I aquired one of my Grails tonight...

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I am the proud owner of a nice Track & Field... I so remember spending hours at "The Land of OZ" arcade at the Westminster Mall playing this game with my cousin.. At home the only thing that came close was Decathlon for my Atari 2600.

I have changed my mind many times about what types of games I want in my collection and finally decided to only collect games that we important to me when I was a growing up (I know it seems like a simple decision). For awhile I was buying everything I could get my hands on.

So far I now own Asteroids, Pac-man, Centipede, and Track & Field..

My search for a Tron that is not over $500.00 continues...

Chris
 

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My search for a Tron that is not over $500.00 continues...

Chris

You can get one for under that price,but it'll probably be pretty beat up or non-working unless you just really luck into one.Good luck nonetheless! And congrats on the T&F! Great game!
 
You can get one for under that price,but it'll probably be pretty beat up or non-working unless you just really luck into one.Good luck nonetheless! And congrats on the T&F! Great game!

Thanks,

I will keep looking... It just seems everyone wants $1000.00 for them now..

I got a good deal on the Track & Field ($275).. The monitor looks amazing. No burn in at all..

Chris
 
Thanks,

I will keep looking... It just seems everyone wants $1000.00 for them now..

I got a good deal on the Track & Field ($275).. The monitor looks amazing. No burn in at all..

Chris

I tried to win a T&F on ebay in about the same condition as yours.Ended up at $404. Yeah,it's going to get worse with the inflated Tron prices,especially the closer it gets to the release of the new movie.I'm sure you'll see plenty of boneheads on ebay or CL putting their beat to hell ones up for sale at $2000 or some other ridiculous price around that time.
 
the problem with trying to get a sub $500 tron is... you can part them for $700 easy
 
nice score now please go visit anthony at quarter arcade for a cpo and some side art!
 
I played Track & Field back then, but never enough to get good at it. I discovered via MAME that if you have friends over and a few beers, this game becomes the best drunken fun producer of the Golden Age. Fun to play and almost as funny to watch.

Awesome score, I'd snag one of those up in a minute now!
 
Nice!

I am restoring my T&F now. Got all hardware, PCB, Control Panel, Monitor, Marquee, coin door (square centuri door)

Need side art, CPO... and of course restore the cabinet which looks like it was in a mortar attack.

It will have more bondo than pam andersons titties but it will be sweet when I am done.
 
Nice score Chris! If it's not too much trouble I'd like to try it out when I cruise over to look at your pacman monitor. Want to see if the dedicated leaf switch buttons make a difference in my performance vs the micros I use.

Tom
 
I happen to know a nice Klov'r that has 3 of them. Just have not asked him about it yet... Would require a drive to Vegas though.

Was that a nudge? :)

I'm one of those profiteers waiting 'til December... not because of the movie, but moving the 30 other games in storage in front of 'em doesn't sound all that exciting in the Vegas August heat.

...well alright, it's 'cause of the movie.

Pete
 
Wow! Awesome pick up. Never played T&F but it's awesome to see more grail getting! :) Beautiful cab, too.
 
Nice score Chris! If it's not too much trouble I'd like to try it out when I cruise over to look at your pacman monitor. Want to see if the dedicated leaf switch buttons make a difference in my performance vs the micros I use.

Tom

Sure thing Tom..

I need to make sure the power supply in the Pac-man is working before I have you come over..

Thanks,

Chris
 
Was that a nudge? :)

I'm one of those profiteers waiting 'til December... not because of the movie, but moving the 30 other games in storage in front of 'em doesn't sound all that exciting in the Vegas August heat.

...well alright, it's 'cause of the movie.

Pete

Not a nudge.. Just jealous that you were smart enough to hang onto them..

I am sure I will find one... I just need to be patient..

Did you get all of the parts you needed out of the Spy Hunter?

Chris
 
Wow! Awesome pick up. Never played T&F but it's awesome to see more grail getting! :) Beautiful cab, too.

Yeah it is in pretty good shape.. The monitor is amazing. It is by far the nicest one I own..

I just finished installing a battery holder. Worked great and got rid of the funky sprites in the high score list...

Chris
 
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