Badges

Badges are earned by writing, taking part, building your collection, and a few secrets around the site. Sign in to see which ones you've earned.

Storytelling

  • First Story Publish your first story.
  • Storyteller Publish 5 stories.
  • Chronicler Publish 10 stories.
  • Living Legend Publish 50 stories.
  • Myth Maker Publish 100 stories.
  • Keeper of the Eternal Archive Publish 500 stories.
  • Ascended Archmage of Ten Thousand Tales Publish 1,000 stories.
  • Story of the Week Have a story featured as Story of the Week.
  • Wordsmith Publish a story over 1,500 words.
  • Tag Master Tag 5 or more games in one story.
  • Pack Explorer Write about games from eXoDOS, eXoWin3x and eXoWin9x.
  • Time Capsule Publish a story set before 1990.
  • Time Traveler Publish stories set in the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s.
  • Picture This Have a photo approved on one of your stories.
  • Night Owl Publish a story between 1 and 4 a.m. (site time).
  • Prompt Regular Write for 10 Story of the Week prompts.
  • On a Roll Write for 4 weekly prompts in a row.

Community

  • First Comment Leave your first comment.
  • Conversationalist Leave 25 comments.
  • Fan Club Have 10 followers.
  • Crowd Pleaser Get 50 reactions on your stories.
  • Welcome Wagon Be the first to comment on a new member's first story.
  • Critic Rate 50 games.
  • Trusted Member Become a trusted member of the community.
  • Moderator Help keep the site friendly as a moderator.
  • Day One Patch Joined in the first month, before November 1, 2026.
  • Plug and Play Fill out My First PC on your profile.

Collection

  • Collector Own 100 games.
  • Hoarder Own 500 games.
  • Curator Own 1,000 games.
  • Finisher Beat 25 games.
  • Completionist Beat 100 games.
  • Wishlist Mark 50 games as Interested.

Game series

  • Crown of Daventry Publish a story about a King's Quest game.
  • Sanitation Engineer Publish a story about a Space Quest game.
  • Badge of Lytton Publish a story about a Police Quest game.
  • Hero of Spielburg Publish a story about a Quest for Glory game.
  • Polyester Pioneer Publish a story about a Leisure Suit Larry game.
  • Mighty Pirate Publish a story about a Monkey Island game.
  • Fortune and Glory Publish a story about a Indiana Jones game.
  • Schattenjäger Publish a story about a Gabriel Knight game.
  • Royal Mystic Publish a story about a Kyrandia game.
  • Castle Escapee Publish a story about a Wolfenstein game.
  • Marine of Mars Publish a story about a Doom game.
  • Out of Gum Publish a story about a Duke Nukem game.
  • Vorticon Victor Publish a story about a Commander Keen game.
  • Hare-Raising Publish a story about a Jazz Jackrabbit game.
  • Six Degrees of Freedom Publish a story about a Descent game.
  • Kilrathi Ace Publish a story about a Wing Commander game.
  • Red Five Publish a story about a Star Wars game.
  • Linking Book Publish a story about a Myst game.
  • Avatar of Virtue Publish a story about a Ultima game.
  • Mad Overlord's Bane Publish a story about a Wizardry game.
  • Varn Voyager Publish a story about a Might and Magic game.
  • Week One, Day One Publish a story about a Heroes of Might and Magic game.
  • Daggerfall Drifter Publish a story about a The Elder Scrolls game.
  • Vault Dweller Publish a story about a Fallout game.
  • Ufopaedia Scholar Publish a story about a X-COM game.
  • Just One More Turn Publish a story about a Civilization game.
  • Reticulating Splines Publish a story about a SimCity and the Sim games game.
  • Work Complete Publish a story about a Warcraft game.
  • Tiberium Tycoon Publish a story about a Command & Conquer game.
  • The Spice Must Flow Publish a story about a Dune game.
  • Oh No! Publish a story about a Lemmings game.
  • Sixty Minutes Publish a story about a Prince of Persia game.
  • ACME Detective Publish a story about a Carmen Sandiego game.
  • Died of Dysentery Publish a story about a The Oregon Trail game.
  • Derceto Survivor Publish a story about a Alone in the Dark game.
  • Pedal to the Metal Publish a story about a Need for Speed / Test Drive game.

Seasons

  • Spooky Scribe Publish a story during Halloween week (October 24-31).
  • Yuletide Teller Publish a story on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
  • Countdown Chronicler Publish a story on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.
  • Jester's Tale Publish a story on April 1st.

Secrets

  • Bouncing Cards Win a game of Solitaire on the desktop.
  • Bomb Squad Win Mines on Expert.
  • LARRY Veteran Pass a certain quiz at the retro-exo.com DOS prompt.
  • Egg Hunter Find all seven eggs in the Easter egg hunt.

Membership

  • Year One Be a member for 1 year.
  • Year Two Be a member for 2 years.
  • Year Three Be a member for 3 years.
  • Year Four Be a member for 4 years.
  • Year Five Be a member for 5 years.
  • Year Six Be a member for 6 years.
  • Year Seven Be a member for 7 years.
  • Year Eight Be a member for 8 years.
  • Year Nine Be a member for 9 years.
  • Year Ten Be a member for 10 years.