METRO GAMES
Twelve original 8-bit arcade games that work entirely offline. Downloaded before the flight, they need nothing for the rest of it.
Free. No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no in-app purchases.
THE TWELVE
Every game was written for this app from scratch in 6502 assembly, under real 1985 hardware limits: 8 sprites per scanline, three colours per palette, 32 KB of program. The whole library compresses to about half a megabyte.
ONE NETWORK REQUEST.
THAT IS THE WHOLE LIST.
The app makes exactly one network request: a version check that fails silently when you are offline. In airplane mode, in a tunnel, on the underground, it behaves identically to wi-fi. That is the product, and it is enforced in code, not marketing.
THE SERVICE RECORD
Your runs, your hours, and your best scores — read straight out of each cartridge's own battery save — plus 69 medals across the twelve games. Stored on the device, because there is nowhere else it could go.