Fixing Gran Trak 10

[Ed Fries]

My story about fixing the first arcade racing game:

https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/fixing-gran-trak-10/

 

[TPA5]

Awesome article, that was such an enjoyable read!

 

I love the history behind the cab, and the extra information you put in the article. I found the interview snippets, and the detective work, extremely fascinating. Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

I've never played Gran Trak 10, but those engine sounds are quite possibly some of the most enjoyable I've heard in an arcade racer. They have a rich warmth to them that I wasn't expecting. My only wish is that I could have lived through that era, it would have been so cool to be able to play those games back in their glory days.

 

Bookmarked your site so I can read the rest of your stories as well!

Edited June 20, 2017 by TPA5

[Silverfleet]

Great write-up!

 

It's nice to see an in-depth teardown of such a historic machine. I thought I played this one up at Funspot in NH, but I had it confused with Sprint. As a car enthusiast/journalist and student of history, it's really cool to see stuff like this working again.

[Tempest]

I love your write ups. Not only are they informative, but they're entertaining to read as well. I like how you don't assume that we're all hardware experts and explain what you're doing in each step.

 

I can't wait to read your next one.

[VectorGamer]

Update posted yesterday:

Finding the First Videogame ROM

https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/finding-the-first-videogame-rom/?utm_content=buffer199ca&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[Tempest]

Neat! So why did they change it?

[tschak909]

74181, that's #$(#@ hilarious. and it's a bipolar ROM in actuality, right? ... TTL to bipolar ROM... *BZZT* POW! .... that's one way to find your copy catters.

 

-Thom