Statement updated: 21 October 2026. Latest limited review: 21 October 2026.
Exploring retro culture should not depend on using a mouse, seeing an image or playing the arcade. This page explains what we checked, outstanding difficulties and how to request help. RetroPause is published by Merito Media LLC; identification is in the legal notice.
Commitment and evaluation status
We use W3C WCAG 2.2, level AA, as an improvement reference, not an accredited result. We performed a limited self-assessment of code, interaction and functional tests. We have no complete conformance evaluation and claim neither full nor partial conformance, certification or external audit.
Scope of the statement and checks
This statement concerns RetroPause's public website in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. User-interface checks focused on Spanish: the homepage, Video games category, “ZX Spectrum” search, an article on collection conservation, museum, timeline, workshop, newsletters, contact and this statement.
Open menus, language selection, the newsletter invitation, cookie preferences, theme switching and required-field validation were reviewed. Integration tests check the six translations of this statement; a shared template does not establish identical usability in every language.
All articles, downloads, players, advertisements, emails, devices and third-party states have not been fully evaluated. Administration is outside this sample. Unevaluated does not mean exempt from obligations.
Navigation help
- Skip to content bypasses the header during keyboard navigation. Its main destination can receive focus.
- Use Tab and Shift + Tab to move between controls; Enter activates links and buttons. Reviewed components have a visible focus indicator.
- On mobile, Sections opens the side panel. Focus moves to Close; Escape closes it and returns focus to the opening button. Group headings expand their contents.
- The Language selector opens with the keyboard and closes with Escape. Switch between light and dark themes in the header.
- The arcade is not needed to access the archive. It has a pause control; links and search provide text-based access to content.
These instructions concern observed components, not a guarantee about every interaction.
Forms, subscriptions and preferences
Contact and subscription forms have named fields and privacy checkboxes. In the contact check, submitting an empty form displayed the required-field notice and focused the name without sending data.
Laravel tests exercise server errors, preserved input, the contact response and deliberate newsletter confirmation and unsubscribe steps with simulated email. This does not establish suitable announcements in every screen reader. This review made no subscriptions, real sends or CAPTCHA-completion tests.
Browser notifications are optional. Preference logic was checked with automated tests, not actual permission requests or assistive technology.
Reopen preferences through Cookie settings, follow its links and accept or reject. Closing returns focus to the settings control. Rejection keeps analytics storage denied but does not block all communication with Google; see cookies and privacy.
Corrections implemented and checked in the sample
- Header at 1280 px: links wrap into rows when necessary rather than requiring horizontal scrolling. The last dropdowns' positioning was also adjusted.
- Focus: the skip destination was made focusable, its link placed above the header, and focus loss when closing cookie preferences corrected.
- Light-theme links: article and corporate-document link text contrast was corrected. The checked combination against the light background is approximately 4.74:1; this does not represent every colour, control or state.
Known barriers and alternatives
Descriptions of some illustrations
Some illustrations have generic alternative text that does not describe the whole scene. You can report the affected page or request a more useful description through the editorial contact.
Homepage motion and games
The homepage headline changes automatically and has no separate pause control. Status: identified. The system's Reduce motion preference followed by a reload prevents that rotation according to the implementation; this has not been verified on every system. Canvas games have no equivalent screen-reader version; use the archive's text navigation.
Support depends on the form
The form requires ALTCHA protection. Full assistive-technology compatibility has not been evaluated and no alternative email, phone or other contact channel is published. If the form or its check prevents submission, support is limited. Status: identified limitation, not reported as resolved. Proof of disability is not required.
Content and external services
Reviewed articles offer text, headings and references outside their images. Decorative thumbnails linked to the same article do not replace its text title. We have not checked every alternative's quality or full access to tables, charts, scanned documents, video or audio. We do not guarantee OCR, transcripts, reviewed captions or audio descriptions for all resources.
The contact map uses Google Maps: the address is also text and a link opens the map outside the site. ALTCHA and embedded or linked services may have their own limitations; they are not automatically outside RetroPause's obligations. Their assistive-technology compatibility still needs evaluation.
Environment and method limits
The in-app browser was used from the Windows working environment, with keyboard, pointer, document inspection and visual checks. No engine version number was recorded. Desktop and mobile reflow, including 1280, 390 and 320 CSS-pixel widths, was checked; narrowing a viewport is not testing every zoom level.
Project PHPUnit and Node tests and contrast calculations from observed colours were used. No screen readers, physical mobile devices or participants with disabilities were used. Inspecting an accessibility tree does not replace assistive-technology testing. Actual zoom, full contrast, multimedia and additional combinations remain unevaluated, without committed dates.
Report a difficulty or request an alternative
Use the contact form, putting “Accessibility” in the subject. If possible, include:
- The URL and language.
- What you were trying to do and what happened.
- Device, browser and assistive technology when relevant.
- The format or response that would help.
You do not need diagnoses, health information, proof of disability or screenshots. Messages reach the publication's contact channel to review the case and consider a correction or alternative based on available content. There is no specific public response deadline or guarantee of immediate conversion to any format. Individual support does not replace barrier removal or limit applicable rights and complaints.
This self-assessment and statement date do not establish general legal compliance or a public-body complaints procedure. No exemption or disproportionate-burden claim is made. The statement will reflect verified corrections, without claiming an established audit schedule.
