![]() ![]() Gel would hold the pellets until the end of the round and release them after. Picture Virtua Cop, but very long and one player and with a gun that shoots glowing pellets into the screen. – This used to be home to the only known Gunmania machine in the US. Quite possibly the only thing I play every single time I’m here. It’s very very simple to play but becomes frantic quickly. – Sega made a weird, rhythm-based air hockey kind of game called Flash Beats. The space is filled with games, pinball machines, and even odd redemption machines that I’ve never seen anywhere else. You don’t have to spend $5 or $10 if you don’t want to. They use real, genuine quarters which is great. I’ve been going here for probably close to ten years now ever since my friends first got drivers licenses. Wizzywig moved and the comic shop closed, but Pete’s keeps on truckin’, thankfully. There used to be a few complementary businesses nearby: Wizzywig (a Japanese culture shop) used to be a couple blocks away, and there used to be a comics shop upstairs. I believe the arcade is on its third location I never went to either of the old ones but there’s no mistaking the bright pink awning that grabs your attention. For a place like this to survive the 80’s and 90’s is remarkable, but short of surprising. In fact, it’s about to complete its third. ![]() Pinball Pete’s has been in Ann Arbor, MI – home to the University of Michigan – for decades. Pinball Pete’s in a lot of ways speaks to the thoughts and feelings that are why I’m doing this. It wasn’t my initial plan to start off talking about a place, particularly an arcade, but I can’t deny that this just feels right. ![]()
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