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Free Play is DFW's original retro arcade with 5 locations spread across the metroplex with 100s of games, beers, 80s tunes and some seriously delicious food.
Richardson, TX
Joined July 2015
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Hi all! Strange new things are happening at Free Play Arcade. To stay up to date on events and activities follow us on:
Instagram ~
@freeplayarcade
Discord ~
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Congratulations to Reese, our latest Kids ST Champion.
This has been a fun experiment and the kids seem to really enjoy it so let’s bring that beat back. See you next Sunday at 2pm Free Play Richardson for our next 17 & under competition
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And at long last,
#StreetFighter4
hits the floor of our Richardson location. This is one of the alleged 200 authentic boards that were made to work without the need to run on the NESiCA network. It's running in the Capcom model of Taito Viewlix C cabinet.
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Congrats to Soda. Our latest Kids ST Champion. It was the Yaya special as Sagat defeats Guile in the final. (See you again next Sunday at 2pm)
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Today VGMWednesay kicks off an art themed day on our Twitch stream starting at noon.
@BenFiquet
of Streets of Rage 4 art design joins us. Any art related questions you want asked?
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Kids ST hype. Every Sunday, 2pm at Free Play Richardson (Javon and his fans)
#STunday
monthly starts at 7pm tonight!
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We have a prodigy at
@dfwticket
Ticketstock. Young Tripp has a high score of 454,250 on Galaga! Come beat it today and tomorrow, if you can!
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Want to be taken for a ride? Tuesday Night Fights tonight at Free Ppay Richardson features Marvel Vs Capcom 2. See you at 7pm
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With no less that 3 former Kids ST champions having birthdays this week, we had a very special tournament. The ultimate winner? A first time player, 9 year old Blake! Congratulations to our newest and youngest Street Fighter champion.
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We are proud to announce that our flagship retro Fighting Game event of the year, Spring Series - The Wide World of Fighting Games will once again be featuring the best commentator in the business—James Chen
@jchensor
Register now at
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo Danisen is TONIGHT at Free Play Richardson. Newbies start at 7 pm and Pros at 9 pm.
#superturbo
#streetfighter
#freeplayarcade
#retroarcade
#danisen
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The greatest Dhalsim ST player ever
@jyai_dal
is coming to Free Play Arlington as part of
That Friday we put him to the test in an exhibition against North America's best Claw player Hokuto
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1st, 2nd, 3rd in singles and undefeated in teams, congratulations to Hokuto
@FlyingBarcelona
, Yuuki, and Lance Armstrong
@juliendfw
- Free Play Spring Series Super Turbo champions!
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Riz0ne,
@emptylowtiger
, and
@eltroubleSRK
qualify for Spring Series: Wide World of Fighting Games April 17-19
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Proud to have the Hardline broadcasting live at Free Play Arlington until 7pm. Let’s play some games P1s!
@dfwticket
@SportsSturm
@corbydavidson
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The Journey Series fall tournaments end TOMORROW. Sailor Moon S start at 1 pm and is $3 to enter. Soul Calibur II starts at 3 pm and is $1 to enter. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Both @ Free Play Richardson.
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Congratulations to our Kids ST Champion for March - 12 year old Ryan! Also shoutouts to 11 year old Lincoln who not only got 2nd but also produced and commentated the stream.
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We will never stop playing. Games. Friends. Super Turbo. Spring Series is back May 21-22
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Just acquired one of the latest arcade brawlers - Sailor Moon. We've been looking for this for some time; at long last the quest has finished.
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As Free Play Arlington opens, our techs are touching up and cleaning all the pinball tables in anticipation of tonight’s Arlington Pinball Monday (7pm)
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Congratulations to our Free Play 3rd Strike Monthly (July'22) champion
@thelanceshow
. Now someone get this man a Hawaiian shirt!
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It’s Chun-Li’s birthday! Come celebrate with us tonight (and every Tuesday) by playing Chun at Free Play Richardson at 7pm in our Free ST Danisen!
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Congratulations to this weeks Kids Super Turbo champions, Matt, Kimberly, Julian & Austin!
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To our friends,
@aniken0926
and
@otochun777
, we had a moment during our Kids ST event that made us think of you. Peyton and Cullen decided to play Super Turbo to celebrate their mutual 13th birthday. Presenting, Aniryu and Otoblanka . . . at least until they find new names.
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Kids ST has our youngest champion to date. Congratulations to Leo (9 and a half), Hector (15), and Adonis (14) our top 3! Next week we stream the Kids ST 17 and under tourney. Sunday at 2pm
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It’s going to be ok Bernie, we will open at 3pm and you can be the very first person to play pinball :)
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Congrats to Hayden our newest kids Street Fighter champion at Free Play Arlington!
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Thank you to the
@Dallas_Observer
for a story looking into our plight and our community that simply refuses to give up on arcades.
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35 years ago today the original version of
#Tetris
was first released. Happy anniversary to one of the simplest and yet greatest games of all time!
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The latest episode of oNAIR, the Free Play Smash Bros scene podcast is up! The word on everyone's mouth this week? DFW PR Rankings are out!
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Congratulations JigglyNorris. Winner of
@ComboBreakerFGC
2019. Winner of that Free Play bonus. And Champion of Fei Long. (RIP Claw)
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We're running Vampire Savior casual tonight at our Richardson location. One night only; Come get your fill of classic horror movie fighting action!
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Free Play Arlington is open for the weekend! And here is no surprise... Street Fighter is Lit!
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Tomorrow is our league style danisen in Super Street Fighter II Turbo with chances to promote your main character or level up a new one!
Free Play Richardson @ 7 p.m. for newbies and 9 p.m. for pros
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Congratulations to you Kids ST Champion, Aria (9 year old), surrounded by the top 5, Victor, Christian, & Noah! Every Sunday 2pm at Free Play Richardson
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Attention, everyone looking to go to the Free Play Jazzy 3rd Strike event, the venue has moved to FREE PLAY RICHARDSON. See you this Sunday 1/15 at 2pm, Free Play Richardson!
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CVital is your Free Play Super Turbo champion for January!
#STunday
(also Spring Series ST is 5/20/23 at Free Play Arlington)
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Tuesday Night Fights - Super Turbo goes to a man that has carried and helped define the scene from the very beginning. It is with much love and admiration that I tell you, our champion is The Jerry.
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DALLAS.
More
@Dallas_Observer
awesomeness: A look at
@FreePlayArcade
's new Dallas (finally!) location
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January Free Play 3rd Strike Monthly we are streaming live from Free Play Arlington
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@Twitch
@jchensor
@KillrMillerTime
We just lit the world on fire with Spring Series. Our stream is professional, looks all world, and is streaming live from a public arcade exclusively which is impossible. Please make us partner, we need the tools.
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Sonic Matt in the Finals of Kid’s Super Turbo honoring his hero
@yaya_kei
Kids ST every Sunday at 2pm Free Play Richardson
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Our 2nd ST qualifier is today at Don's Arcade in LA. 3 additional players will join Damdai, Techmonkey, Zoolander, and Otochun in our spring series. 2 more Japanese players will be announced tonight on our stream.
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If you tuned in or turned out this may be old news but Yuuki Spencer closes out the Summer Farewell Tour - 3rd Strike (and the entire SFT) with his most dominant performance at Free Play yet. Winning the grand prize without dropping a single round all tournament!
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oNAIR w/
@DairBair64
&
@PrinceKawaii
has a new episode from our Smash community to guide you through our scene. Monday/Ft Worth, Tuesday/Denton, Thursday/Richardson
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At 6pm the top 8 for Spring Series - Super Turbo begins at !
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Brennan Steele is again our Pinball Monday champion and we couldn’t be any happier for him. He won after a showdown on Guardians of the Galaxy, so he keeps the actual pinball from the winning machine!
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Coinciding tonight's Smash Ultimate tournament tonight at Free Play Richardson, we are releasing the prototype episode of our Free Play Smash Bros Podcast - oNAIR w/ DairBair & BIG★PINK
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All hail our new Kids Super Turbo Champion, Kinsley (10)! She’s joined by 2nd Nathan (12) and 3rd Liam (11)
Every Sunday, 2pm Free Play Richardson
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The fun continues late into the night @ Canada Cup with 3rd Strike champions
@Koushun1022
and Free Play’s own
@GDyuuki
...
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And Sailor Moon is on the floor at our Richardson location! Come play the latest and probably rarest brawler in our collection!
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Monday is Freaks Smash at Free Play Ft. Worth.
BIG★PINK & DairBair have you covered with an all new podcast episode to introduce you to the scene and examine some of the culture that is the Smash scene here as part of the Free Play Podcasts
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Adonis, Jack, and Arya are our latest Kids ST champions! Every Sunday at 2pm. Also today is our monthly Street Fighter 2 (Super Turbo) starting at 7pm. FPR
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Congratulations to Carley, this weeks Kids ST champion and also Jagger (Winner of our special Kids ST FT10 exhibition). Every Sunday at 2pm, Free Play Richardson
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Finished setting up a mini-arcade for
#Ticketstock25
just a bit ago. Ten games all on FreePlay mode, of course.
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Our weekly Super Street Fighter II Turbo Danisen is tonight @ Free Play Richardson. New and seasoned players are encouraged to come through! We'll be starting at 7 pm for new players and 9 pm for the pros.
#freeplayarcade
#retroarcade
#StreetFighter
#danisen
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Congratulations to local play The Jerry who has managed to fully complete all of the original Final Fantasy on one of our Richardson wallcades, a feat that took over 20 hours of gameplay live in our arcade!
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Congratulations to Valentino our Kids Street Fighter Champion!!! 2nd place was the amazing Cash B!
@lilvududolli
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They aren’t just Fighting for the Future, this weekend all regional 3rd Strike players are also fighting for this sweet community made Lone Star Cup jacket! Join the fun all weekend at Free Play Arlington
@TheJazzyCircuit
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Congratulations to our STunday champions. Clay Aiken (JPong) our winner insisted on including the very worthy top 3 - Petty James and The Jerry. We will see you next time, First Sunday in July.
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Everyone is a winner because Free Play Richardson is forever! Free Play Forever - Anniversary East vs West
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Congrats to our top 3 kids ST players this week. 3rd Husam, 2nd Lena, and for the third week in a row Sonic Matt in first place. See you next time!
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Scott Wallace wins our Pong tournament at Ticketstock, a $69 gift card, and of course dedicates his performance to
@theoldgreywolf
. Stay Hard, Mike
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Your Free Play Arlington Pinball Monday champion, from Austin, TX - Colin MacAlpine!
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Congrats to our Pinball Sunday Champion
@BrennanSteele
It was great having all the Pinballers our again, see you Oct 29th
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Our first Pinball Monday at Free Play Denton featured an all time number of players. We kept the lights on a little late and Kevin Rodriguez emerged as our January champion. Need more pinball? Free Play Pinball League starts this Sunday at Free Play Denton!
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Congratulations to our Kids ST champions from this week, Joshua, Crawford and Frannie! Sundays at 2pm
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oNIAR, Our Free Play Smash podcast is back and today's special guest star is one of the most ubiquitous faces of our Smash tourneys, Blue
@PrinceKawaii
@DairBair64
@FreaksTx
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Congratulations to our Summer Farewell - Super Street Fighter II Turbo 3vs3 tournament winners from Sunday, Team USA: Ultracombo, MegaManX, Noun
From L to R: MegaManX, Noun, Ultracombo
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Our slowest period is during the State Fair so this year we're HONORING UNUSED STATE FAIR TICKETS for admission to any Free Play Arcade. If you received a ticket from anywhere - it's good for a night of unlimited gaming at Free Play during all fair dates (9/28/18 to 10/21/18).
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Once again the Champion of STunday,
@CarlitosTx
, pictured with top 3
@Xagrand_K
, and JPonggg.
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Just finished setting up for our Marvel vs Capcom
#FreePlayTNF
tournament. Two MvC setups with ST on the side.
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Your Free Play champion of Super Turbo is a smile that motivates us all, The Grillmaster, CarlitosFromTX. We will see you all next month.
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We found official NBA Jam tournament sign-ups in the coin bucket of a cabinet today. Perhaps these can come in handy someday...
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Congratulations to our Summer Farewell Tour - Super Turbo top 3, Hokuto, Sean_Brown and JPong
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Congrats to
@SpryteMix
, today’s ST Danisen
#FreePlayTNF
champion! (Pictured with the entire top 8)
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We're checking off one of our arcade goals today as we release our dedicated Ghouls and Ghosts right next to our dedicated Ghost and Goblins here at Free Play Richardson! A rare sight that will not last forever (as we plan on separating the games during the next rotation!)
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Congratulations to Lincoln, once again our Kids Champion! Kyle got 2nd and Elena at only 8 years old came in 3rd. We will do another Kids ST event before our November STunday monthly.
BIG thanks to
@PixelPlayHQ
for sponsoring the kiddos again. Be sure to check out their app!
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The Free Play Smash podcast oNAIR is back with episode 11 covering this week, Dreamhack, and special guest DisqoBunny
@DairBair64
@PrinceKawaii
@FreaksTx
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Did you miss our big 5k Super Turbo tournament? Relive it all here on YouTube.
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Just got in a new pair of Versus City cabinets. After a few adjustments the two monitors are looking quite good on the first one. They both obviously still need a bit of cleaning but these were a good find.
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One of our biggest Super Turbo Kids tournaments ever! Congratulations to
@SonicMatt5
, champion once again. See you at 5:30 for our
#STunday
monthly (and the kids are back next Sunday at 2pm)
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Since DFW has started to look like a stage from Pengo, we've decided to keep all Free Play locations closed today for the safety of our staff and patrons! Thank you for understanding.
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We are out at
@letsplayexpo
for the week. They are having a The Wizard tournament sooo.... send in the Free Play sponsored ringers ;)
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What can we say? It’s been a
@Kumachine
week, our Pinball Monday champion, is also in the FPKQL championship with The Wanna Bees, and is now your ST Danisen champion for the week (here with the top 10). Congrats Chris, now calm it down a bit…
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Just got in another great SNK fighter, Samurai Shodown Tenkaichi Kenkakuden. It's funny how is almost impossible to buy Atomiswave games without having to buy the motherboard with it. Only one more Atomiswave game to go...
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