Hauled off my first free game today!

Segagee

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Was scouting Craigslist for local machines last night, and stumbled across a big surprise (at least for the area in which I live). I found an advertisement for a free non working Tron machine and called the number. It was around 10:15 at night, but I was too excited to wait. Call me a disrespectful asshole if you must but if I've learned one thing on these forums it's this: you've got to be all over a free machine if you plan on getting it. The woman on the phone tells me to call back early in the morning and come pick it up.

I woke up around 6:30 this morning; called at about 7:15. The woman tells me someone had already planned on getting it at 7:00 but was a no show.

From there, the race was on. My wife and I were the first to arrive but apparently not the only people who called about the machine. In fact, the owners received about 5 phone calls while my wife and I were moving the cab down a narrow rickety, dew covered staircase.

I'm definitely going to try and get this baby up and running; not sure what I will do with it after that. Although Tron has never been one of my holy grails, I really dig the look of the machine.

I plugged it in and got absolutely nothing, so I'm assuming there is a power issue at hand. Fuses and connections look good, but I only gave it a quick glance. Might need your guys' help with this :D

Anyways, luck was finally on my side today and I've now experienced the thrill of hunting down a free machine.
 

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whats up witht he free trons popping up lately???

Nice score man!!!

id check power into the machine with a dmm and also look over the interlock switches.
 
Welcome to the Lucky bastard club !

Unplug and replug all the connectors , you never know it might power up .
 
Wow.

Just, wow.

You lucky dog. Cool!!! :D

You're lucky the CL lister didn't pull the "Oh, who will offer me $100 for it now?"

That was your lottery ticket win.
 
Nice score, IF I'd been back home I bet I would have beat you from Atlanta. ;)
 
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