacy. ElecTRONica features lights, lasers, music, and projections to promote the film. On October 29, 2010, the nighttime showWorld of Color began soft-openings after its second show for aTron: Legacy themed encore usingDaft Punk's original music from the soundtrack, using new effects and projections on Paradise Pier attractions, The segment was added on November 1, 2010 and ended on March 23, 2011. ElecTRONica ended on April 15, 2012 and replaced by Mad T Party.

Literature[]

Books[]

A novelization ofTron was released in 1982, written by American science fiction novelist Brian Daley. It included eight pages of color photographs from the movie. Also that year, Disney Senior Staff Publicist Michael Bonifer authored a book entitledThe Art of Tron which covered aspects of the pre-production and post-production aspects of Tron.

In 2010, to coincide with the release ofTron: Legacy, a range of new books have been released; including a range of junior novels – "Tron the Junior Novel" by Alice Alfonsi, "Tron: Legacy: Derezzed" by James Gelsey, "Tron: Legacy: Out of the Dark" by Tennant Redbank, "Tron: Legacy: It's Your Call: Initiate Sequence" by Carla Jablonski. Additional books include "The Art of Tron: Legacy" by Justin Springer, Joseph Kosinski, and Darren Gilford, and "Tron Legacy: The Movie Storybook" by James Ponti.

Comics[]

In 2003, 88 MPH solicited a mini-series titledTron 2.0: Derezzed. This comic was canceled before any issues were released.

In 2005, Slave Labor Graphics announced its six-issue limited series comic,Tron: The Ghost in the Machine. The first issue was released in April 2006, the second issue in November of the same year. The comic book explores the concept of making a backup copy of a User within the computer system, and how that artificial intelligence might be materialized into the real world. The comic book was written by Landry Walker and Eric Jones, with art in the first two issues by Louie De Martinis. The artist on the last three issues is Mike Shoykhet.

The comic from Slave Labor Graphics opens with a detailed history of theTron universe, providing this previously unseen background on the events that allowed Ed Dillinger and the MCP to rise to power:

In the early 1970s, a small engineering company called ENCOM introduced a revolutionary type of software designed to direct and streamline the transfer of data between networked machines. Ed Dillinger, the lead programmer on this project, realized the enormous potential of his team's creation and secretly encoded a secondary function to be activated upon installation: to copy the sub-routines of other programs and absorb their functions. This alteration allowed Dillinger to appropriate research and claim it as his own, and he rose quickly through ENCOM's corporate ranks. This was the beginning of the Master Control Program.

Marvel Comics released a two issue mini-series entitledTron: Betrayal in October 2010. The story takes place a year after the original film.

Light cycles[]

Light cycles are fictional vehicles designed by Syd Mead for the simulated world of theTron universe. These futuristic two-wheeled vehicles resemble motorcycles and create walls of colored light. The vehicles were primarily used in a competition between humanoid computer programs, similar to an old computer game sometimes known as "Surround" or "Dominos" (games which predate Tron). Players are in constant motion on a playfield, creating a wall of light behind them as they move. If players hit a wall, they are out of the game; the last player in the game wins. Since the original display inTron, there have been numerous adaptations, as well as references in popular culture.

A light cycle toy, in red and yellow versions, was produced by TOMY as part of the merchandising for theTron film, along with action figures scaled to fit inside the toy cycles. Bootleg versions of TOMY's design were produced by other toy manufacturers that came in a wide variety of colors, including blue and silver, but were noticeably smaller than the TOMY-produced toy, too small in fact to accommodate one of the TOMY action figures.

Light cycles make a return inTron Legacy, with new designs by Daniel Simon. According to the press conference at Comic-Con 2009, a new vehicle appears called a "Light Runner", a two-seat version of the light cycle. It is said to be very fast, and has the unique ability to go off the grid on its own power. We also get a glimpse at Kevin Flynn's own cycle, a "Second Generation Light Cycle" designed in 1989 by Flynn and "rumor has it it's still the fastest thing on the grid." It incorporates some of the look of both films.

The tie-in video gameTron: Evolution, which is set between the events ofTron andTron: Legacy, features light cycles in sections of the single-player mode and in certain game maps for the multiplayer mode. Light cycle use in multiplayer gives players the option to shift back and forth between cycle and foot travel at will, and provides multiple attack and defensive options beyond the classic "boxing in" of an opponent. In addition, the light cycles ofEvolution can pass through their own light trails (and the trails of allied players) unharmed.

A more classic interpretation of the lightcycle game is shown in the Wii-GameTron: Evolution - Battle Grids, which is primarily based on offline multiplayer or singleplayer matches. These lightcycle battles don't allow the player to pass through his own trail but do allow passage through teammates' trails. There is also no option to travel on foot.

References[]

This page uses content from the EnglishWikipedia pageTron (franchise). The list of authors can be seen in thepage history. Text from Wikipedia is available under theCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

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