Tron: Solar Sailer is a game that was released by Mattel

Mattel

Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...

 for the Intellivision

Intellivision

The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The word intellivision is a portmanteau of "intelligent television"...

 in 1982. The game is one of four released for the console that required the Intellivoice

Intellivoice

The Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module was an adapter for the Intellivision, Mattel's home gaming console, that utilized a voice synthesizer to generate audible speech...

 module. (The other three were Space Spartans

Space Spartans

Space Spartans was a game released for the Mattel Intellivision, initially programmed by Brian Dougherty, and later completed by William C. Fisher and Steve Roney. It is notable for being the first game released which supported the Intellivoice voice synthesis module.-Concept:The overall objective...

, B-17 Bomber

B-17 Bomber (game)

B-17 Bomber was a single-player game released by Mattel for their Intellivision console in 1982. The game required the Intellivoice module.-Summary:...

, and Bomb Squad

Bomb Squad (game)

Bomb Squad was a single-player game released by Mattel for their Intellivision console in 1982. The game was one of five released for the console that required the Intellivoice module. -Gameplay:The object of the game is to defuse a bomb within a set period of time...

.)

Tron Family of Intellivision Games

Tron: Solar Sailer was one of three 1982 Intellivision games based on the film; Tron: Deadly Discs and Tron: Maze-a-Tron were the other two. Deadly Discs is often hailed the greatest of the three, while many gamers considered both Solar Sailer and Maze-a-Tron overly complicated. The controls for Deadly Discs, for example, could be readily deciphered from its keypad overlay. In contrast, both Solar Sailer and Maze-a-Tron required careful study of their instructions for proper play.

Gameplay

The game begins by giving the player a code. The player then progresses to a grid

Grid (spatial index)

In the context of a spatial index, a grid is a regular tessellation of a manifold or 2-D surface that divides it into a series of contiguous cells, which can then be assigned unique identifiers and used for spatial indexing purposes...

like area with spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

s and tank

Tank

A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...

s, which hinder the player with melee and ranged attacks, respectively. Although the player can shoot these enemies, doing so quickly drains their energy. Therefore, avoiding contact and dodging shots is often the most efficient way of navigating the grid. When the player reaches the correct sector, they may enter their code to move on.

External links

• http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/games/instructions/voice/sailer.txt
• http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/games/credits/voice2.html#solar_sailer