LED Arcade trackball (TS-UTB01)

Works perfect with my Atari Tempest Legacy 12 in 1. Others have commented that the track ball is touchy/jumpy but I find it works absolutely perfect on centipede, missile command, millipede and all the trackball games. Just remember to take the jumper out of the trackball before you install (which is shown in the instructions). Be sure to open the new trackball with the ball facing up or the inside will all fall out of the trackball. The blue color looks fabulous with the cabinet too. As for removing the old trackball and connection cable just heat both with a hair dryer to soften the glue. Total install time was no more than 30 minutes tops. Thanks Glen as the factory arcade 1up trackball is crap and yours is fabulous!!!

Works perfect with my Atari Tempest Legacy 12 in 1. Others have commented that the track ball is touchy/jumpy but I find it works absolutely perfect on centipede, missile command, millipede and all the trackball games. Just remember to take the jumper out of the trackball before you install (which is shown in the instructions). Be sure to open the new trackball with the ball facing up or the inside will all fall out of the trackball. The blue color looks fabulous with the cabinet too. As for removing the old trackball and connection cable just heat both with a hair dryer to soften the glue. Total install time was no more than 30 minutes tops. Thanks Glen as the factory arcade 1up trackball is crap and yours is fabulous!!!

Great looking and works great for Atari Legacy 12 in 1 Tempest cabinet. The original Arcade 1up trackball that came with it was garbage and started sticking 2 days after I got it which was a real disappointment. Glad this one was available and at a reasonable price. This looks and works way better and the blue led light inside looks cool.Only bad part the installation was not plug and play. You have to open the trackball open to pull the tumbler switch. Not so hard but it was not mentioned if you un clip the trackball housing with the ball facing down the entire insides falls out when you open it. That cost me an additional hour installation trying to reverse engineer how the insides are supposed to go back together. I had to open the Arcade1up trackball to see the internals to compare how the new trackball went back together. There should be a warning sticker saying open unit with trackball facing up . I’m betting this has happened to many.Other confusing part in the directions it says you have to hook the stock spinner cord to the new trackball for it to work and that was not the case for me. The cable harness didn’t even fit the new trackball and it worked fine without hooking it up. Mines is the 2020 model non lit riser so maybe the newest version you have to do that stepOtherwise a great product definitely worth the 35$!,

Great looking and works great for Atari Legacy 12 in 1 Tempest cabinet. The original Arcade 1up trackball that came with it was garbage and started sticking 2 days after I got it which was a real disappointment. Glad this one was available and at a reasonable price. This looks and works way better and the blue led light inside looks cool.Only bad part the installation was not plug and play. You have to open the trackball open to pull the tumbler switch. Not so hard but it was not mentioned if you un clip the trackball housing with the ball facing down the entire insides falls out when you open it. That cost me an additional hour installation trying to reverse engineer how the insides are supposed to go back together. I had to open the Arcade1up trackball to see the internals to compare how the new trackball went back together. There should be a warning sticker saying open unit with trackball facing up . I’m betting this has happened to many.Other confusing part in the directions it says you have to hook the stock spinner cord to the new trackball for it to work and that was not the case for me. The cable harness didn’t even fit the new trackball and it worked fine without hooking it up. Mines is the 2020 model non lit riser so maybe the newest version you have to do that stepOtherwise a great product definitely worth the 35$!,

Even though the stock trackball on my 12 in 1 Arcade 1Up unit was fine, I just felt it would be nice to have an improved trackball to go with the TurboTwist2 spinner I installed last year. This trackball replacement has been fantastic so far! It was extremely easy to install once I removed the old trackball unit (why they glued the stock unit into the board is anyone's guess). The Thunderstick was pretty much plug and play.Game play has been very, very good once I got used to the extra sensitivity. The ball spins so freely compared to the stock trackball, the replacement rivals most arcade quality units I have used in the past.Also, I really like the color options for the trackball! It really adds to the aesthetics for this cabinet.You really can't go wrong with this, especially for the price. Great work Glenn! You da man!!!

Even though the stock trackball on my 12 in 1 Arcade 1Up unit was fine, I just felt it would be nice to have an improved trackball to go with the TurboTwist2 spinner I installed last year. This trackball replacement has been fantastic so far! It was extremely easy to install once I removed the old trackball unit (why they glued the stock unit into the board is anyone's guess). The Thunderstick was pretty much plug and play.Game play has been very, very good once I got used to the extra sensitivity. The ball spins so freely compared to the stock trackball, the replacement rivals most arcade quality units I have used in the past.Also, I really like the color options for the trackball! It really adds to the aesthetics for this cabinet.You really can't go wrong with this, especially for the price. Great work Glenn! You da man!!!

Nothing beats a bearing type trackball. I've used trackballs for about four a long time, and I've had trackballs that just have their optical sensors held in place by a pin inserted through holes at each end of a plastic assembly. No bearings. That type is very sluggish, and hard to roll. The trackball that came with the Arcade 1up machines is NOT a bearing type trackball. I couldn't get that stock trackball out of my 1up machines fast enough, because they just won't move freely, like a bearing type trackball does.As soon as I saw Glen's Retro Show vid about this new trackball, I placed my order.It's very easy to install.The only issue I've noticed, and this happens with ALL bearing type trackballs, even commercial arcade trackballs, is there's sometimes an occasional binding that occurs, when you roll the ball. Sometimes two bearings will touch each other, and they'll bind, or stop rolling. It's a rare occurrence, but is known to happen in bearing type trackballs. Just something we have to live with. There's nothing wrong with the trackball.Some people have reported a grinding sound, when rolling the ball. That's just the bearings rolling around the bushing, dropping down to the bottom of the space they're in, as they roll around. It's the same sound you hear in a skateboard, or roller blade / skate wheel. It's perfectly normal.There is one issue with the Arcade 1up machines, mainly with Centipede, and Millipede. Arcade 1up ramped up the sensitivity for the analog controls in the hidden MAME menu, to compensate for the garbage trackball that came with the cabinet. As a result, the increased sensitivity provided by the GRS trackball is now amplified, many fold. Therefore, trying to control Centipede, like in the arcade, results in some awkward control behavior. However, if you use slow inputs on the trackball, the gameplay will be fine. The other trackball games in the Arcade 1up machines seem to work very nicely with this trackball.Once your warranty expires, I recommend you solder in a USB header, and keyboard, so you can access the hidden MAME menu, and reset the analog controls in Centipede, and Millipede, to allow more realistic trackball behavior.I'm really enjoying my GRS trackball, and have also set my LED dipswitches for a magenta colour, which looks very nice. You can set it to whatever colour you like.I did notice the trackball now comes with it's own built in daughter board, for allowing the spinner in the 12 in 1 to work along side the trackball, without having the external daughter board in place. I'll save that for a MAME machine, later on. You do have to open up the trackball to plug in the spinner, if you have the 12 in 1. If you already have the daughter board for the 12 in 1, and just can't be bothered with opening up the trackball, the daughter board will still work without any conflicts.The rolling action of this bearing type trackball feels so much better than the stock trackball.

Nothing beats a bearing type trackball. I've used trackballs for about four a long time, and I've had trackballs that just have their optical sensors held in place by a pin inserted through holes at each end of a plastic assembly. No bearings. That type is very sluggish, and hard to roll. The trackball that came with the Arcade 1up machines is NOT a bearing type trackball. I couldn't get that stock trackball out of my 1up machines fast enough, because they just won't move freely, like a bearing type trackball does.As soon as I saw Glen's Retro Show vid about this new trackball, I placed my order.It's very easy to install.The only issue I've noticed, and this happens with ALL bearing type trackballs, even commercial arcade trackballs, is there's sometimes an occasional binding that occurs, when you roll the ball. Sometimes two bearings will touch each other, and they'll bind, or stop rolling. It's a rare occurrence, but is known to happen in bearing type trackballs. Just something we have to live with. There's nothing wrong with the trackball.Some people have reported a grinding sound, when rolling the ball. That's just the bearings rolling around the bushing, dropping down to the bottom of the space they're in, as they roll around. It's the same sound you hear in a skateboard, or roller blade / skate wheel. It's perfectly normal.There is one issue with the Arcade 1up machines, mainly with Centipede, and Millipede. Arcade 1up ramped up the sensitivity for the analog controls in the hidden MAME menu, to compensate for the garbage trackball that came with the cabinet. As a result, the increased sensitivity provided by the GRS trackball is now amplified, many fold. Therefore, trying to control Centipede, like in the arcade, results in some awkward control behavior. However, if you use slow inputs on the trackball, the gameplay will be fine. The other trackball games in the Arcade 1up machines seem to work very nicely with this trackball.Once your warranty expires, I recommend you solder in a USB header, and keyboard, so you can access the hidden MAME menu, and reset the analog controls in Centipede, and Millipede, to allow more realistic trackball behavior.I'm really enjoying my GRS trackball, and have also set my LED dipswitches for a magenta colour, which looks very nice. You can set it to whatever colour you like.I did notice the trackball now comes with it's own built in daughter board, for allowing the spinner in the 12 in 1 to work along side the trackball, without having the external daughter board in place. I'll save that for a MAME machine, later on. You do have to open up the trackball to plug in the spinner, if you have the 12 in 1. If you already have the daughter board for the 12 in 1, and just can't be bothered with opening up the trackball, the daughter board will still work without any conflicts.The rolling action of this bearing type trackball feels so much better than the stock trackball.