Free Play Denton

Fun games. Games atmosphere. Feels like you are in an arcade from when I was a kid. Nostalgic! Fun for the whole family. Will be back!

One of the 5 Freeplay retro video game arcades in the Dallas,Texas metro area.This Denton, TX facility is due north of Dallas, some 30 miles via I-35E.This is original historic downtown Denton County Courthouse square, in a small college town. Many of the original shops are now modern businesses.Quiet, and safe area. A few local homeless guys are very polite, and patiently wait for willing donors. I enjoyed this Freeplay, other than my favorite game needing a tuneup. Freeplay did a good job here, utilizing a spacious basement, to provide 2 floors of fun! Both floors have a full bar, with seating. Additional booths, and tables, allow you to take a break between games.Restrooms were nice. A small elevator can lower you to the basement level, inquire with staff. The stairs are original, from the old days, just be aware.So, I drove up here to test the Q-Bert, and Asteroids games. Q-bert functioned very well, the display screen needs adjusted for a bit more contrast.Asteroids... there is a electrical short on the buttons panel: the Hyperspace Button kept activating, blowing up my spaceship.The game action is very fast, with the spaceship movement like Tokyo Drift. I struggled to get 100K points. My personal best is 726K points on another location. I keep trying for One Million, on a 1 Player game, it is possible, but a workout.I counted 17 pinball machines, both newer, and some classic retros. Plenty of other classic video games, and a mini Skee-Ball. Nice comfy padded barstool seats are available if you want to sit & play.

This place is pretty in expensive, good fun with friends or kids. They have a great bar selection of mixed drinks. I'll be back next time I'm in denton.

What a wonderful place. My nephews and I love to come to arcades. My brother told me about this one and we had to come check it out. The food is tasty and the plates are generous. Gregory at the bar is great and made us Shirley Temples in a Sprite bottle. The music is fantastic and the shows playing are classic. I had completely forgotten about the Mario Brothers Show with Captain Lou. Free Play reminded me. Blast from the past. I also love that they're very outright supportive of marginalized communities. They're doing the quite work. In times like these, it's invaluable. Thank you and infinite blessings and abundance to you all.

This place is AMAZING, perfect date night or night out with friends!! The atmosphere is perfect for gaming, it's dark, cool, and best part there's an upstairs and downstairs!! It has several of my favs, Guitar Hero 3, Galaga, PacMan, DigDug, Ski Ball, Pinball.. etc. Place is pretty open, has restrooms upstairs and downstairs, very convenient. Pricing is resonable, $12 for adults all day. There is a monthly pass you can get which I've been thinking about getting, just waiting to switch from working nights to days. I've only been twice, so I'm sure I can write a more extensive review once I've been several times. But I am sold, this place is a great place to spend time with some friends.

New favorite location! I love that there are two levels to this location.A variety of game choices and a variety of drink choices.Bathrooms were kept clean.I love that the location is right off the square.Only downside..the kitchen takes awhile to get food out.This is a must go to place off the Denton Square.

This is a great place with amazing games and great drinks! I have no issue with the establishment or customer service but with my most recent visit, the downstairs area reeked of sulfur. I'm not sure if there is a gas leak or if this is a cleaning issue but the downstairs area was filled with the smell of rotten eggs or sewage. Again great place but not sure what's going on with the scent.

Such an amazing place for kids and adults! I highly recommend Free Play in Denton for SO MANY REASONS!! Great, friendly, UNDERSTANDING staff. It definitely has a bar vibe but not completely overwhelming for kids. Some peeps might want to bring some music ear plugs if your like me and have already reached that old person stage where the music is too loud at most places. also, if you have real littles (2-6) I'd definitely give it a preview first too.

It a really good but getting expenses and a lot of the games I loved from the old location are gone

Fantastic place! I took my two boys and played vids for a few hours. Cool atmosphere and very reasonably priced. We will be back!