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

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

Analysis

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TL;DR

Tour of Press Start Arcade's 75-machine collection in Lewisville, Texas

Summary

Neil McRae tours Press Start Arcade in Lewisville, Texas, a newly opened arcade featuring approximately 75 pinball and video game machines. He provides a detailed walkthrough of the arcade's collection, highlighting classic video games, pinball titles including recent Stern releases (Godzilla, Spider-Man, John Wick, Avatar, Harry Potter, Walking Dead Remastered), and vintage arcade cabinets. The video serves as a venue showcase and recommendation for arcade enthusiasts visiting the area.

Key Claims

Press Start Arcade is about 10 miles north of Dallas and opened last year
high confidence · Neil McRae opening narration
The arcade has 75 machines total (hundreds of arcade machines mentioned)
medium confidence · Neil McRae opening statement, though 'hundreds' appears to be casual exaggeration
The arcade features Spider-Man vault edition with cartoon styling
high confidence · Neil McRae describing pinball section
Avatar special edition pinball machine has a 'really nice' topper
medium confidence · Neil McRae opinion on Avatar machine aesthetics
Spider-Man pinball machines at the arcade lack call-outs, which is a downside
high confidence · Neil McRae critical observation

Notable Quotes

“It's a new arcade open up last year and it is fantastic.”
Neil McRae @ 0:00-0:15 — Establishes the venue as recently opened and high-quality
“The only downside is done with the call outs. You need the call outs.”
Neil McRae @ ~2:30 — Notes a specific technical limitation on Spider-Man machines
“I guarantee anyone who's in the video game, this place is for you.”
Neil McRae @ ~20:00 — Strong endorsement and recommendation for the venue
“This is my favorite rubbish red.”
Neil McRae @ ~13:00 — Humorous affection for a lower-tier arcade game, reflects casual collector enthusiasm
“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.”
Neil McRae @ ~18:30 — Demonstrates enthusiast appreciation for game design and social gameplay

Entities

Neil McRaepersonPress Start ArcadevenueLewisville, TexaslocationStern PinballcompanyGodzillagame Spider-Mangame John Wickgame Avatargame Harry Pottergame

Signals

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venue_signal: Press Start Arcade in Lewisville, Texas represents a new, high-quality arcade venue with significant pinball and classic arcade game presence, opened approximately one year prior to this video
high · Neil McRae describes it as 'fantastic,' 'staggeringly amazing,' and featuring approximately 75 machines including recent Stern and JJP releases
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content_signal: Great British Pinball Podcast producing venue tour content showcasing arcade infrastructure and machine collections
high · Full video walkthrough by Neil McRae touring Press Start Arcade and cataloging machines
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product_concern: Spider-Man pinball machines at Press Start Arcade lack call-outs, which Neil McRae identifies as a negative feature
high · Neil McRae explicitly states: 'The only downside is done with the call outs. You need the call outs.'
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market_signal: Modern arcade venues are stocking diverse, recent-generation pinball machines from Stern and Jersey Jack alongside classic video game cabinets
high · Press Start Arcade features Godzilla, Spider-Man, John Wick, Avatar, Harry Potter, Walking Dead Remastered, and other recent titles
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venue_signal: Press Start Arcade in Lewisville, Texas positioned as a regional destination for arcade and pinball enthusiasts
medium · Neil McRae endorses it strongly and encourages visitors from across the region
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Topics

Arcade venue infrastructure and collectionprimaryStern Pinball modern releasesprimaryJersey Jack Pinball machinessecondaryRetro video game preservationprimaryPinball machine availability and placementsecondaryArcade venue recommendationssecondaryGame design and mechanics appreciationsecondary

Sentiment

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Transcript

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Ladies and gentlemen, from the great forecast. I am at 12. 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 Street Fighter obviously some uh shooting games, Superman, Big D, some classic amazing sort of place here. 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 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, Growl, Forgotten World. I probably got these names wrong. Spider-Man the video game four players. Sorry, I've just realized my hand 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. 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, 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 We got El Wizard of Oz the Walking Dead remaster everybody loves everyone looking at this album of the Empire and Kansas Monster. arm base money I spent on this game last swing around this way rampage. Blacksterids. Crowley. What's that? Gapas. Gapas. Gapas. Space Invaders. Ring King. for a field that became alien robo sliced by supern Oh my lady 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. Oh, looks like fighting to see. Yeah, we've got Neo SK. We got We got good old dancing game Star Wars Revolution. Thanks to the round table 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 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 Incredible. This is hurricane Star Wars. Star Trek. This is a great game. I absolutely love this. 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 rubbish red. board games. Timbo play another one of these kind Yeah. Amazing. Check this out. Yeah, I'm guessing Fast and Furious And then we've got virtual ultra HD Wow. So this is a new way fish all these games. That was a game that um driver 2072. No idea what that driver So eventually tomorrow is really welcome at Dungeons and Dragons Batman 66. Steve Ritchie, Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, Royal Rumble is another game. Quite a fun game. Maverick Chaos. We got Chase HQ2. Crazy Taxi. I know that's a lot of money as well. one bag sear. Uh we got super sprint in the corner of the North transmission space invaders bloodi heard of D4 after spending money on GA tag team wrestling wrestling GI Joe exterminator ninja Alex game. Social Hopefully And then another Black These games 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. Uh definitely no root truck though. Um this space carrier some pretty This is the last of the games. 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