They've gotten better as of late, but it's still dicey. Luckily they've really been buying a lot of new games (LEs no less) like the old days, so those are good. There are still a bunch working at various levels of acceptable-ness, and still a few that have been turned off for years.

They do not have keys to the machines @ PP.

Pinball Pete employee has such a list behind the counter and they should be writing the things down you tell them, to be serviced and taken off the list by a manager. At least, that's the way we used to do it.

Runs in the family

When I get done playing them usually

Sarge is back in charge!

snap your F*&^ing neck they will.

Michigan doens't have that garbage as fair as I've ever heard

And then that became another Petes; That was a good location.

Dave also ran "Study Break" arcade in the Union; no shortage of "creepy rumors" aboot him; might have been what got him murdered

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/12/ann_arbor_man_killed_in_his_ap.html

They didn't, they gained more spaces.

South University Petes expanded/absorbed Spectrum Jewlers next door, and finally closed doors after getting the basement space across the street in The Galleria Mall. It burned down years after it was closed...total shithole and some "interesting" people living upstairs.

"Upstairs" Petes on William, old Micky Rats as seen above, closed in probably late 1999. Some silly employees playing cards for quarters on the pool table may or may not have had anything to do with it, but the police did take evidence and contact owners (you may or may not be welcome for that).

Petes moved in to Packard location after taking over for Tony who also owned a Players Choice in Northville. Tony still owns a camera shop in Livonia last I heard...I bought my RBION from him after unknowingly answering a CL add.
Before Tony Brad owned it when it was named "Double Focus," as the owner owned a camera shop "Focus Photo" in town.
Petes dumped that location and I think moved those games to Galleria & South U Petes...probably around 97-98?
At the height there were 4 Petes in Ann Arbor, 1 in East Lansing, and 1 in Lansing.
That space has been absorbed by Expresso Royale/Atlanta Bread Company...whatever the hell is there now.

This was in addition to many other arcade locations in town over the years.
Study Break in the Union, Simulation Station, Great Escape, Bicycle something,

.double

I actually meant there was a place on Galleria side called Bombay Bicycle or some such crap that was an arcade. It was close in name to another place, but it was separate; they had free popcorn!

But oh yeah i remember the Student Bike shop; classic ann arbor

I don't think anyone on this thread is young enough to be a hipster

Good lord.

They just "swanked" up the bowling ally by my house and added a cheesy ass redemption room to stuff the kids into.
It's just sad.

Being better than all of you at pinball is not a crime

Might have a NGG up in a week

Aut Bar is actually a pretty sweet bar.