Another dumb Tron Question

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So, I just picked up a tron over the weekend and I have been cleaning and going through it when I realized that it has a battery in, it is actually not in terrible shape but looks like it is ready to start leaking any time now. I want to pull this out to avoid any issues in the future, can I just pull it and call it a day? Will the game still function? Should I replace it with something else? What happens if I pull it and then replace it with nothing? I know it has to be addressed and the sooner the better, but just looking for the best/easiest route to go.
 
first off, pull that shit.

it won't keep your high scores.

I am too lazy to pull my tron out and put a new battery/holder in there, so everytime I drop 800k or something, the next day the high score is 2000 again.
 
Should I just cut the ends and take it out, or should I un-solder it? (I got the tin snips and I'm ready to roll)..

Wow 800k nice! I'm almost at 300k (of course I have had it less than 48 hrs)...
 
I'd say go ahead and de-solder it that way you can throw one of these on there when you are ready:

http://therealbobroberts.net/vbatt.gif

assuming the legs line up with the holes you desolder.

I was pretty fortunate when I got my tron a fewmonths back, scoring wise.

My first 3 games I played were, something like 400k, 600k, and 1million(killed myself on purpose once I saw the score roll over to zero)

My machine has a good joystick with responsive fire button and good spinner. I have played others that are not as good.

I digress.....
cut the battery off and resolder the holder once you get it.
 
assuming the legs line up with the holes you desolder.

I was pretty fortunate when I got my tron a fewmonths back, scoring wise.

My first 3 games I played were, something like 400k, 600k, and 1million(killed myself on purpose once I saw the score roll over to zero)

My machine has a good joystick with responsive fire button and good spinner. I have played others that are not as good.

I digress.....
cut the battery off and resolder the holder once you get it.

I call bullshit. Tron is all about remembering the patterns. No way you get those high scores the first day.
 
His name is "Tron guy" I tend to believe the mad skills... Well, I was getting close to that 300k mark on my first day and I wasn't playing a ton. The last time I spent some serious time with this game was when I was a kid. I think the "gauntlet" has been dropped, time to break out the ole video camera and or camera...
 
My machine still keeps high scores with the original batt on it, and after a year of playing my highest is 55K (showing on the machine).
 
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