2011 · Stern
Disney TRON: Legacy
Known for Recognizer 3-bank, Disc, Mode progress ladder and Light Cycle Multiball. Dark cavernous interior arena, glowing cyan perspective grid floor, vertical shaft of white light in the centre and black void with scattered light streaks.
- Year
- 2011
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Recognizer 3-bank
- Toy
Disc
- inserts
Mode progress ladder
- Multiball
Light Cycle Multiball
- Multiball
Quorra Multiball
- Multiball
Disc Multiball
- Wizard mode
Portal Multiball
- mini-wizard mode
Sea of Simulation
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Disc
Ramp 1
- Side ramp
Orbit 1
- Upper loop loop
Targets 3
- Recognizer 3-bank
- Tron targets
- Zuse targets
Lanes 2
- Turnaround lane
- Unmarked slanted lane rollover
Flipper 1
- Upper flipper extra flipper
Lights 2
- Mode progress ladder inserts
- Light Cycle insert insert
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Young adult, left side, full length in profile facing right, short dark hair, black futuristic suit with bright orange glowing seam lines down the arm and torso, holding a round orange-lit disc at his hip
- man Older, right third of the image, enormous cropped head and shoulders, short hair, full dark beard, stern expression, lit in cold blue
- man Centre, standing back-to-back with the woman on a glowing round platform, dark suit, one arm raised straight up into the light shaft
- woman Centre, slim build, short dark hair, dark fitted outfit with a cut-out midriff, standing back-to-back with the man with one arm raised into the light
Setting
- Dark cavernous interior arena
- Glowing cyan perspective grid floor
- Vertical shaft of white light in the centre
- Black void with scattered light streaks
Text on it
- TRON
- Disney
How it plays
-
Modes 7
- Flynn
- Follow Gem
- Terminate Clu
- Zuse's Fast Scoring
- Tron Scoring
- Super Pops
- Super Spinners
-
Multiballs 3
- Light Cycle Multiball
- Quorra Multiball
- Disc Multiball
-
Goals 3
- End of Line
- Zen
- Double Super Jackpot
-
Wizard modes 2
- Portal Multiball
- Sea of Simulation mini-wizard mode
Made by
- Design
- John Borg
- Art
- John Youssi
- Software
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Software
- Tom Uban
- Sound & Music
- David Thiel
Reference
Linked terms
- Recognizer 3-bank also called Recognizer bank also called Recognizer
- Disc also called spinning disc
- Mode progress ladder also called progress ladder
- Upper loop also called Gem lane
- Tron targets also called TRON
- Zuse targets also called Zuse post targets
- Unmarked slanted lane also called Zen lane
- Light Cycle insert also called Cycle
- Light Cycle Multiball also called Cycle Multiball
- Quorra Multiball also called Quorra
- Portal Multiball also called Portal also called The Portal
- End of Line also called End of Line Jackpots also called End of Line Multiball
- Flynn also called Find Flynn
- Follow Gem also called Gem
- Terminate Clu also called Clu
- Zuse's Fast Scoring also called Zuse
- Double Super Jackpot also called Double Super
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- blue
- cyan
- black
- orange
Fingerprint: Monochromatic photographic male faces stacked left-center area, large blue vertical wordmark high on left rail, dense grid of rectangular target panels, circular disc labeled with title, clear plastic ramp hardware, printed skyline silhouette, geometric angular typeface design
A black apron carrying a huge outlined angular TRON wordmark with a small dark standing figure emblem directly above it, flanked by two chrome speaker grilles. Three grey-scale photographic male faces - a bearded man, a shouting open-mouthed man, and a dark-haired man - stacked down the left side of the lower playfield beside a large vertical blue TRON wordmark. Two pale angled side-lane panels at the bottom, each with a dark silhouetted action figure and a single line of caption text. A three-deep stack of small coloured insert panels in the centre lane (red, black-and-white, tan) above CLU and GEM panels.
Setting
- Dark science-fiction interior with glowing grid-line architecture and light streaks
- Printed black playfield background with a painted cityscape and walkway figures
Symbols
- Circular disc with a ringed neon rim and tron lettering
- Amber star-shaped plastics
- Triangular red and blue lane inserts
- Rectangular target panels with white outlines
- Green circular badge insert
- Red round bumper-like insert
- Wire gate / spinner
- Clear plastic ramp and wireform rails
- Outlined geometric letterforms
Notable shapes
- Large clear plastic ramp arching down the right side
- Wireform rails crossing the upper playfield
- Spinner and wire gate at top centre
- Circular tron disc mechanism
- V-shaped pair of flippers at the base
Art motifs
- Glowing cyan grid lines
- Black void with light beams
- Digital geometric type
- Orange neon glow
Themes
- Science fiction
- Digital grid
- Light cycles
- Neon
- Video-game-inspired
Title on it
- Tron
Text on it
- TRON
- PORTAL
- CYCLOPS
- CLU
- GEM
- SAVIN'
- LIGHT JUMPER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Grey-scale photographic portrait, bearded man wearing a cap, lower-left of the centre area |
| Man | Grey-scale photographic portrait, young man with mouth wide open as if shouting, centre-left |
| Man | Grey-scale photographic portrait, dark-haired man at the bottom of the portrait stack, centre |
| Other | Dark silhouetted human figure in a long coat standing in profile on a painted walkway, left lower playfield |
| Other | Dark silhouetted action figure on the left angled lower side-lane panel |
| Other | Dark silhouetted action figure on the right angled lower side-lane panel |
| Other | Small dark human figure emblem printed above the apron tron wordmark |
A top-down photograph of a solid-state playfield behind a curved glass, dominated by a deep blue and electric-cyan palette with orange, amber and gold accents and black borders. The upper third is packed with clear-plastic and wireform ramp hardware arcing from the top rails down towards centre, a spinner/wire-gate assembly at top centre, blue plastic posts, amber star-shaped plastics, and small light inserts. The mid-playfield is a dense grid of printed rectangular target panels: a white-outlined panel reading PORTAL at top centre, the word TRON in thin grey angular capitals just below it, and a stack of three small panels in the centre lane - a red panel, a black-and-white panel, and further down a tan panel reading CLU above a teal panel reading GEM. A blue-rimmed circular disc assembly near top right also carries the word TRON. Several brightly coloured printed insert labels are scattered around the mid-right, including green, orange, yellow and red ones, and a small badge with red-and-white lettering on the right reads SAVIN'. The left side of the lower playfield carries a large vertical blue TRON wordmark and three grey-scale photographic male portraits, one of them a bearded man, one shouting with his mouth open, plus a dark silhouetted figure standing in a coat. The lower deck splits into two angled side lanes, each with a pale panel showing a dark silhouetted figure and a line of small caption text, flanking a black apron with a large outlined angular TRON wordmark and a small dark figure emblem above it, with two chrome-trimmed speaker grilles either side. Two blue-and-white striped flippers form a V at the bottom.
Playfield LE
- blue
- magenta
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: tron: Glowing pink wireform ramp maze looping and doubling back across nearly whole upper playfield, mirrored left and right; grey-blue painted portrait medallions of four grim-faced men arranged in cluster around glowing orb graphics; yellow-gold angular ramp on left printed with film reel and lens motif; large outlined TRON wordmark and TRON Legacy (Limited) date 2011 on apron
A glowing pink wireform ramp maze that loops and doubles back across nearly the whole upper playfield, mirrored left and right. The lower playfield art is a set of grey-blue painted portrait medallions of four grim-faced men, one bearded, arranged in a cluster around glowing orb graphics. A yellow-gold angular ramp on the left is printed with a film reel and lens motif, mirrored by a yellow-framed ramp and orange TARGET gate on the right. The bottom apron carries a big thin-outline TRON wordmark and the right-hand rules card prints Game: TRON Legacy (Limited) and Manufactured Date: 2011.
Setting
- Digital grid and circuitry backdrop
- Glowing blue energy field
- Dark starless void at the edges
Symbols
- Glowing discs and orbs
- Film reel and lens motif
- Outlined geometric circuit traces
- Ring targets
- Arrow motifs
- Three gold rings on the left instruction card
- Qr-code style square sticker at lower left
Notable shapes
- Yellow angular ramp printed with film reel and lens, a pair of large blue triangular inlane/outlane plastics in the bottom corners, a maze of looping pink wireform rails, and a cluster of six rounded oval/rectangular labelled plaques in the centre
Art motifs
- Wire grid
- Cyan circuitry lines
- Neon outlines
- Circular portal shapes
- Target reticles
Themes
- Digital world
- Grid
- Light cycles
- Video game franchise
- Electronic duel
Title on it
- Tron
Text on it
- TRON
- TRON Legacy
- TRON Legacy (Limited)
- Stern Pinball, Incorporated
- Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
- Game: TRON Legacy (Limited)
- Lead Designer: John Borg
- Artwork: John Youssi
- Manufactured Date: 2011
- Total Production: N/A
- Stern
- PORTAL
- TESSERACT
- GREEN
- GEM
- PLASMA
- FILM
- ERIC
- SINEA
- TARGET
- SHOOT AGAIN
- VRUXX
- ILLUSTRATED TOUR OF THE GAME
- Move a number of blocks to finish
- Eric is number of blocks to the grid
- Grid, then place the next block.
- block.
- Shoot the Shoot Again Gate for a mystery
- Machine is in FUN
- GRID GAME
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Bald man in grey-blue profile portrait medallion, facing left, mid lower playfield |
| Man | Second bald man in grey-blue profile portrait medallion just left of centre, facing left |
| Man | Dark-haired bearded man portrait medallion right of centre, facing right |
| Man | Hunched hooded or helmeted figure painted above the portrait cluster, head down |
| Other | Standing human figure with raised arms printed on the lower apron card beneath the large outlined title wordmark |
| Vehicle | Yellow-gold light-cycle style vehicle graphic with a film reel and lens printed on the left ramp body |
| Alien | Orange and white humanoid head/arm shape printed inside the right-hand yellow target gate |
Full-length view of an illuminated electro-mechanical-style pinball playfield seen from above, dark blue and cyan art with a maze of glowing pink/red wireform ramps and rails snaking across both flanks. The art shows a gridiron of targets and characters: painted oval and rectangular plaques reading PORTAL, TESSERACT, GREEN, GEM, PLASMA, FILM, ERIC, SINEA, each outlined in white on blue. In the mid-lower field four portrait medallions of human faces are painted in grey-blue tones - two bald men in profile facing left, one dark-haired bearded man facing right, and a hooded/helmeted figure above them - surrounded by glowing orb and disc graphics. A yellow-gold angular ramp structure with printed film-reel and lens graphics sits on the left apron side; a matching yellow-framed wire ramp and an orange TARGET gate sit on the right. Two yellow-bodied flippers with blue rubber at the bottom centre, blue triangular inlanes and outlanes, a white-outlined SHOOT AGAIN plaque between the flippers, and a dark blue apron card bearing a large outlined TRON wordmark with a standing figure above it. The lower cabinet apron carries two instruction cards: left one ending in three gold ring icons and a Move a number of blocks to finish quote, right one listing Stern Pinball, Incorporated, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA, Game: TRON Legacy (Limited), Lead Designer John Borg, Artwork John Youssi, Manufactured Date: 2011, Total Production: N/A plus the Illustrated Tour Of The Game paragraph. Overall colour: deep blue dominant, hot magenta/red wire lighting, yellow-gold plastics, white outlines.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- teal
- black
- orange
- white
Fingerprint: Enormous cropped photographic head of bearded man glowing cold blue, full-length young man in black suit traced with bright orange light-piping holding orange disc, man and woman back-to-back on glowing circular platform with raised arms in vertical light shaft, red laser rifle, floating disc and craft, TRON title, Disney, sci-fi digital world
The enormous cropped photographic head of a grim bearded man filling the entire right third of the glass, glowing cold blue, next to a full-length young man in a black suit laced with bright orange light-piping. A man and a woman stand back-to-back on a glowing circular platform with one arm each raised into a vertical white light-shaft. A red laser rifle and a dark disc-shaped craft float in the empty teal sky above them.
Setting
- Dark cavernous interior arena
- Glowing cyan perspective grid floor
- Vertical shaft of white light in the centre
- Black void with scattered light streaks
Symbols
- Glowing orange identity disc
- Laser rifle
- Black disc-shaped ring
- Small floating square block
- Four-pointed dark flying craft with red laser beam
- Glowing grid floor
- Large glowing blue ring arc
Lettering
- Wide geometric sans-serif capitals, pale blue with a bright cyan outer glow and dark outline, slightly arched across the top; small oval script logo above it
Themes
- Science fiction
- Digital world
- Laser combat
- Computer graphics
Title on it
- Tron
Text on it
- TRON
- Disney
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young adult, left side, full length in profile facing right, short dark hair, black futuristic suit with bright orange glowing seam lines down the arm and torso, holding a round orange-lit disc at his hip |
| Man | Older, right third of the image, enormous cropped head and shoulders, short hair, full dark beard, stern expression, lit in cold blue |
| Man | Centre, standing back-to-back with the woman on a glowing round platform, dark suit, one arm raised straight up into the light shaft |
| Woman | Centre, slim build, short dark hair, dark fitted outfit with a cut-out midriff, standing back-to-back with the man with one arm raised into the light |
Portrait-format backglass in deep teal, cyan and black. Across the top, a squared-off sans-serif title in glowing pale blue outlined letters reads 'TRON', with a small oval script studio logo above it. Four figures: at left a young man in profile facing right, in a black fitted suit traced with bright orange glowing piping, holding a round orange-lit disc at his hip; at right an enormous cropped close-up of an older stern bearded man's face in cold blue light; in the centre mid-ground a man and a woman in dark outfits standing back-to-back on a glowing circular platform, each with one arm raised into a vertical white light-shaft. Floating in the empty teal space above them are a red laser gun, a small disc, a black disc-shaped ring, a tiny square block and a dark four-pointed craft trailing a red laser streak. Behind is a vast dark arena with a glowing cyan perspective grid floor. The lower right holds the arc of a huge glowing blue ring; a fine artist signature sits bottom left.
Backglass LE
- blue
- black
- cyan
- yellow
Fingerprint: Bearded man's face upper right, slim figure in black suit with yellow-orange circuit traces holding luminous ring disc, black-clad figure on glowing platform with raised arms in white light, "TRON" in neon-blue angular letters with Disney script above, dark blue-cyan palette, glowing grid floor, craft shapes, digital-world aesthetic, light-cycle mythology, computer-realm theme, neon circuitry, sci-fi digital graphics
The single most memorable element is the huge photorealistic bearded male face looming in the upper right, cropped hard at the top and right edges, dwarfing everything else. Second, the slim figure in a black suit traced with glowing yellow-orange circuitry holding a bright ring-shaped disc. Third, the small black-clad figure with both arms raised into a column of white light on a glowing round platform. Fourth, the blocky outlined TRON lettering in electric blue with a small white Disney script oval above it.
Setting
- Glowing cyan wireframe grid floor receding to the horizon
- Dark blue-black sky with a bright white-blue light column
- Dark angled geometric structures and light streaks at the left edge
Symbols
- Glowing yellow-orange ring disc
- Vertical white light beam
- Black angular craft with orange-lit edges
- Dark bat-shaped craft with a red light
- Black grid-like machine block
- Small white ringed disc
- Glowing cyan perspective grid
- Yellow-orange circuit tracery
Lettering
- Wide angular sans-serif capital outlines in electric blue with a bright inner glow, resembling neon tubing, plus a small white cursive script wordmark in an oval
Themes
- Science fiction
- Digital grid
- Neon circuitry
- Computer world
- Light cycle disc
Title on it
- Tron
Text on it
- TRON
- Disney
- 2 PLAYER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Left side, slim young man in a tight black bodysuit traced with glowing yellow-orange circuit lines along arms, torso and legs, short dark hair, facing right in profile, holding a large luminous yellow-orange ring disc in his lowered hand |
| Man | Right side, enormous photorealistic close-up of a middle-aged man with short dark hair, heavy brow, deep-set eyes and a full brown-grey beard, cropped at top and right, looking down and to the left with a serious expression |
| Other | Centre, small black-clad figure standing on a glowing circular platform, both arms stretched straight upward into a vertical shaft of white light, head tilted back |
| Other | Mid-left, a small pale white humanoid shape in a white glowing panel or screen, arms raised, partly obscured |
Tall backglass art in a dark blue and cyan palette, dominated at upper centre by the word TRON in wide, angular, outlined neon-blue capital letters with an inner glow, with a small cursive oval logo reading Disney in white script on a dark oval directly above it. On the left stands a slim young man in a tight black bodysuit traced with glowing yellow-orange circuit lines down the arms, chest and legs, holding a large luminous yellow-orange ring disc in his lowered right hand. On the right an enormous photorealistic close-up head of a middle-aged man with short dark hair, heavy brow and a full brown-grey beard fills the upper-right quadrant, staring down-left. In the centre, a black-clad figure stands on a glowing circular platform with both arms raised into a vertical shaft of white light. Around it float a small white ringed disc, a black angular craft with orange-lit edges, a dark bat-shaped craft with a red light, and a black grid-like machine shape. The background shows a glowing cyan grid floor and dark, streaked sci-fi architecture.
Backglass Standard
- black
- orange
- teal
- white
Fingerprint: "TRON LEGACY Disney": two monochrome portrait faces, two full-colour women in black suits with glowing white circuit-line piping, black light-cycle motorcycles, grey starship with red engine, orange-teal horizon
Two enormous monochrome faces flanking a pair of full-colour women in futuristic black and white suits, with glowing neon circuit piping traced along their clothing. The title is not painted but drawn as thin glowing outline geometry reading TRON with LEGACY letter-spaced beneath it. Two black light cycles with rider-less cockpits sit in the lower left and lower right corners over a burning orange horizon. A small Disney oval script badge sits directly above the title.
Setting
- Glowing orange sunset horizon band across the lower third
- Dark black void above with faint hexagonal grid texture
- White border framing all four edges
Symbols
- Glowing white circular disc on the white suit's back
- Neon circuit-line piping on the black suit
- Light cycle motorcycles
- Faint hexagonal grid texture in the black background
- Orange sunburst horizon glow
- Disney oval script badge
- Red and white pinball maker logo with pinball graphic, bottom right
Lettering
- Tron set in a very thin, wide, geometric outline typeface with double-line neon cyan and white edges; legacy below in plain widely letter-spaced white sans-serif capitals; disney in white cursive script inside a white oval outline
Themes
- Science fiction
- Digital grid
- Neon
- Light cycles
- Film tie-in
- Portrait montage
Title on it
- Tron legacy
Text on it
- TRON
- LEGACY
- Disney
- Stern
- pinball
- (c)Disney
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Left third, huge greyscale head-and-shoulders portrait, grey stubble beard, heavy brow, short swept-up hair, severe forward stare, teal-tinted shadow |
| Woman | Centre-left, blonde hair in high topknot, arched dark brows, white and grey futuristic bodysuit with black trim, glowing white ring disc on upper back, three-quarter view facing left |
| Woman | Centre-right, black bob haircut with purple and blue eye shadow, red lips, black suit traced with thin glowing white circuit lines, mesh-textured panels, holster at hip, looking back over shoulder at viewer |
| Woman | Right third, huge monochrome portrait, dark hair, teal-lit skin with horizontal scan-line texture, three-quarter view, neutral expression |
| Vehicle | Lower left, black enclosed light-cycle motorcycle head-on with two bright white ring headlights and rider-less cockpit |
| Vehicle | Lower right, black enclosed light-cycle in side three-quarter view with teal rim lighting |
| Vehicle | Three small craft streaking in from the left edge at mid height, trailing thin light lines |
A wide, letterboxed backglass with a white outer border and a photographic montage of four faces over an orange-and-teal sunset horizon. Left third: a large greyscale half-lit portrait of a rugged bearded man with stubble and heavy brow, staring forward. Centre-left, in three-quarter colour: a blonde woman with hair in a high topknot, arched brows, white futuristic bodysuit with black trim and a glowing white circular light disc on her back. Centre-right: a black-bobbed woman with purple-blue eye shadow and red lips, in a black suit with fine white glowing circuit piping, looking back over her shoulder; a holster is visible at her hip. Right third: another large monochrome face, a dark-haired woman in three-quarter profile with a teal wash and bright scan-line texture. Lower left: a black light-cycle motorcycle seen head-on, rim-lit in white, with three small craft streaking in from the left edge. Lower right: a second black light cycle in three-quarter side view. Centred low is a large geometric outline logo reading TRON in thin cyan-white lines with LEGACY in widely spaced white capitals below, and a Disney oval script badge above the title. Bottom right corner carries a red and white pinball maker logo with a pinball graphic; bottom left corner reads (c)Disney. The glass shows heavy reflections of coloured room lights across the upper right and a fine crackle pattern on the left.