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Press Start Arcade Lewisville, Texas, - the best arcade ever?!

Neil McRae / Great British Pinball Podcast·video·28m 11s·analyzed·Mar 18, 2026
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TL;DR

Tour of Press Start Arcade in Lewisville, Texas featuring 75+ pinball and arcade machines.

Summary

Neil McRae tours Press Start Arcade in Lewisville, Texas, a newly opened arcade venue featuring approximately 75 pinball and arcade machines. He catalogs the extensive collection of classic arcade cabinets and pinball games, praising the venue's breadth of classic and modern machines. The video is primarily a walkthrough tour showcasing the venue's inventory rather than discussing industry news or developments.

Key Claims

  • Press Start Arcade opened last year and features 75 machines, hundreds of arcade machines

    medium confidence · Neil McRae, opening remarks about the arcade venue

  • Avatar special edition is uncommon; McRae states he has never seen it before

    medium confidence · Neil McRae commenting on Avatar pinball machine in the collection

  • Press Start Arcade is located about 10 miles north of a school in Lewisville, Texas

    medium confidence · DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae opening location description

Notable Quotes

  • “It's a new arcade open up last year and it is fantastic. They have 75 machines, hundreds of arcade machines. Absolutely amazing place.”

    Neil McRae@ 0:23 — Establishes the venue as a major arcade destination with extensive inventory

  • “I guarantee anyone who's in the video game, this place is for you.”

    Neil McRae@ 27:35 — Strong recommendation for the venue to arcade/pinball enthusiasts

  • “It's kind of a shame. I never I've never seen Avatar special edition before, but the um topper is really nice, I have to say.”

    Neil McRae@ 5:27 — Commentary on rarity of Avatar SE and appreciation for specific machine details

Entities

Press Start ArcadeorganizationNeil McRaepersonLewisville, TexasorganizationMonster BashgameJawsgameLed ZeppelingameGodzillagameSpider-MangameMandaloriangame

Signals

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    venue_signal: Press Start Arcade in Lewisville, Texas opened recently (last year) with significant collection of 75+ pinball and arcade machines, representing growth in Texas arcade venue market

    high · Neil McRae's opening description: 'It's a new arcade open up last year and it is fantastic. They have 75 machines, hundreds of arcade machines.'

  • ?

    venue_signal: Press Start Arcade hosts diverse pinball collection spanning multiple manufacturers and themes including modern licensed titles (Mandalorian, John Wick, Avatar) and classic Stern machines

    high · Extensive catalog of machines mentioned throughout the tour including Jaws, Metallica, Deadpool, Jurassic Park, and others

  • ?

    collector_signal: Avatar special edition pinball is noted as uncommon; content creator has not previously encountered this variant in the field

    medium · McRae: 'It's kind of a shame. I never I've never seen Avatar special edition before'

  • ?

    content_signal: Great British Pinball Podcast producing venue tour content showcasing Texas arcade locations to UK-based audience

    high · Neil McRae touring Press Start Arcade and producing detailed walkthrough video for podcast channel

Transcript

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0:03
Ladies and gentlemen, from the great forecast. I am at 12.
0:13
I am at the press stop play arcade. It's about 10 miles away from the school north of the school. It's a new arcade open up last year and it is fantastic. They have 75 machines, hundreds of arcade machines. Absolutely amazing place. You can hear the noise of old Mario there. And we're going to go in and take a look. But this is uh this is staggeringly amazing. So right away you're into the world of amazing classic video games. Super Monkey Ball with a banana. Um I'm not I'm not as big on arcade games as it used to be. We've got Minecraft Midway Rampage Tour. Um Staxon Jackson, Patrick, um Valley Cent Games, quite rare I think. Uh Rapola's nibbler kind of cross between Centiped. Um Marvel Superheroes, Bubbles, Williams Blaster. Look at that cabin. Wow. Burger Time, Return of the Jedi. They usually uh
1:33
uh Street Fighter obviously some uh shooting games, Superman, Big D, some classic amazing sort of place here.
1:51
really massive. Uh more more video games, Castlevania, Dr. Mario, Nintendo games, Donkey Kong, uh Excite Bike, some really great Nintendo games here. Uh one of my favorites, Duck Hunt, uh Arm Wrestling, another great one, Punch Out, all these kind of wacky games that you saw by the seaside if you're in the UK. Bubble Bobo. Quicks. This is one of my favorite arcade games. I love Quicks. Alpine Ski, another one. Zookeeper, Road Runner, Road Blasters, Indiana Jones, Marble Madness. Such a good game, Mark. Look at this. Marvel Man, Marvel Madness 2. Such an amazing game by Atari. They really nailed it in this game. Um, some weird I don't even know what this is. It's a jukebox. Um, Mighty Pang. Never heard of it. Trog. Uh, then we start with a pinball machines. Monsters. Monopoly. Ripley's Believe It or Not Indiana Jones AC/DC Shark Sterns I think one of Stern's earliest games pirates of the rings striang
Jurassic Parkgame
Iron Maidengame
Deadpoolgame
Metallicagame
Foo Fightersgame
James Bond 007game
The Avengersgame
John Wickgame
Venomgame
Stranger Thingsgame
Stern Pinballcompany
Avatargame
Harry Pottergame
The Wizard of Ozgame
The Walking Deadgame
3:15
kiss the Simpsons pit party and then we got video games here. Hydra, another classic game. Gang Wars, UN Squadron. Winners don't do drugs. Do you remember that? Tetris, Bionic Commando, Shinobi, Aston. I don't know game I've never heard of. Magic Sword, Leaf Picture,
3:41
Growl, Forgotten World. I probably got these names wrong. Spider-Man the video game four players. Sorry, I've just realized my hand
4:02
sin star. Yeah. Wow. Joust, Moon Patrol, Shoplifter, another one of my favorite games. I played it. Vector mode on the Apple 2 Golden Axide. Wow, this is a game. Uh, absolutely amazing game. This see what we can get. Yeah, it's the old breakout.
4:30
Yeah, all day. Neo Geo, Luden, Metal Soft 6, Pac Mania, MVP, Shoot, Zaxon, Super Zaxon, Circus Charlie, Roco Pop, and then Pinball Machine. Look at this. Ellies with poppers as far as I can see. Look at the LEDs up here. Amazing. So, you've got Jaws, Lead Zeppelin, Godzilla, Spider-Man, the uh the the vault edition Spider-Man with the uh cartoon. The only downside is done with the call outs. You need the call outs. Sorry, Darren. Um, Mandalorian,
5:06
Jurassic Park, Black Knight, Iron Maiden, Evil Dead, Deadpool, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Ora, James Bond, 007 Thunderball, Avengers, Rush, John Wick, favorite of mine, Venom, Turtles, Stranger Things, King Kong, Save Me, Avatar. It's kind of a shame. I never I've never seen Avatar special edition before, but the um topper is really nice, I have to say. I don't know if that's the standard topper, but that is that uh Harry Potter
5:51
We got El Wizard of Oz the Walking Dead remaster everybody loves everyone looking at this album of the Empire and Kansas Monster.
7:13
arm base money I spent on this game last swing around this way rampage. Blacksterids. Crowley. What's that? Gapas. Gapas. Gapas.
8:04
Space Invaders. Ring King. for a field that became alien robo sliced by supern Oh my lady
8:34
Crazy force liberators. I saw this one there. I'm going to come back and play this. This is a string final fight or fight adventure death triggers the tigers caring. Another great captain game. I mean some of these games were a bit ropey but I I love them. Thunder Robar is Marvelous Mega Man. You're on a Mega Man, right? Superheroes. I don't know what this is.
9:21
Oh, looks like fighting to see. Yeah, we've got Neo SK.
9:33
We got We got good old dancing game Star Wars Revolution. Thanks to the round table
9:44
arcade classic primal raid double dragon that's another classic double dragon the revenge I didn't even know double dragon three wow point blank another favorite carnival king awesome you've got gretky Wayne Gretzky famous Escape to escape to where the ball's going to be
10:15
over here. Somebody's going to jump for your mates ball games position in termin They are back and then you've got really guess
11:14
Incredible. This is hurricane Star Wars. Star Trek. This is a great game. I absolutely love this.
12:09
space. Here it is. Here it is. It is. Major H. This is such a good game. Black and my favorite game. This is my favorite
12:27
rubbish red. board games. Timbo play another one of these kind Yeah.
13:45
Amazing. Check this out. Yeah, I'm guessing Fast and Furious
14:07
And then we've got virtual ultra HD Wow. So this is a new way fish all these games. That was a game that
16:55
um driver 2072. No idea what that driver So eventually tomorrow is really welcome
17:44
at Dungeons and Dragons Batman 66. Steve Richie, Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, Royal Rumble is another game. Quite a fun game. Maverick
18:17
Chaos. We got Chase HQ2. Crazy Taxi. I know that's a lot of money as well.
19:00
one bag sear. Uh we got super sprint in the corner of the North
20:01
transmission space invaders bloodi heard of D4 after spending money on GA tag team wrestling wrestling GI Joe exterminator
20:35
ninja Alex game. Social Hopefully And then another Black These games
23:11
You got a spreading left Your mission is to go out there. It is one of the most social games. The guys who invented this game should be like giving awards. I don't know. I don't know much about the game, but this game is so fun to play.
24:28
Uh definitely no root truck though. Um this space carrier some pretty This is the last of the games.
27:18
They don't make this anymore. That's a shame. So, if you're here for Texas, we'll help these guys out. Come down, get some coins through the slots, challenge a few friends, try and get a high score up here. But, um, I guarantee anyone who's in the video game, this place is for you. We got Minecraft dragons