Playdate, A Retro Yellow Crank Controlled Handheld Gaming System With a Black and White Screen
Panic, the company behind Transmit, Coda and the adventure game Firewatch, teamed-up with Teenage Engineering to create Playdate, their unique version of a handheld gaming system. Playdate is bright yellow with a black and white screen, with retro design. It also sports modern conveniences such as wifi, Bluetooth, USB-C, and a headphone jack, yet also has a crank that pops out from the side.
It's yellow. It fits in your pocket. It's got a beautiful black and white screen. It's not super cheap, but not super expensive. It includes brand new games from some amazing creators. Plus it has a crank.
Introducing Playdate, a new handheld gaming system from Panic.
It fits in your pocket. It's got a black and white screen. It includes a season of brand-new games from amazing creators. Oh and" there's a crank???? https://t.co/WiIPUkpjSq
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- Playdate (@playdate) May 22, 2019
Playdate comes with 12 weeks of new games and will be ready for shipment in early 2020 for $149.
So Playdate isn't just the hardware. It's twelve brand new video games, one each week. What are these games? Here's the thing: we'd like to keep them a secret until they appear on your Playdate. We want to surprise you.
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