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Did the Tron arcade game make more than the movie?

Tron

Released
1982
Made by
Bally Midway
How it played
Four mini-games from the film: light cycles, tanks, the MCP cone and the grid bugs
The numbers
It reportedly out-earned the film's initial box office

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The cabinet glowed. Blacklight, neon trim, a joystick with a trigger and a spinner dial, and four games in one, of which the light-cycle round was the only one anybody played on purpose.

The movie was a disappointment in 1982 and the game was a hit, which is the reverse of how licensing usually goes. The cabinet is still the best-looking object that ever stood in an arcade.

Sources: Wikipedia — Tron (video game)

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