"Trashed" Tron Arcade Restoration!

I think enough time has passed that I can reveal a secret. At the time of the Movie's release, I worked in a mall across the hall from an arcade. Whenever their machines would malfunction, I would fix them. they always opened the machine doors for me and clicked off lots of credits. When the Tron machine arrived, the instructions said that they were to put it in the back room and not to put it out on the floor until the movie's opening day. they invited me over to play the game in the back room every night after closing. We played for hours every night for the next week. On opening day, everyone around me watching me play the game was amazed at how good I was on the first day!!

That water damage was beyond what I would have considered saveable. Kudos to you for brining it back from it's watery grave!

Wow! That wasn't just a restoration, it was a resurrection! Excellent work!

I saw Tron in the theater as a kid. We were all blown away by the computer graphics. I also played the game when it showed up in the arcade. It was hard to play, iirc.

Today...it is truly a treasure to be able to play those old arcade games of the early eighties.For someone who is about 55 now....its very nostalgic..

🙌 Wow, what an awesome restoration job! Total nostalgia. We should also take a moment to say thank you to all the wives out there who support their spouses craftmanship! Mine let's me do all kinds of shenanigans, string parts and various items around the house, and use our living space for my "projects". Thank you 'cool' wives!!! 😎

I really didn't expect myself to sit here and watch the entire hour and 50 minutes, but it was so well put together. Awesome job - and game at that. LOVE the movies. Awesome stuff.

I remember Tron in one of my local arcades, about 45 years ago. Glad to see its still appreciated. 😊

Amazing work, as a former vending / videogame / pinball repair tech, you did much more work than our 'professional' jobs. Congrats, and wonderful work.

I owned a coin-op route business from 1993 to 1999 with many locations from fun centers to convenience stores and any place that would let us put a machine in. That's where I first cut my teeth learning electronics diagnostics and repair and all kinds of other things. I purchased Randy Fromm's Arcade School on VHS, watched those and spent a good deal of time in the back of the Colorado Game Exchange with the repair techs learning from them. I moved on to other ventures, but I'll always have a deep love for arcades and arcade machines. You did a top notch job restoring this Tron! I really appreciate that you did everything properly and didn't do any hack jobs like I see a few other arcade (and automotive) channels do consistently. You earned a sub!

I know I'm late to this video... But I must say, you are an arcade hero! You rescued one of my favorite arcade games and did a beautiful job giving Tron some well deserved TLC. 🤗 These games deserve to be taken care of and appreciated. Thank you for posting this !

As someone who has put countless quarters in this particular game, I can say that watching this video was extremely enjoyable! I don’t normally watch videos that are this long, but I simply could not look away! It definitely brought me back to my days of managing an arcade. You’ve got quite this collection there!! Thanks for sharing!

I’m in no way a video game person but I do enjoy watching a person that has a passion for what they do and you definitely fall into that category!

One of the iconic arcade machines of my day, I'm insanely jealous of your abilities to get this from a messed up carcass to a cabinet that wouldn't look out of place in the mid 80's when I played them to death. Much respect man.

I am 25 years old. I love you videos. What you do for the retro community is invaluable to us, whether most people my age know it not. The same goes for the 8-bit guy, adrian black, and all the other retro hobbyists out there. Your knowledge is invaluable. I know these are just video games, but they are a key part of history, so thank you.

Tron had some of the strongest 'vibes' of any arcade cabinet! Nice work Tod!

Dang this video brought back some memories, the hours I spent hanging out at the local arcade and the quarters I pumped into this game.

Being a retired "Game Conversionist" and tryihng to restore old games from flood damage that occurred quit a bit in FL. Excellent job on the restoration of an old classic. I remember waiting for the tron movie to begin and being in the arcade before showing ironically had just released Ms. Pacman. Remeber the 80s ;)

I just now realized that the MCP was voiced by David Warner (who also played Sark and Dilinger). Amazing actor with a long career, died in 2022 at 80.

This is so impressive. Not much phases me anymore these days, having been on the internet for so long now, but this craftsmanship and level of bravery to take this daunting project on in the first place, truly amazed me in the realest sense of the word.