Easy for me..... Tron. Agree that both are light on rules but tron is more complex than IM, and has the best looks/sound combo in pinball. Cool toy as well. I don't like the bash toy in IM and quite frankly it just didn't grab me besides being fast.

EDIT - ton of shots on the left flipper right? Flyn arcade, disc shot, right spinner and upper left is gem and ramp....

IM lasted about a month here. Tron is still around years later

I haven't played much Tron. What is the gem shot I hear about?

Tough call, i love the iron man theme better, but fun factor goes to tron. Both are the complete package.

That does look tricky.

I like tron a lot, but I voted IM because there is no other game like it, fast and furious and it is the best example of game where you just want to push the start button one more time, only to get dirt thrown back in your face.

Stock form it's a virtual tie for me, however once fully modded TRON just moves into another realm. I do love TimeBandit's mods he's developing for an IM, and due to those it's moving up towards the top of my wishlist...

IM for the adrenaline rush. Thanks Lyman!

Tron last one week in my gameroom, i thought i will love it but i don't find it very fun.
IM is one of the best pinball ever created, it was my first Stern and it will be always in my gameroom. Fast, furious, addictive, badass
The favorite with friends and guests, and also for me, always a great fun to accomplish Jericho or to make the Do or Die hurry up.
I don't like long games so it's fine for me. My others favorites machines are BSD and Met.

Super tough decision here for me as well. Had an IM for about a year and loved it but Tron get's me engaged more from a theme perspective. If I had to play 100 games total between the two I'm betting I would land at 55 on Tron and 45 on IM. That's how close it would be for me.

Agreed on the left flipper on Tron - Flynn Arcade is the standard shot with it but the disc is another norm for me. The through the pops shot is very lucrative in SOS as it lights Flynn's arcade which will advance you one section. I.E. can't get the GEM shot shoot through the pops and then into Flynn to get passed it. It's also required to light your second + Light Cycle MB's Unless you just do a hard plunge with a new ball into the post.

For IM - The left outlane just frustrates me. If that sling was a standard sling shape and not designed to funnel the ball even more out I think I would enjoy the game a lot more.

Both are super fun and shows you don't need a whole lot of bells and whistles to make a fun pinball machine. Good shots, good music/callouts and great rules is the key.

Tron and IM are the only machines that I have owned multiple at the same time. Had Tron pro and LE for ages before selling the LE. Currently have IM original and IMVE in the house.

You couldn't have picked two more awesome games to compare.

My vote goes to Tron, but then my vote always goes to Tron regardless of what is being compared.

Tough choice two of sterns best games but i think i like iron man more because it's tougher and it makes you want to comeback for more.

I thought the bottom left flipper can hit the disc shot too (in addition to right spinner). Top left can hit the ramp and gem so both are used pretty well.

I could be wrong but I think I hit the disc shot with the left flipper too (bottom) - top left is used for that loop shot and Gem so you're getting action out of both...

I thought the bottom left flipper also hits the disc? I know top left shoots ramp and gem so both are utilized....

I could be wrong but I think I hit the disc shot with the left flipper too (bottom) - top left is used for that loop shot and Gem so you're getting action out of both...

I thought the bottom left flipper also hits the disc? I know top left shoots ramp and gem so both are utilized....

Helps stringing combos together to complete Light Cycle MB but yeah I don;t shoot it a lot...of course those shots are never the easiest (thanks PL).

Tron is pretty perfect in a lot of ways, but Portal is a bit of a let down. But it has great, simple rules that are not the easiest to master. But shit like doubling score with SOS lit is just great.

Theme = Tron.
Gameplay = Iron Man.

This is such a tough decision. If I never owned either, I'd pick Tron. It's a great theme. Lit ramps are amzazing. The Gem shot is fantastic. But I've had my fill of Tron, so I want Iron Man.

I'm a one ball game though. So, if I'm not looking for that experience, it's Tron.

It would make the game too easy though. You have GEM, a total bitch shot, but other than that everything is easy. The Quorra to Gem shots are only real tough ones. EDIT: Other than right orbit which can be ignored

Yes it can be ignored, but that shot lights the mystery award at the scoop. That comes in very handy in SOS.

I'm not a huge fan of either theme... and I got sick of looking at plastic toy action figures mounted on the IM playfield... but I really like the game play IM offers. Tron is slightly better to look at, but the game has never really done much for me.

I like IM better (happily owned it for nearly 2 years), but ultimately could do without the way the IM theming was executed.

Rai... I'm guessing you're trying to figure out which one you'll eventually sell?

Both are great pins. Tron would be a more long term keeper- Iron Man has some short game times that keep you coming back for more. That’s a tough question: which one is better. I did own a tron for a few months and it just didn’t click with me. Both pins are great to play on location, I just don’t think I’d own one

It does? Let's put it this way, Ive received like 20,000 mystery awards and hit that shot less than 100 times But never got a mystery award during SOS that I can recall.
I never knewm that; thanks.

I like Tron's music a touch more, but Iron Man has faster and more satisfying gameplay, IMO. It's my 'go to' for a quick fun game.

That's a dream alright. What are they gonna put on the LCD?

Huh that would be the shock of the decade; and pretty sweet.
Of course they should probably do both Legacy and the original since it's cheaper in bulk apparently.

I would buy another TRON if they did an LCD VE, but I just don’t see Stern investing all that time and money into developing all the assests needed for an LCD display, why go to all that expense when they know a TRON VE will sell with or without an LCD display.

I agree on both points. Gomez has stated before that any VE's or reruns ALWAYS run on the original hardware, and this has held true. Not saying things don't ever change in the future, but if Tron VE ever came out I would bet plenty of money it will be SAM with a DMD.

Tron was only game i couldnt wait to sell, i dont get the hype at all.

I guess it's not really a mystery award. But every time the scoop is lit during SOS, it awards a shot. So if you're having trouble with Quorra or Gem and the scoop is lit, hit that and it will award you that shot.

Just my personal take: If you like the game, keep the older version. It has boards that are repairable down the road... If you're holding out hope for some new reboot version, then you'll go spike and you introduce node boards and no schematics. Otherwise, any VE is likely to just be what you already have (which, I personally like the older style cabinet heads better than the new lightweight and backbox heads... not to mention documented cabinet issues).

If you're playing the sell game, it's tron ALL DAY. Honestly, besides the dead head IM lovers, that game is a hard sell b/c it's so simple (to the avg buyer). Tron on the other hand - you post one that is a looker and that sucker is gone in a day or two. IM you can bling out all day and it's just not moving.

The problem with Tron (and I own a really nice one) is I would love to move it and take advantage of the market but the game is just so damn unique. Not only will any non pinball person stop in their tracks and say holy shit that's an awesome looking machine but it has the rules, it has the cool layout with the top LEFT flipper where many three flipper games go right, the music is insane and the list goes on. The call outs to me are the weakest point but with pinballbrowser I replaced the ones I don't like (and replaced some music with the tron legacy remix album - disc mode I'm looking at you.....which reminds me - I need to share that!) - the game is real deal.

I've had 3 trons. The first I had no idea what to think of it and sold it as my mind was after other machines. The second Tron I started to realize why this game was great and after making it to that SOS (and that AWESOME music) I was like this game is really good. I ended up selling it b/c market was insane. 3rd tron - I literally bought the second tron I sold from the owner b/c I missed it that much and it was such good condition, I had to have it back. I then stole @gorilliabiscuits everything on his tron and it currently sits in my gameroom.

Tron. I own both, and I love IM. But Tron is special. It’s perfect because I can do everything to get to the Wizard mode... but not all in one game. To me that makes it perfect because every time I step up to the game I feel like I’m going to beat it. But then I fail. It’s wonderful.

I have owned both and Tron just has a special one more game feel with just the right amount of flow. I will never make the mistake of selling Tron again. IM I may own again someday but probably not.

Said it before - Tron all done up (le or pro) with the lights switched off and volume set all the way up with a sub attached puts you on the grid. No game I have ever owned or played immerses the player into the theme like tron.

This was a tough decision for me, but voted TRON, I’ve had both games since release, brought them both back NIB again after I had to sell off my collection, so with that in mind if I ever had to sell my collection again it would be TRON that stays and IM would go.