TRON !!! : Road trip + Restoration WIP

[DarthNuno]

Wow... more than three years and half later 

Ops, I don't remember what was wrong with that monitor. It has been repaired but I got new problems with it, and it has been changed by a brand new TV CRT 

Regarding the roms, I had the idea to get a lot of Tron spare parts, and one day I got the opportunity to catch that set of roms, of course useless for that ram error 

[DarthNuno]

Back on this one.

There is a special door on that Tron model (in order to have access to the coins) but I didn't find an other one yet 
So, I'll hide that HUGE opening until I'll catch the real door. 



A simple plate of metal will be fine :



Let's paint it + make holes :





On location 



The back door have to be black of course.

[DarthNuno]

Oh my god, back on this topic 

OK, following this post : "Disney starts Tron publicity in a _really_ nice way !! ", I got the Comic Con International: San Diego Exclusive Flynn Lives t-shirt!!! 

Here's the story :

The t-shirt was obtained after finding Flynn's Arcade by taking part in a scavenger hunt thru Downtown San Diego.
The arcade- filled with working games from the ‘80s- was recreated to promote the new Tron Movie (Tron Legacy) due in theaters next year.
After playing the video games, the back wall of the arcade opened to a hall which contained design sketches and a life-size replica of a speeder-bike prop from the movie.
Shirts and posters (used in the scavenger hunt) were given out after the viewing.

Too bad I wasn't there, but I got THE T-shirt   



Can I beat the 'spirit' of Flynn???



Arghhh no! Flynn is a programmer... and even better, the TRON programmer 

And here's one of the two hidden codes written on that t-shirt... only viewable under a black light 



S LASH ? What does it means ?

[Alpha1]

Here's what the door should look like to help you find/make one.

[DarthNuno]

Wow, thanks for that picture, Oliver 

It's the first time I see the same model than the one I own.

Do you know it that same 'low-door' is used on other cabinet? It would me more easy for me to track one 

[DarthNuno]

More 'collector' Tron/Flynn decoration items around the cab'... thanks to the new Tron movie to come and the AWESOME teasing about it 

The special flyer 



and the special coin   



 



 

[DarthNuno]

Still more Tron!

Got today an other T-shirt (correct size 'Medium' this time  ) 'FLYNN LIVE', an other coin... and this original 'Rolling Stone - special Tron' from ... august 1982 (yes 27 years old exactly this month!)  



...yes, good reading for the 'waiting line' in the game room  

"tell me why I have to be a Tron-slave?"  (which music group?)      

Hey...do you know, FLYNN LIVES!!!  

[DarthNuno]

In order to be complete on this topic, and just in case you've missed it, I got this cabinet with me in an exhibition :



Surprisingly the game had a lot of success : Tron 'the game' is not a *mainstream* game (it's not Pac Mac or Donkey Kong), but people there were very curious to try the all-famous Tron cabinet 

All the story on the following topic 



 

[DarthNuno]

It's awesome the merchandising around the new Tron movie to come  . It's so 'arcade' oriented... what's better than that

Ok, so what's this on my cabinet?   



7 new coins from the FLYNN's Arcade   



And this?... glowing like hell   



It's a special pocket where you can put coins before going into the Arcades   





Can't wait to see the movie

[ckong]

Nice story. You once said that you would send off the original game PCB for a repair job. Did you do that, or is the cab still running on Mame?

[Etienne MacGyver]

Wow, thanks for that picture, Oliver 

It's the first time I see the same model than the one I own.

Do you know it that same 'low-door' is used on other cabinet? It would me more easy for me to track one 

You need to look for a Zaccaria lower door, your tron is the rare Zaccaria version !

but i guess you already know that ?

[DarthNuno]

You need to look for a Zaccaria lower door, your tron is the rare Zaccaria version !
but i guess you already know that ?

Yes, I know it's a Zac' version, but I didn't know it was rare.
I will check the size and ask if one of our Zaccaria fans can help me to track that lower door 

[Belike]

Yeah, it is the rare Zacc version, it is on the first place on our Zacc fans wanted list.

[Etienne MacGyver]

Old thread, i know.

Question Bruno, do you still have the boardset somewhere ? (with Original roms).

I know somebody who is looking for a dump of the Original Zacc Roms (if there are ofcourse) or are they all midway roms ?

Did they ever do theyre own version, or was it all midway boards that they used in those zaccs ?

the zacc hyper olympics used the Original konami board AFAIK, and i think there where more zacc games that used OEM boards instead of custom zacc boards.

[vernimark]

good threads never die