PointlessQuest brings MMORPG-style adventure to the Playdate.

For the uninitiated, the Playdate is not just Panic's first-ever gaming handheld; it's also the company's first piece of hardware, period. Panic made its name making Mac software like Transmit and ...

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Playdate, otherwise known as The Only Handheld That Actually Fits In My Tiny Hands, is almost perfect. It's a small yellow machine with a black-and-white screen and a crank on one side, and it's the ...

The Playdate isn’t the future of portable video games. Not that it wants to be. Considering that we can run Crysis on electric cars and stream Minecraft on smart refrigerators, the Playdate is ...

Panic’s Playdate handheld is unlike any other video game system. It has ample storage and supports Bluetooth, but also has a 400 x 240, 1-bit monochrome display and a crank on the side of the system.

Playdate, the new handheld console with a crank, will be available for pre-order starting July 29 at 1 p.m. EST, Panic announced Thursday. The device can be pre-ordered here for $179. The Playdate ...

Remember the little yellow handheld console called PlayDate? It is an adorably sized game system with a monochrome display and unique hand crank, and it is still being developed for an eventual ...

2022 was the year of the gaming handhelds. We saw portable PCs and cloud gaming devices make a splash, but none stood out to me more than the Playdate. While other devices were interested in giving ...

Pre-orders for Playdate, the stylish, handheld games console announced by manufacturer Panic, Inc. back in 2019, open in July. The device costs $179, the company said on Tuesday. The purchase gets you ...

Crank it up!

Today’s news: 24 “season one” games, optional stereo, free browser-based dev kit. On Tuesday, Playdate, the portable, one-bit gaming system with an analog crank as a primary control option, took one ...