RetroFed Forum

Description:

This is a place on Lemmy to talk about arcade, PC, and console shmups/shoot 'em ups/STGs. (We can talk about other arcade-based/scoring genres too, if you'd like.) All experience levels welcome.

Rules:

This community is kindly hosted at lemmus.org and follows the rules of that instance, which are:

Be a good neighbor
No porn uploads

Links:

- Shmups Wiki

- Shmups Forum

- STG Discord

Shmup Deal Trackers (not affiliated):

- PC shmup tracker

- Console shmup tracker

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)

Description:

This is a place on Lemmy to talk about arcade, PC, and console shmups/shoot 'em ups/STGs. (We can talk about other arcade-based/scoring genres too, if you'd like.) All experience levels welcome.

Rules:

This community is kindly hosted at lemmus.org and follows the rules of that instance, which are:

Be a good neighbor
No porn uploads

Links:

- Shmups Wiki

- Shmups Forum

- STG Discord

Shmup Deal Trackers (not affiliated):

- PC shmup tracker

- Console shmup tracker

Description:

This is a place on Lemmy to talk about arcade, PC, and console shmups/shoot 'em ups/STGs. (We can talk about other arcade-based/scoring genres too, if you'd like.) All experience levels welcome.

Rules:

This community is kindly hosted at lemmus.org and follows the rules of that instance, which are:

Be a good neighbor
No porn uploads

Links:

- Shmups Wiki

- Shmups Forum

- STG Discord

Shmup Deal Trackers (not affiliated):

- PC shmup tracker

- Console shmup tracker

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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