Quote Originally Posted by Detroitej72 View Post
For anyone who lived around 7 Mile and Gratiot, the hangout place was Electric Palace Arcade on the corner of Lappin and Gratiot. My friend's mother would always tell us not to hang out there because it was frequented by "a bunch of bullies". Of coarse, that made us want to sneak in at every opportunity. My favorite games were Centipede, Galaxy, Asteroids, Pac Man, and Gauntlet.

For a short time, there was a small arcade at Manning and Gratiot which doubled as an ice cream parlor. And during the early 80's on Gratiot just south of ED High School there was a token war between Rick's Pop Shop and Ceaser Palace. At one time Rick's offered something like 32 tokens for a buck and Ceaser's closed soon afterward and became a barber college.
I used to hang out at the Electric Palace too, I went for the high score on Bubbles and played pinball, Battlezone, Galaga, and this game about the Red Baron that had graphics just like Battlezone, but I forget the name of it.
The nieighorhood WAS a lttle rough even then, but I dont remember any bullies.
Though I once saw a guy getting a BJ from a hooker in the parking lot out back.
Eastland Mall also had a good arcade, and so did Macomb Mall.