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Arcade Collecting => Restorations & repair => Topic started by: arcadefever on July 01, 2008, 10:57:00 pm
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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 (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:
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4395/dscf0023bs1.jpg)
The monitor was blank, and the game did not even play blind :dunno so i started to work on little things:
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3164/dscf0045ns2.jpg)
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:
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1822/p6280043kb4.jpg)
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:
(http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/8708/mcrpiczj5.jpg)
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:
(http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7254/p6150004ic1.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1753/p6150005mt8.jpg)
I hooked up to a brand new PSU...know was time to put it in the cab...
(http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/8158/p6270020pz8.jpg)
(http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5871/p6270022kl2.jpg)
no need of those cables with that device...
(http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9039/p6270023no2.jpg)
I rewire the PCB
(http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/1943/p6270019fi6.jpg)
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...
(http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/954/p6270024ha8.jpg)
(http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8884/p6270026ru5.jpg)
Time to check all the connections...
(http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3093/p6270025xn7.jpg)
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4243/p6270027aq2.jpg)
A little prayer to the ARCADES GODS, power on and :-\
YHEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S WORKING !!!!
(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4715/p6270037ht9.jpg)
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8471/p6270028la3.jpg)
Before playing my first Tron game, i decided to give a final cleaning to the cab...
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9848/p6270029xa2.jpg)
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)
(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3701/p6280044eu2.jpg)
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3575/p6270030mv6.jpg)
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4033/p6270031pn2.jpg)
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/472/p6270032hn6.jpg)
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5001/p6270033ry1.jpg)
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7483/p6270034yd9.jpg)
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7166/p6270035av9.jpg)
(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3412/p6270036km0.jpg)
(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8795/p6280039hj8.jpg)
(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3016/p6280040gv3.jpg)
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7359/p6280042sc8.jpg)
<----happy :applaud:
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AWESOME SCORE!
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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
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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 !
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Thank you buckethead :)
It was such a great experience to play my first round on it :D
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Great score.
Let's keep this between us, but I have never played Tron :-[ It was a little before my arcade days. Nonetheless, I think Tron is a beautiful cab.
$100 for a classic in that condition that only had that much wrong with it, awesome.
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It was such a great experience to play my first round on it
Believe it or not?
Still haven't gotten to play mine yet!
Just got around to buying an I-PAC.
Should be here saturday.
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Should be here saturday.
:cheers:
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In the picture below.
Is that a giant monitor bezel around the monitor?
Or a piece of wood?
Thanks!
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it's wood...and dust ;D
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:applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:
Tron is the sexiest looking classic cab ever. Congrats !!
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:applaud: :applaud: :applaud:
Nice score.
/me looks wistfully at the Tron project right beside him and decides that it's time to pull out the boardsets and see what shape they are in
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/me looks wistfully at the Tron project right beside him and decides that it's time to pull out the boardsets and see what shape they are in
Good luck :cheers: