RetroFed Forum

This community is about retro handhelds. You can post anything that broadly is about retro handhelds, it can be emulation devices or modified hardware, it can be news or your games you are playing.

Rules:

Posts must be on topic
Don't be a dick.

The logo is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 with the permission to share without attribution. The banner is from Retrododo.

Sister community:
ROM Hacking

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

This community is about retro handhelds. You can post anything that broadly is about retro handhelds, it can be emulation devices or modified hardware, it can be news or your games you are playing.

Rules:

Posts must be on topic
Don't be a dick.

The logo is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 with the permission to share without attribution. The banner is from Retrododo.

Sister community:
ROM Hacking

This community is about retro handhelds. You can post anything that broadly is about retro handhelds, it can be emulation devices or modified hardware, it can be news or your games you are playing.

Rules:

Posts must be on topic
Don't be a dick.

The logo is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 with the permission to share without attribution. The banner is from Retrododo.

Sister community:
ROM Hacking

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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