intvdave Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 One of the worst games I owned as a kid was Tron Maze-a-Tron.... maybe it was tied with Space Hawk. I did not own Vectron. I had to look beyond my bad memories and had to believe Maze-a-Tron could be a great game. I just had to look to the games strengths. Fast forward 40 years... Tron is being rebooted! The first two of the series to be released are updates of Adventures of Tron and a Super Pro treatment of Maze-a-Tron..... Tron Reloaded These will only be released as ROM packages to be used in emulation or with a multi-cart such as the CC3 or LTO Flash. Visit: http://intellivision.us/roms.php to order Tron Reloaded ($10.00) and download Adventures of Tron (free). While there, also pick up the newly released ROM package of Intellivision Revolutions's Donkey Kong Junior. Here is the manual for Tron Reloaded: Manual.pdf Below is a list of all the changes to Tron Reloaded. The key major changes are: the game has an ending, Intellivoice support has been added, and it is FUN TO PLAY!!!! ----- overall ----- 3 chances to battle the CPU - game is not based on lives added Intellivoice disabled practice mode each visit to the CPU decrease the level easier to reach RAM chips - must use I/O Transporter 4 levels of play (1-3, and DISC) phase 1 screen movement increases as levels decrease phase 2 number movement decreases as levels go down fixed bug in original game that would crash randomly when in the ram chips ----- phase1 ----- man is smaller - easier to navigate turn arounds on both sides of RAM chips ram chips are randomly set. More likely to be black one (1) at higher levels collect 2 zeros at a time instead of one press 4 on keypad to hear how much energy is stored up press 5 on keypad to hear how many zeros are stored up press 6 on keypad to hear level on Being hit by a Recognizer/force field reduces shields by 20 and zeros by 5 Falling off the screen reduces shields by 10 and zeros by 2 randomly placed in maze when hit by Recognizer/force field, or moved off screen minor maze changes to make it easier to get through direction could change after transporting or falling off screen need energy to get to ram chips / can not go around updated graphics voice will say "ok ok" when you have enough zeros (28+) start off with shields and zeros 1=50/10 2=40/5 3=30/0 disc=20/0 shorter intervals when charging shields and collecting zeros ----- phase2 ----- bullets originate from level of second set of numbers cursor stays in line with numbers numbers move quickly off screen when match not made a hit by the CPU makes numbers move faster voice will say "oh no" or "uh oh" if you miss a match voice will announce the computer is upset before sending you back to phase 1 beat the computer by matching all 14 sets of numbers matches made shown on bottom right tron_reloaded.wmv 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Great new game. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 wow, thank you!! Since I didn't hate the original I'm sure I will love this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 30 minutes ago, intellivotion said: wow, thank you!! Since I didn't hate the original I'm sure I will love this Let us know what you think after you play it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendocon Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 8 hours ago, intellivotion said: wow, thank you!! Since I didn't hate the original I'm sure I will love this I didn't hate it either. There were so many other Intellivision games I didn't understand as a kid, like Utopia, that I went on assuming I just didn't get the point yet. It was what I considered my first "open-world game" experience. The real enjoyment came from the eye/ear candy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 True! Especially the enjoyment coming from the ear candy. My friend Filippo an I used to hum the tune of the circuit maze almost obsessively. I had forgotten about this! Talking about Tron Maze-a-Tron dug up this memory of my youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, intellivotion said: Talking about Tron Maze-a-Tron dug up this memory of my youth. And this is why I do this! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cjherr Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 ...and it is done beautifully! Looking forward to see what's next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMBerzerk Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just bought it... looking forward to what you've done. SP Boxing is amazing and a whole lot more fun to play now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just recently bought both Boxing and Tron. Have not tried TRON yet but will later. This was the only game I ever returned as a kid. Just did not like it and I love the movie and Deadly Discs. Boxing was fun. I was losing big time in my first fight but managed a knockout just before the end of the match. Sweet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sinjinhawke said: Just recently bought both Boxing and Tron. Have not tried TRON yet but will later. This was the only game I ever returned as a kid. Just did not like it and I love the movie and Deadly Discs. Did you mean Deadlier Disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, intvdave said: Did you mean Deadlier Disc Has it shipped because I will be buying it????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMBerzerk Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just played Maze-A-Tron... wow! You did a fantastic job in bringing a semi-dull game back to life! It's easier to play, to move around and get the Phase 1 tasks complete. Adding in the Intellivoice support was a great idea! Phase 2 is definitely more difficult! Gotta really pay attention to what you're doing, which makes it a whole lot more challenging! "I can't allow this!" I laughed out loud when the MCP said that. Thanks! What a real treat to have life back into this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 40 minutes ago, IMBerzerk said: Phase 2 is definitely more difficult! Gotta really pay attention to what you're doing, which makes it a whole lot more challenging! "I can't allow this!" I laughed out loud when the MCP said that. Phase 2 looks the same but is very different. I think the controls are better but it takes more focus to match the numbers. I made level 1 so easy that you have to be able to complete Phase 1 and 2 with little effort. Thank you for enjoying the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendocon Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, IMBerzerk said: "I can't allow this!" I laughed out loud when the MCP said that. Was it "can't"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, Zendocon said: Was it "can't"? Made it through the first phase and got wiped out instantly on Phase 2. MCP is such a "Can't". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMBerzerk Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 didn't take long.. hahaha... I love me a good "can't" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMBerzerk Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 hours ago, intvdave said: Phase 2 looks the same but is very different. I think the controls are better but it takes more focus to match the numbers. I made level 1 so easy that you have to be able to complete Phase 1 and 2 with little effort. Thank you for enjoying the game! What you did is perfect. It was too easy to loose interest in the game with Phase 1 as it was. Then to work that hard only to get blasted right out on Phase 2 killed it for me. Now it feels right. Phase 1 is easy, not super easy, but as it should be...then the real challenge begins in Phase 2. I also like that you gave the "ok, ok" so that you know that you have enough "zeros" to knock down the chips. Used to drive me crazy thinking I did, then run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 3:32 PM, Sinjinhawke said: Has it shipped because I will be buying it????? I thought Deadlier Disc was only going to be minor updates. It is turning into an overhaul. Maybe it will be completed by end of the year... or the next few weeks..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 What about Deadlier Dogs?!! ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rev said: What about Deadlier Dogs?!! ? Easter Egg? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 39 minutes ago, intvdave said: Easter Egg? Why not! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 We have Deadly Dogs already... How about the Robots from Night Stalker!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 The NBA Basketball sprites would look funny running around dodging your disc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvdave Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 31 minutes ago, 1980gamer said: We have Deadly Dogs already... How about the Robots from Night Stalker!!!! How about just give away all my secrets? If this release does not get people to use their LTO Flash, no game will. Well... maybe Super Pro Utopia will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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