National Videogame Museum, Texas, United States

5Tim S 5:00 PM Jun 14, 2021

Exceeded Expectations
I found this museum when looking for something to do with my 15-yo sons while visiting Frisco. Didn't know what to expect, but it absolutely exceeded my expectations. Tons of great historical information, displays that are all museum quality, and tons of working old games for free. Among the displays are rooms recreations of a 70s living room and an 80s teen bedroom. Both exhibit an exquisite attention to detail and period correctness. As an 84 high school grad, the bedroom transported me back in time. There is also an arcade (requiring tokens, four free tokens with admission) that has most of the big games of the day all in wonderfully restored cases. Everything is correct and everything works just like it did back in the day. We spent two hours there and plan to go back. I'd give it a 6 if I could.

4minnemommy 5:00 PM Nov 27, 2021

Good stop with teens
Our daughter had been wanting to go here for a couple of years, but we weren’t able to fit it in during our last trip to Texas. This time we made it work. The museum isn’t huge, but isn’t small. It was fun to wander through and show our teens the devices we first used. (Munchman on a TI99-4a with a tape recorder attached, anyone?) They were also impressed that I knew how to play Donkey Kong on a Nintendo. You get four tokens for the arcade at the end of the museum, but I found the free-play machines around the museum exhibits at least as interesting. We were there on Black Friday, and it wasn’t at all crowded. We spent just over an hour at the museum. It is clean and bright, and the exhibits are well done. Good for a one-time visit with teens who are too old for children’s museums, though probably not enough of interest to go back.