kensu Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I haven't been able to tell from the pictures in the promotional material, but was the cue ball in the Trakball controller originally white? All of the ones I've seen on ebay have yellowed cue balls. I'm wondering if that's just a sign of age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I own three NIB Trak-Balls, and they're all the exact same shade of light yellow, so my guess is that this was the original color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I believe it was meant to match the yellow of the arcade Centipede trak balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRTGAMER Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I haven't been able to tell from the pictures in the promotional material, but was the cue ball in the Trakball controller originally white? All of the ones I've seen on ebay have yellowed cue balls. I'm wondering if that's just a sign of age. The ivory color is correct. If it was age damaged like fire retard plastic you wood see a lighter shade underneath. You are correct in labeling it as a Cue ball. I took my Trakball for cleaning and dropped in a pool table eight ball to verify. Even the original packaging shows an ivory colored Trakball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 The Atari Business Is Fun book by Curt Vendel and Marty Goldberg includes a story about a truckload of cue balls meant for the 5200 trackball scattering all over the warehouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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