rittwage
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I lived in Northeast Ohio in the 70's and 80's. Lake County. Painesville/Perry/Madison/Geneva
If you went to Mentor there were arcades in the Great Lakes and Mentor Mall (they were separate but right next to each other) and Chuck E Cheese. I didn't live close to the malls, but I would have spent every waking moment in there if I could have. You could also play home console games at Children's Palace for free (like Vectrex).
We had Game Trek in Madison, and I would ride my bike there and spend whatever I could come up with, then go next door to K-Mart or Radio Shack to play on the Atari or the Color Computers for free. Game Trek also rented video tapes and VCRs, and sold Bally Astrocades.
In earlier days I lived in Painesville and would play Space Invaders at the roller rink or at the pizza place or the games in the lobby of the department store (I cannot remember the name of it... Hecks? Hills?)
Of course, Geneva-on-the-Lake is still there, and the last time I was there (a few years ago) Sports Center and Eddie's Grill were still there. Woody's World is finally gone now, though, but it was there in the later 2000's still (barely).
If you went to Mentor there were arcades in the Great Lakes and Mentor Mall (they were separate but right next to each other) and Chuck E Cheese. I didn't live close to the malls, but I would have spent every waking moment in there if I could have. You could also play home console games at Children's Palace for free (like Vectrex).
We had Game Trek in Madison, and I would ride my bike there and spend whatever I could come up with, then go next door to K-Mart or Radio Shack to play on the Atari or the Color Computers for free. Game Trek also rented video tapes and VCRs, and sold Bally Astrocades.
In earlier days I lived in Painesville and would play Space Invaders at the roller rink or at the pizza place or the games in the lobby of the department store (I cannot remember the name of it... Hecks? Hills?)
Of course, Geneva-on-the-Lake is still there, and the last time I was there (a few years ago) Sports Center and Eddie's Grill were still there. Woody's World is finally gone now, though, but it was there in the later 2000's still (barely).
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