Luv your channel!!i like seeing those old cabs restored back to working condition!!maybe one day ill try my hand at it,man it bring back memories❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁

Just made it to the end. Everything was right about this video; content, excellent storytelling, engaging, well edited, good video quality, etc (I definitely could go on.) I absolutely love your home arcade. I think I know what my first retirement project will be. Again, thank you for putting a smile on my face for nearly 2-hours. Can’t wait to go through the rest of your videos. 😊

I found myself clapping and cheering as you brought it back to life at each milestone. As a 50+ year old male who enjoyed this when it was first released and came to my local 7-11 in a small East Texas town outside of Tyler, Tx, I really want to thank you for this excellent video and adventure. You’ve demystified one of my favorite childhood memories. I really appreciate you sharing this. Subscribed!!

Watching this, I feel like you put just as many hours into editing as you did for the entire restoration! Not to mention all the setup...lighting (I noticed), tripods, etc. And then I look...you added chapters in the description. And music credits, with links. And then you spent more time, editing and uploading another version, with "softer" music, because like 2 people complained that the music is distracting?! So I went and watched the rest of your videos, and I will say this: 1) Remind Mrs. Tod she is a goddess 2) It appears your arcade is missing several games :-( Please let us know what games are missing, so we can help you find suitable [absolutely derelict] examples, so you can [make more restoration videos] achieve inner peace. If you encounter issues along the way, repeat from step 1. EZ.

Well done sir! Very impressed with your work, no corner cutting! I wish more people would took pride in their work these days like you show here. Awesome job!

Love this video, thanks for all your work that went into it. I can't belive this chanel dosn't have 100k+ subs! I'm curious, what do you do for your main job? You seem to have so many skill sets.

Amazing restoration !

I remember playing on these . They had one in a game store in Woodbridge Center mall called Game Room Store . The games they had were baseball and pinball . Classics for me

I'm amazed. Not just because the restoration work and the video editing/on-screen commentary is all so comprehensive, but also because I too was thinking some of the music was a bit overwhelming in the original. I was thinking "boy wouldnt it be great if KZfaq somehow had a feature to remove music from video playback..." Then I found out this version exists. I feel better knowing I wasnt the only one feeling overwhelmed by some (not all!) of the music. Thanks for making this version

Thats an awesome restore, well done!! Has given me motivation to get my Zaccari Tron completed! I already have all the repro Plastic's and I have done the Control Panel. Just got held back when it came to doing the Woodwork as has some water damage, but nothing as bad as yours!! I've only had it sitting there for over 8 years lol. I also have the Repro Glass Encom marque and coin door badge I purchased years ago 🙂

Brings me back to Toys-R-Us and Babbages and all those great stores of the 80s/90s. Thanks for preserving our history in such a beautiful way ❤

Dude, this is awesome! I just love watching you work your magic. Kudos especially to your very supportive family! Semi-joking here, but in most households, a reaction of "you spent how much on WHAT?" would have either been grounds for divorce or worse, justifiable homicide. Fortunately, my father was able to persuade his very loving wife of thirty years (they celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary this past October 2023) that if he was working on his boats, he wasn't out there gambling, going to strip clubs, or doing anything else detrimental to the household. She always knew where my dad was and what he was doing. Huge bonus is that your wife and son are occasional accomplices in your projects! Kudos on restoring this. Most of us would have looked at that Nintendo Red Tent and saw a bucket of tetanus instead of an arcade game to be restored. Another item that brought back memories was Pizza Hut offering dine-in table service. I actually worked in one of these places in the mid-1980s and I still miss dine-in Pizza Huts! Thanks for another awesome restoration!

This brings back so many good memories. I wish I could go back to that simpler time.❤

Why not replace the black light marquee etc with led ? Saves power and les servicing . Same with a modern switching psu only further protects the machine.

great vid love the work guna defo tell my friend about it 😀

can I please come over! lol

thank you so much for saving this TRON, it means the world to me as someone who adores this game and movie so much!

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This is really amazing work. Very impressive.

One of the best restoration videos on KZfaq! Superb and I have watched it at least five times 😂 Well Done 👍

"Gave me a chance to polish the joystick shaft" 👍😉

Where did u get the shelves for the sega Genesis game at ???

nice 👍

Great stuff

I think you messed up in the text messaging making it double the price that is absolutely madness more and more pieces missing and the price goes up. Makes no sense.

This video was a master class in so many skills, and your passion truly shines through. Thanks for creating it!

Dude your videos are so much fun to watch. You need to do more of these.

You could just make a new cabinet and install the parts the cabinets were multifunctional, means you just take off the old decals sbd glass replace the jama boatds and put the new game boards and send the old ones back to the company

Wait there was no jama board or was it separate?

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This was a real restoration, best work i ever seen, congrats.

How come you Americans have such massive houses !! Definitely makes me want to leave UK. Great video series. I love pole position on mame as I could never afford a real cabinet. Looking forward to following your channel 😀

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Thank you for posting this. You did an ACE restoration job. Not only that, you have an arcade that any eighties arcade fan would be proud to play in! All of the hits are there as far as I can tell. What a collection!! By the way, just stating my opinion here, $2400 for an acrylic glowing joystick is flat out price gouging.

What an excellent find! I thoroughly enjoy every moment of this video. New sub here!

Please do more arcade restoration videos. Please I'm a huge fan of retro gaming stuff

Great restoration video. Tried watching the other version and the music was killing me. MUCH better this time, and thank you for the alternative version.

great video!..amazing work

Zero background in this, but enjoyed watching. You are the Bob Ross of vintage arcade repair.

This is amazing work! Used to love pole position growing up. One question - why did you repair the wood instead of replacing?

Super cool 😎 thanks for recording the progress. God bless. Jesus loves you!

My grandpa who worked for Pizza Hut states that he remembers these machines. They were supposed to be exclusive to Pizza Hut's but because of their popularity they were placed in arcades and even some service stations. This was pretty neat to watch you build this thing!

🙌 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 live near Disneyland, and went often when i was young. The starcade in Tomorrowland had more than a few tron cabinets when the movie came out, and that's where I mainly played it. Also the arcade at Disneyland hotel had it too. Good times

Amazing man, truly a piece of art.

Hi Tod Great work really like your work on bringing these games back to life. So many in your home arcade have memories for me. I used to live next to Upper Heyford Airbase in the UK and me and my best mate spent hours and hours and many quarters on these machines, many of which you have. The hardest part for us was getting in to the Rec centre or Brown Derby where they were located "us being basicly English school kids not USAF personel" we used to keep quiet and not talk much and play lots, Many of the young service men really like playing against as a challenge and they were a long way from home so i guess we reminded them of younger brothers etc back home. one day 2 new era games got rolled in "laser Disc machines" Dragons Lair and MACH 3 now bear in mind this was a US Air Base so Mach 3 was popular and favorite of mine at the time. anyway keep up the good work, and hi to any US personel that serverd in 20th TFW at UH in the era of 1982-1986 that have a liking for arcade game and may be watching.

i still have my original VHS :P

Well done for preserving this beautiful machine! Really appreciate the cash spent detail!

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 ;)

Kudos on the great work and exceptional documentation of the process! 🖤