FS Game: Tron Cocktail in Minnesota

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Here's something I never thought I'd find myself doing... I'm putting my very first game (and the first in my collection) up for sale...

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Since Tron cocktails are very hard to come by, I ended up building this baby from the ground up. It's complete with coin box, coin-mechs and in perfect working order.

  • The cabinet is a Bump and Jump cabinet that had been previously stripped.
  • The control panels were purchased from Quarter Arcade some 10+ years ago.
  • All other parts were sourced from eBay and various places. (Boards, Wiring harness, etc.)
  • Around 2002, I discovered a very rare set of NOS Tron Cocktail overlays and purchased them. The lot also included an underlay.
  • Since the cocktail cab doesn't have the flair of its big brother, the blue T-molding was my idea to give a little character.)
  • The CPOs have the same phosphorescent dye that it's big brothers have, I have since added black lights to the control panel lighting that makes the CPOs pop. (Sorry, only blue lights in the current photos I'll update this week.)
  • It has the very last WG monitor that was in stock at the company sold to me in 2009 by Jeff Gardner himself. It's crisp and bright. No burn in.
  • The battery was removed from the PS board and replaced with a lithium replacement.
  • New top glass was ordered in 2006 so it's still in fantastic shape.
  • Original Transformer is there, but I'm using a newer 12/5 Power Supply to power the boards. It's run clean and solid since the machine was built.
  • Once had to replace a worn out joystick for P1--I sourced it from a pair of Satan's Hollow cocktail control panels I obtained.
  • At a party in 2010, the optical board for the spinner gave out on the player two side, so I sourced the timing chips and optic sensors and rebuilt both of them. Both spinners and joysticks are fluid and operate perfectly.

I've always kept this game in perfect working order and in pristine condition, it's one of my favorites in my collection. However, I've decided I don't need two Tron machines and since I've recently begun my upright restoration project, this one has to go.

Restore Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21068145@N06/sets/72157620983230707/with/3700052144/

The price is $750. PM me if you're interested.
 
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good looking game

a tron cocktail was the first game I bought (once I started the hobby) as well.

It was easy to sell for me, because I knew I could get an upright if I wanted.

good luck on the sale, I think it's a really good price.
 
Wow. Definitly nice.. I always found it hard ro play with those joysticks.. but looks awesome man

Thanks everyone. The Tron cocktail joysticks are definitely a learned skill. But I find that I can fire faster with the cocktail's short stick than I can with the full sized Tron UR stick... then again--I've owned this for a long time. ;)
 
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yeah I could fire real fast on mine too. Does yours move diagonally? or just 4 way?

I think Tron is a 4 and 8 way game, right? Depending on the level.

The joytstick moves in any direction--it's a leaf joystick--but there is no restriction like the full sized joystick has. The game play is so subconscious for me now I don't even recall...
 
I think Tron is a 4 and 8 way game, right? Depending on the level.

The joytstick moves in any direction--it's a leaf joystick--but there is no restriction like the full sized joystick has. The game play is so subconscious for me now I don't even recall...

it'll move 8 way on 3 or the 4 games (not tanks) with that being said, my tron cocktail had microswitch joysticks (factory) and would not go 8 way. Making it hard to excel at the cone and grid bug level. Other guys I spoke with had no problem going 8 way with their cocktail.
 
it'll move 8 way on 3 or the 4 games (not tanks) with that being said, my tron cocktail had microswitch joysticks (factory) and would not go 8 way. Making it hard to excel at the cone and grid bug level. Other guys I spoke with had no problem going 8 way with their cocktail.

Satan's Hollow cocktail and Solar Fox cabarets both used the same joystick as the Tron cocktail. You might scour for those to get the right sticks on that machine.
 
I would buy it but just cant get time off from work to go get it takes almost a day just to drive there and I love tron I hope it goes to a good home.
 
I hope so I'm covering for 3 jobs while they try to hire people if they don't soon they will be going to my funeral I am totally played out at the moment. Thelast time I went to the states was last year I bought a golf cart from cranky ape and picked it in cannon falls left at 3 pm wednesday arrived in cannon falls and 3pm thursday got home by 11pm friday night only traveled 2300 miles in total.
 
I'm on the lookout for a Tron upright thinking I wouldn't buy anymore cocktails...but your machine may have changed my mind. If a cocktail Tron pops up on the west coast I may be the one buying it! Nice looking machine!
 
Shipping a cocktail should be cheaper than an upright obviously right? What is going rate on average for a cocktail shipped within the states?
 
Shipping a cocktail should be cheaper than an upright obviously right? What is going rate on average for a cocktail shipped within the states?

Not really, you can't stack anything on top of the cabinet and the footprint is about the same. You're paying for dead air space to keep your game safe and it's money in the shippers pocket.
 
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