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Phareim ARCADE

Nine synthwave games that run in the browser, keyboard or touch, nothing to install. They all live on phareim.no, a walkable neon town where they stand in an arcade hall.

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Adventures

Longer games with a story. Progress saves to your pilot profile, so you can stop and come back.

Neon Shrine title screen over a pixel-art overworld: the hero, a red octopus and dark trees.

A neon coast adventure · 20–30 min

NEON SHRINE

The sun won't set. Go get it back.

A Link to the Past–style adventure in 80s neon paint: a scrolling overworld, a shop, a cave and a ten-room dungeon with keys, crystal switches, a miniboss and a two-phase boss.

Keys
Arrows move · Space sword / talk · K item · Q swap · P pause
Touch
Drag to move · A sword / talk · B item
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Another Shore: a lone figure on a dark shore, a striped sun setting over the sea and a beast on the rocks.

A crossing in five chapters

ANOTHER SHORE

Your ship went down on the far side of the sun.

A homage to Another World in flat polygons. Run, climb, swim and fight your way across five chapters, from the pool and its tentacles to the beast and the guards.

Keys
← → move · ↑ jump · ↓ crouch · Space kick / fire · Esc pause
Touch
◀ ▶ move · ▲ jump · ▼ crouch · ◆ kick / fire
▶ Play

The arcade

Seven score games. Every run posts to one Hall of Fame, and one pilot and ship follow you from cabinet to cabinet.

GALAGA

Galaga in play: the cyan ship firing up into a pink formation.

Kestrel has gone quiet

A vertical shooter against the Choir, a swarm singing over every channel. Claude rides the second seat; fill SYNC and it takes the guns.

Keys
Arrows move · Space fire · Shift sync
Touch
Drag to fly · Two fingers sync
▶ Play

BREAKOUT

Breakout: rows of pink and gold bricks over a striped sun, the cyan paddle below.

The classic, on the grid

Pink bricks in three tints, gold armoured rows and powerups. The horizon behind you beats on every hit.

Keys
← → move · Space launch
Touch
Drag to move · Tap to launch
▶ Play

R-TYPE

R-Type: the ship and its Force pod in a neon-vector cave.

Endless neon-vector cave

A side-scroller in outline. Charge the beam, launch the Force pod and chain kills while the cave walls close in.

Keys
Arrows / WASD move · Space fire · Shift Force pod
Touch
Drag to move · Auto-fire · Double-tap Force pod
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INVADERS

Space Invaders: a pink five-row formation above four cyan bunkers and the cannon.

Space Invaders · 1978, faithfully

The original sprites and a march that quickens as they fall. Eroding bunkers, the mystery UFO, gold Pierce and Blast pickups.

Keys
← → / A-D move · Hold Space fire
Touch
Drag to move · Hold to fire
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STAR FOX

Star Fox: a low-poly ship flying over a pink grid between wireframe mountains.

On rails, in 3D

Rings, formations and a barrel roll that shrugs off fire. A wingman hunts beside you, and a Dreadnought waits at the end of every sector.

Keys
Arrows · Space fire · Shift roll
Touch
Drag to steer · Auto-fire · Double-tap roll
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OUTRUN

OutRun: a pink convertible with two passengers on a coast road lined with neon palms, the sun ahead.

Fifteen roads · five endings · one clock

The 1986 cabinet as a road racer. Every stage ends in a fork; tunnels, traffic and close passes stand between you and the goal.

Keys
↑ gas · ↓ brake · ← → steer · M radio
Touch
Drag to steer · 2nd finger brakes
▶ Play

TETRIS

Tetris: the well with a cyan falling piece and pink stacked blocks, score and next piece beside it.

Endless play

Cyan piece and ghost, pink stack, gold line clears. Hold, hard drop, and gestures made for a thumb.

Keys
← → move · ↑ rotate · Space drop · C hold
Touch
Drag to move · Tap rotate · Flick ↓ drop
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Back room · where the scores and ships live

World ranking

HALL OF FAME

The Hall of Fame: the Galaga world ranking with gold podium ranks.

The world ranking for all seven score games. Your pilot name is an 80s word and an animal, with a painted portrait.

▶ See the scores

Pilot profile

HANGAR

The Hangar: pilot profile with high scores, and the Dart ship in a 3D bay.

Your pilot profile: scores, saves and the ship you fly in every ship game. Score in four games to unlock the Vandal.

▶ Visit the hangar

The portal

Every game here runs on phareim.no. Walk in through the front door and find the cabinets in the arcade hall, or swipe between them.

▶ Enter the portal ◀