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<\/a>Free Play<\/a> is a chain of five arcades located around the Dallas area, with the first being set up in Richardson in 2015. This Arlington location at 400 E. South Street was their second, opening in 2017. There is plenty of parking right outside, or you can use one of the nearby parking lots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pricing structure is a simple pay-on-entry one. It costs $12+tax ($12.99 inc. tax) per person to get your wristband and enter, after which all games are set on free play.<\/p>\n\n\n The arcade is split into two areas. The ‘lobby’ for want of a better word is where you enter, while a larger side room contains the majority of the arcade games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Lobby has multiple video games up against the walls, as well as a full-service bar and a seating area.<\/p>\n\n\n The range of drinks available at the bar is pretty comprehensive, including eight draft taps, a good selection of cans and bottles, plus numerous spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n There is a food menu<\/a> available too, selling items such as sandwiches, hot dogs, pizzas and other hot snacks. Orders are taken at the bar and delivered through a separate serving hatch.<\/p>\n\n\n If the weather allows, there are also outside covered tables where you can eat, drink or just take a break from all the gaming action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nice as this all is though, we’re here for the pinball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All the machines are in the second area – let’s call it the Games Room – where the pinballs make up two rows at the back.<\/p>\n\n\n We were pleased to see the latest game from Stern Pinball, Jaws<\/em>, was available to play. Jaws<\/em>, like several of the recent Stern titles in the line-up, was the Pro version. They weren’t all Pros though. The adjacent The Munsters<\/em>, for example, was a Premium model.<\/p>\n\n\n There is a good mix of the newest and older classic titles available, with Firepower <\/em>being the oldest.<\/p>\n\n\n The second row of pinballs faces the first and includes the Firepower <\/em>and Cyclone <\/em>games.<\/p>\n\n\n Here’s the full list of the 28 pinballs available at Free Play Arlington:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All the pinballs we played worked well and without any faults. The only annoyance was a familiar one, where a previous player had started a multiplayer game and then walked away. Not all the machines were configured to let you to press and hold the start button to restart a game, meaning – since we wouldn’t normally switch off and on a location machine – we had to plunge and drain multiple balls from the previous game just to be able to play our<\/em> game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, there are far more than just pinballs in the Games Room. There are numerous stand-up and sit-down arcade video games, basketball games and Skee-Ball lanes.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Row 1<\/th> Row 2<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Monster Bash
The Munsters
Jaws
The Mandalorian
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Rollergames
Iron Man
Medieval Madness
Black Knight: Sword of Rage
Pirates of the Caribbean (JJP)
Dialed In!
Creature from the Black Lagoon
<\/td>Deadpool
Guardians of the Galaxy
Star Wars (Stern)
Tron
Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends
AC\/DC
Attack from Mars
Godzilla
Cactus Canyon
Rush
Family Guy
Firepower
Checkpoint
The Avengers: Infinity Quest
Whirlwind
Cyclone<\/td><\/tr><\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n