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TRON IS ALIVE !

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arcadefever:
Can you guys belived that i never played Tron in my life  :'( well, my dream came true  :applaud:

My Tron is finally alive !!!

It started few months ago: http://spaceinvaders.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=967

Found a Tron cab for $99, and of course it was not working   :P  the sides were not in a good shape, the back of the cab is very bad, all back doors unusable   :cry:  But the front was in perfect condition   :cheers:



The monitor was blank, and the game did not even play blind   :dunno  so i started to work on little things:



The cab stayed in a corner for a while, until i decided to really see what was going wrong... :D

I turn on the cab, download the owner manual, look at all the fuses and check the voltage, and  :timebomb: nothing at all...

I removed the power supply:



As you can see, a lithium battery was installed, i can see some trace of repair before.
Now i have a few choices

1- try to repair it again, order a cap-kit
2- get another one working on ebay  :roll:
3- make some research  :wink: an it pay off  :D (Thanks to this board once again  :notworthy:)

I found this:



A replacement, it is plug and play, just need a regular power supply  :applaud:

I placed an order, and got it a few days later   :cheers:





I hooked up to a brand new PSU...know was time to put it in the cab...





no need of those cables with that device...



I rewire the PCB



The wood that was maintaining the PCB was in a bad shape, so i replaced it with a PCB holder, that i bought form Bob Roberts a while ago...





Time to check all the connections...





A little prayer to the ARCADES GODS, power on and  :-\

YHEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S WORKING !!!!





Before playing my first Tron game, i decided to give a final cleaning to the cab...



I probably removed 3 tones of dust   :hissy:


TIME TO PLAY MY FIRST TRON GAME

Wowwww, i love it...i never played the game before, just twice on Mame, with the keyboard  :roll:

I love the game, fun fun fun  8)

SHOW TIME KNOW (Probably one of the most beautiful arcade cabinet)


































<----happy  :applaud:

Donkey_Kong:
AWESOME SCORE!

Encryptor:
Man you are so lucky!!!! That is my all time favorite game and I dream of owning an original one day while still keeping my arms and legs to play it with. Nice score!  :cheers:


Encryptor

BUCKETHEAD:
I'm so happy for you!   :)

I wish my TRON would have had all of it's insides intact.

But in my TRON's case,

Somebody, Thought it would be a good idea to make it a RAIDEN  :badmood:

I would have never made head's or tails outta the mess that was in there!

Which is why i went my route.

Your TRON is beautiful!   :notworthy:

You should be proud !   

arcadefever:
Thank you buckethead  :)

It was such a great experience to play my first round on it  :D

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