Now arriving at Central

All lines lead to 1985.

Retro Metro is a forum for people who still know the Konami code, and an arcade that plays NES games right in your browser. Pick a line and ride.

Lines
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Threads
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Posts
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Mappers
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Departures

  1. Welcome aboard Retro Metro The Lounge
Good service on all lines · Please keep your cartridges clean · The Arcade is open until late · Mind the gap · 

The network

Every board is a line.

Eight lines leave Central, one for each corner of retro gaming. Tap a station to ride to its board, or take the NES line to the end for the Arcade.

River 6502 NES & Famicom: The 8-bit mainline. N NES & Famicom 16-Bit Era: Blast processing and Mode 7. S 16-Bit Era Handhelds: Four AA batteries at a time. H Handhelds The Lounge: Off-topic, on the platform. L The Lounge Collecting: Complete in box. C Collecting Workshop: Recaps, mods and repairs. W Workshop Homebrew & Dev: New games for old hardware. D Homebrew & Dev Arcade Cabinets: Insert coin. A Arcade Cabinets The Arcade: play NES games in your browser Arcade PLAY NES Central: Retro Metro home
Map of Retro Metro. Central connects to eight forum lines and to the Arcade.

Press start

RM-85 · Stereo

Arcade terminus

A real NES, rebuilt one clock cycle at a time.

The Arcade runs a cycle-accurate NES emulator written in Rust, compiled to WebAssembly and drawn with WebGPU. Load a cartridge dump and it plays in the page, sound and all.

  • Cycle-accurate 2A03 and 2C02Checked against a transistor-level 6502 and 65 hardware test ROMs.
  • 96 mappersEvery licensed NES and Famicom board, plus expansion audio.
  • Saves that stay putBattery saves are automatic, with 4 save-state slots per game.
  • Nothing to installIt runs in your browser. Your games and saves stay on your device.
Board the Arcade line