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.
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Departures
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.
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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.
Choose your line
Where are you headed?
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NES & Famicom
The 8-bit mainline.
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16-Bit Era
Blast processing and Mode 7.
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Handhelds
Four AA batteries at a time.
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Arcade Cabinets
Insert coin.
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Workshop
Recaps, mods and repairs.
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Homebrew & Dev
New games for old hardware.
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Collecting
Complete in box.
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The Lounge
Off-topic, on the platform.