Rebit manual
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Keep your retro games together, play on your phone or computer, save progress, and join friends in multiplayer. This manual covers the web app and the available installed apps.
Open Rebit to play, or visit Download for installation options. In these guides, “select” and “tap” both mean choosing a button or menu item. Menu labels use English; you can change the app language in Settings.
Start Here
- Getting Started: Sign in, add your first game, and play.
- Installation: Android and iOS apps, home screen web app, and desktop browser installation.
- Upload Your First Game: Supported systems, ROMs, disk sets, ZIP files, and RomM imports.
- Library: Search, filter, group, and sort your games.
- Game Details: Rename, play, share, download, or delete a game.
Play and Save
- Playing Games: Touch, keyboard, gamepads, and the in-game menu.
- Big Picture: Browse and launch games with a controller on a bigger screen.
- Amiga: Kickstart BIOS, multiple disks, and disk saves.
- Saves, Screenshots, and Cheats: Keep progress, manage backups, and capture moments.
- In-Game Settings: Controls, audio, shaders, themes, and emulator cores.
Play Together
- Netplay: Choose Stream, Lockstep, or Rollback and join active rooms.
- Nintendo DS Multiplayer: Local Wireless and Rollback.
- GB, GBC, and GBA Link Cable: Trade, battle, and play linked games.
- Watch and Multiplayer Replays: Watch a live room or play back a saved session.
Community and Account
- Discover: Games, activity, top players, and Pokémon trainers.
- Public Profiles: Your profile, avatar, background, friends, and account tools.
- Pokémon Trainer Profiles: Show your party, badges, and progress from supported saves.
- Sharing: Profile, game, and replay links.
- RetroAchievements: Connect an account and earn achievements.
- Settings: Language, appearance, controls, integrations, and subscriptions.
- Privacy and Safety: Private libraries, reports, and blocked accounts.
- Storage and Pro: Usage, cleanup, and plan management.
- Troubleshooting: Help with uploads, gameplay, saves, and multiplayer.
Quick Mobile Navigation
The app navigation has five destinations:
- Library: Your collection and recent play.
- Discover: Games and community activity.
- Upload: Add games or import from RomM.
- Netplay: Active rooms, joining, and supported live Watch sessions.
- Profile: Your public profile and account settings.
Use the TV icon in the top bar to open Big Picture.
Best First Steps
- Sign in.
- Upload your first game.
- Open your library.
- Start playing.
- Export an in-game save before switching devices.
Helpful Safety Notes
Use game and BIOS files you are allowed to use. Keep Rebit open during uploads, wait for save confirmations, and download backups of progress you want to keep.