Duel Disk 2

Prior to the Battle City Tournament, Kaibacorp developed the second generation Duel Disk, the first one to be released to the public. Issued to particapents of Battle City, this Disk played the game according to the new revisions (which make it closer to the real world version.) Unlike the previous Duel Disk, it did not need to be throwen to project holograms. When in use, it resembed an arm blade. Monsters that are in play are placed on the five slots on the blade either in Attack or Defence position. On top of the blade in the anime are five slots in which spells and traps can be placed to represent those set or activated. The centre of the Disk includes the deck, graveyard and life point counter. Ever since their introduction, all duels were conducted with these, or with the later introduced Chaos Duel Disk.

The toy company Mattel produced replicas of this Duel Disc. There are a couple of notable differences between the Mattel Duel Disc and its fictional counterpart. The spell and trap cards are loaded into the bottem of the blade, but most notably, it cannot project holographic images.

The toy Duel Disk was advertised as being compatable with the TCG, however there are reasons that make it impractical.

Card protectors cannot be used. Most pro players used these to prevent damage to their cards. Cards in protectors will not fit into the Duel Disk.

The Deck Zone can only hold about 40 cards. While most players will stick to the minimum, there are those who use bigger decks and cannot use the duel disk.

The graveyard can only hold about 20 cards. This would present a problem when plying against someone who relies on running an opponents deck out.

No place for fusion decks or out of play cards.

The life point counter can only go up to 9990 life points. While both players start with 8000, it could rise to 9000 or 10,000+ life points due to card effects. The reason for the zero at the end is because while there are four buttons on the disk, only 3 of them change the counter, the last one lights up the display.

These issues are also present in the Chaos Duel Disk.