Shop · Points economy

SHOP

Spend points you earn by playing on themes, badges, avatar frames, and profile effects — or top up your balance with Stripe. Every game stays free; everything here is purely cosmetic.

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Themes

Neon Arcade

The original

The default lost-1999 arcade OS — cyan, magenta, phosphor on deep ink.

KVM Console

Green screen

A green-on-black server-room terminal. Pure phosphor green on a void-black tube.

Terminal Amber

Amber CRT

Warm amber-on-black, like a 1980s VT220 humming in a basement lab.

90s Hacker

You have mail

Matrix-style monospace green with a harder, denser phosphor glow. You are root.

Vaporwave

Aesthetic

Pink-cyan gradient sunset from a mall that never existed. A E S T H E T I C.

Phosphor White

Paper white

Cool paper-white text on a graphite tube. Maximum readability, minimum nostalgia tax.

90s Website

Under construction

GeoCities chaos: clashing lime and purple, busy tiled background, unapologetic joy.

Badges

A glyph shown next to your name on your account and history pages.

First Coin

You dropped your first quarter into the cabinet. Wear it proudly.

High Scorer

Your initials on the marquee — a classic trophy badge.

Combo King

For players who chain it until the counter rolls over.

Night Owl

The arcade is quietest after midnight. You were still there.

Marathon Runner

Hours in the cabinet, palms on the stick. Endurance recognized.

Arcade Legend

The badge the regulars whisper about. Reserved for the devoted.

Avatar Frames

A ring around the avatar initial on your account page.

Brass Bezel

A warm brass ring, straight off a 1982 control panel.

Neon Tube

A buzzing cyan neon ring around your avatar.

Magenta Grid

Synthwave magenta with a soft grid glow.

Gold Cabinet Trim

Deluxe gold trim — the finish reserved for the showcase row.

Profile Effects

A subtle animated treatment on your account profile card.

Phosphor Glow

Your profile card hums with a soft phosphor halo.

Scanline Sweep

A slow CRT scanline drifts across your profile card.

Power Pulse

Your profile card breathes with a steady power-on pulse.

Hue Shifter

A slow rainbow drift rolls across your profile card border.

Buy points

Top up with Stripe. Checkout happens on stripe.com — RetroCenter never sees your card.

Starter

◆ 500

500 points — grab a theme or two.

$1.00

Best value

Arcade

◆ 1,500

1,500 points + a small bonus.

$3.00

Vault

◆ 5,000

5,000 points — unlock every theme.

$9.00

How points & the shop work

Earn: achievements grant 10–100 points (tiered by difficulty), daily challenges grant 20 each. Complete a challenge or unlock an achievement in any game and the points land in your account.

Buy: point packs are one-time Stripe payments. The webhook credits your balance server-side — purchases can't be faked.

Spend: themes, badges, avatar frames, and profile effects are all in the shop. Owned items stay yours forever; equip one per slot.

Honest caveat: gameplay runs in your browser, so we can't cryptographically prove you really earned an achievement — we dedupe per milestone and only credit known ids, but a determined user could trigger a grant without truly clearing it. Purchased points are fully server-verified.