TRON DEADLY DISCS*
Cartridge Instructions
(For 1 Player)

(*) TRON DEADLY DISCS is a trademark of and used under license from Walt Disney
Productions

OBJECT OF THE GAME

Score points by knocking out computer-controlled attackers with flying discs.
Your task is to bring your man, TRON, safely through battle after battle.
Attacking Warriors are also armed with destroyer discs. They'll come at TRON in
wave after wave of three against one! You get them. Or they'll get TRON. Game
difficulty increases dramatically in the later stages. 100,000 points is a good
score. 1,000,000 points are entirely possible!

YOUR CONTROLS

Select Game Speed
1: Slow
2: Slower
3: Slowest
DISC: Fastest

Directional Fire Buttons
2: Up
4: Left
6: Right
8: Down
1,3,7,9: Diagonals

5: Block/Move

Side buttons are NOT used in this game.

FIRE BUTTONS:
Press button to throw disc in a specific directon (upper right, lower left,
etc.)

If disc is in the air after a miss, press ANY Fire Button again. Disc will
return faster!

BLOCK BUTTON:
Press button (5) to switch TRON from MOVING mode to BLOCKING mode. (Using shield
to block Warrior's destroyer discs.)  You can switch to BLOCKING only when TRON
is holding his disc. Pressing BLOCK with disc in flight will make TRON crouch --
duck Warrior discs

If Warrior's disc hits TRON's shield, the disc will shatter. Unless the warrior
is destroyed, a new disc will appear for him within 10 seconds.

SELECT SKILL LEVEL

Press DIRECTIONAL DISC or any keypad button EXCEPT 1, 2, or 3 and you will
automatically play the same game at the FASTEST speed of all!

Press (1) on the keypad to play at  SLOW speed.

Press (2) on the keypad to play at SLOWER speed.

Press (3) on the keypad to play at SLOWEST (beginner) speed.

NOTE: Speed you select goes the entire game. But the higher the point score you
reach, the more difficult the game will become in OTHER ways than speed. (You'll
have to fight tougher, harder-to-knock out LEADER WARRIORS, PURPLE WARRIORS,
BULLDOGS, etc.  See below: "WARRIORS".)

TAKING HITS & RECOVERY

As the Game starts, TRON can stant 3 hits from a wave of Warrior attackers.
Warriors destroyed by a disc from TRON will replace themselves every ten
seconds, UNLESS the grid is cleared by destroying the whole wave of 3 Warrior
attackers.  When a new wave of 3 attackers appears, TRON can AGAIN take at least
3 hits!

In addition, TRON, BULLDOGS, and GUARDS recover from hits on a TIME BASIS. They
recover and continue to recover from each hit every four seconds until the
maximum level is reached or that particular combatant is destroyed (de-rezzed).

AND at higher point totals, TRON can stand extra hits.

* After 20,000 points, TRON can stand 4 hits.

* After 100,000 points, TRON can stand 5 hits. (See "Scoring", below).

NOTE: Taking hits SLOWS DOWN any fighter (TRON or any of his attackers.)

LET'S PLAY!

TO START A GAME...

* Press RESET, bring up game Title on TV screen.

* Press DIRECTIONAL DISC or ANY BUTTON... ACTION BEGINS!

* Press DIRECTIONAL DISC to move TRON, avoid hits. Press EDGES for left or right
movement.

* Press keypad buttons (see direction arrows). FIRE discs, knock out attacking
Warriors! The disc of TRON is YELLOW.

* Press BLOCK button to ward off Warrior discs. (Press BLOCK AGAIN to make TRON
start moving again.) BLOCKS count the same as destroying a Warrior.  Their discs
are normally BLUE.  (See "Warriors", below.)

SCORING

Points are won in this game two principal ways:

1. By destroying (de-rezzing) computer-controlled attackers by hitting them with
the YELLOW disc from TRON.

2. By blocking Warrior's (BLUE, etc.) discs with a shield raised by TRON. (Press
BLOCK key to switch to BLOCKING mode.)

BONUS points can also be earned as follows:

* Bonus points are earned for clearing the grid of attackers. TRON must destroy
all three attackers before they are replaced.  Bonus earned is 5 TIMES Warrior
value at that stage of the game. (See "Warrior Point Score Table".)

* Bonus points are also earned for knocking out The Recognizer. (See below.)
Bonus earned is 10 TIMES Warrior value.

REMEMBER: When higher point totals are earned (20,000 and 100,000) TRON can
stand EXTRA hits. You will have a better chance to reach higher scoring levels
because TRON has a better chance to last longer in the combat.

After 20,000 points are earned, TRON can stand 4 hits instead of just 3.

After 100,000 points are earned, TRON can stand 5 hits instead of just 4.

WARRIOR POINT SCORE TABLE

Your (TRON) point total : Warrior point value

0      : 50
1000   : 100
2000   : 150
3000   : 250
5000   : 300
7500   : 500
10000  : 750
15000  : 1000
20000  : 1250
25000  : 1500
30000  : 2000
40000  : 2500
50000  : 3500
75000  : 5000
100000 : 10000

BLOCKS count the same as destroying a warrior.

BONUS: 5 times Warrior value for clearing the board! (Must destroy all 3
attackers before they are replaced to earn points.)

BONUS: 10 times Warrior value for knocking out RECOGNIZER.


COMPUTER-CONTROLLED WARRIORS

In the earlier stages of the game, below 5,000 points, Warriors are slow and not
very accurage with the BLUE discs they blast at TRON. Above 5,000 points
Warriors are moe accurage and harder to hit.

LIGHT BLUE Warriors are the normal, rank & file Warriors.  1 hit knocks them
out.

PURPLE Warriors are BULLDOG Warriors.  It takes 2 hits to destroy them.  They
are also slower and less accurate.

DARK BLUE Warriors are LEADERS.  Just 1 hit destroys them.  But with a LEADER on
th GRID all Warriors (Leaders included) react quicker and shoot straighter!
LEADERS can also carry SPECIAL more leathal discs. Expect to see a LEADER above
10,000 points.

ORANGE Warriors are GUARDS.  After one million points, computer switches
tactics!  Instead of trying to destroy TRON with discs, ORANGE guards enter the
action. It takes 4 HITS to knock out a guard! ORANGE guards carry white
paralyzer sticks. If TRON is touched by a white stick he's captured, GAME'S
OVER!  Of course, after scoring more than 1,000,000 TRON points you have already
racked up a fantastic score!

DIFFERENT COLOR DISCS!

The disc of TRON is YELLOW.  Warrior discs are normally BLUE. BROWN discs do
DOUBLE DAMAGE! They score 2 hits on TRON! WHITE discs are HOMING discs.  They
score only 1 hit, but they chase TRON like a guided missile, unless BLOCKED or
unless the WHITE disc hits a border.

NO disc is deadly when returning. THIN flying discs do the damage!

THE DOORS: OPEN, SHUT, JAMMED OPEN

DOORS OPEN whenever Warriors enter to join the battle against TRON.

DOORS SHUT automatically whenever Warriors are replaced by the next set of
Warriors.

DOORS can be JAMMED OPEN by TRON two ways.

1. By making TRON run into the CENTER of the door OPENING. (Side door, top or
bottom dor.)

2. By hitting any door CENTER with a disc from TRON.

TELEPORTING!

When DOORS are JAMMED OPEN directly across from one another, try a surprise FAST
EXIT! Move TRON in one door, out the other.

Successfully execute a TELEPORT and TRON will automatically recover one hit.

THE RECOGNIZER Here's GOOD news and BAD news!

The GOOD news: Knock out the Recognizer and you win BIG BONUS POINTS! (10 times
Warriors value total!)

Now for the BAD news! If TRON touches The Recognizer the GAME IS OVER!  What's
more...

The Recognizer is HARD to destroy!

The ONLY way to knock out the Recognizer and win the bonus, is to score a direct
hit on his eye with the disc of TRON. THE EYE IS WHITE. You must hit straight
on, from the top or from the bottom or from the side.  No other hit will work.

Hit the WHITE EYE and The Recognizer will start to spark, stop and sink out of
sight. You've WON BONUS POINTS!

The Recognizer comes on to repair JAMMED doors with a BLACK BEAM. Beam is
harmless to TRON. Recognizer's eye will turn WHITE just before BLACK BEAM
appears!

As soon as The Recognizer stops, he sends out a Paralyzer Probe. Probe will go
after TRON. If TRON gets touched by the Probe, TRON is stopped cold. TRON cannot
move again until The Recognizer has finished unjamming the open doors.  Repairs
finished, Recognizer and Probe will leave and TRON is free again.

WINNING TIPS!

* Use BOTH hand controllers.  Work the WHEEL with one hand (move TRON.)  Work
the FIRE direction keys with the other hand. (Fire TRON disc!)  Remember, only
one control at a time!

* KEEP one finger on the BLOCK button.  Be set to make TRON crouch & duck a
Warrior disc or set up a BLOCK.

* Practice BLOCKING!  Blocks of Warrior discs coming at TRON earn the SAME
POINTS as destroying Warriors!  (See "SCORING", above.)

* Always keep an OPEN door behind you for emergencies.  A quick exit comes in
very handy especially in the later stages of the game when you're fighting off
BULLDOG Warrior or LEADERS.

* WATCH OUT for The Recognizer! IF he touches TRON, GAME IS OVER. Be alert for
The Recognizer after you have completed a teleport (See page 10) and all
Warriors have been swept from the grid!

* The Recognizer will defend itself with its paralyzer probe. You don't have
much time to get off an accurate throw!

* KEEP TRON MOVING throughout the game.  TRON will not move by himself.  And
keep an escape route open.  Don't let TRON get trapped in a corner!

TO START A NEW GAME... Press RESET button. Bring Game Title Back to the TV
screen.  Then select skill level and begin play again.

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©1982, 1998 Intellivision Productions, Inc.


