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{{Infobox console
{{Infobox console
|title = Playdate
| title = Playdate
|logo = Playdate.png
| logo = Playdate Logo.png
|logowidth = 310px
| image = Playdate.png
|developer = [[Wikipedia: Panic Inc.|Panic Inc.]]
| image_size = 310px
|type = [[:Category:Handheld consoles|Handheld game console]]
| developer = [[Wikipedia: Panic Inc.|Panic Inc.]]
|generation = [[:Category:Ninth-generation video game consoles|Ninth generation]]
| type = [[:Category:Handheld video game consoles|Handheld video game console]]
|release = April 18, 2022
| generation = [[:Category:Ninth-generation video game consoles|Ninth generation]]
|pre-order price = {{Inflation|USD|179|2022}}
| release = April 18, 2022
|introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|199|2022}}
| emulated = yes
|website = [http://play.date/ Play.date]
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
}}


The '''[[Wikipedia: Playdate (console)|Playdate]]''' is an handheld console developed by [[Wikipedia: Panic Inc.|Panic Inc]].
The '''[[wikipedia:Playdate (console)|Playdate]]''' is a handheld console developed by [[wikipedia:Panic Inc.|Panic Inc]].
==Emulators==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
== Emulators ==
! scope="col"|Name
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5;width:74%;font-size:90%;"
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
|+Before editing, review the [[Getting involved]] and [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] pages. See [[Computer specifications#Recommended Specifications|system requirements]] page for performance demand of the emulators.
! scope="col"|Latest Version
See tables for <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #CC0000; border: 1px solid #CC0000; padding: 2px;">[[Playdate#Hardware variants|hardware variants]], [[Playdate#Enhancements|enhancements]], [[Playdate#Hardware features and peripherals|hardware features and peripherals]].</span>
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
For more details such as [[licensing]], [[Source code#Language levels|programming language]], [[High and low-level emulation|emulation method]], visit each emulator’s dedicated page.
! scope="col"|Active
!Name
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
!Platform(s)
!Active
!Latest Version
![[Licensing|License]]
![[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
|-
|-
! colspan="10"|PC / x86
! colspan="6" |PC / x86
|-
|-
| Playdate Simulator
|Playdate Simulator
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Mac|Linux}}  
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Mac|Linux}}||{{Ya}}  
| [https://play.date/dev/ 2.2.0]  
|[https://play.date/dev/ 3.1.1]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}||{{Ya}}
| {{✗}}  
| {{✓}}  
| {{✓}}
|-
|-
| Cranked
|Cranked
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}  
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}||{{~}}  
| [https://github.com/TheLogicMaster/Cranked]  
|[https://github.com/TheLogicMaster/Cranked git]||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})||{{Na}}
| {{✓}}  
| {{✓}}  
| {{✗}}
|-
|-
| pd-emu
|pd-emu
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}  
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}||{{Na}}  
| [https://github.com/scratchminer/pd-emu]  
|[https://github.com/scratchminer/pd-emu git]||{{Dunno}}||{{Na}}
| {{✓}}  
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
|}
|}


===Comparisons===
=== Comparisons ===
;Playdate Simulator
 
:The official Playdate emulator by Panic, bundled in the first-party Playdate SDK as a test platform for developers. Plays most Lua-coded games perfectly by itself, but by design it does not play encrypted (DRM-laden) Catalog games or compiled C games from disparate platforms. In other words, a Playdate game partially coded in C but compiled on Mac won't run on the Windows simulator and vice versa because the Simulator runs compiled C code natively (as in, without emulation or interpretation).
; Playdate Simulator
: The official Playdate emulator by Panic, bundled in the first-party Playdate SDK as a test platform for developers. Plays most Lua-coded games perfectly by itself, but by design it does not play encrypted (DRM-laden) Catalog games or compiled C games from disparate platforms. In other words, a Playdate game partially coded in C but compiled on Mac won't run on the Windows simulator and vice versa because the Simulator runs compiled C code natively (as in, without emulation or interpretation).


;Cranked
; Cranked
:Early-stage open-source Playdate emulator. To-date much of the functionality is missing (sprites, audio, graphical effects), but the groundwork is laid for Lua and C games to boot down the line.
: Early-stage open-source Playdate emulator. To-date much of the functionality is missing (sprites, audio, graphical effects), but the groundwork is laid for Lua and C games to boot down the line.


;pd-emu
; pd-emu
:Another early-stage, open-source emulator that cannot be run since the author has yet to integrate the Playdate API.
: Another early-stage, open-source emulator that cannot be run since the author has yet to integrate the Playdate API.


[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:ARM-based]]
[[Category:Handheld consoles]]
[[Category:Handheld video game consoles]]
[[Category:Ninth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Ninth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:ARM-based]]

Latest revision as of 12:24, 15 September 2026

Playdate
Developer Panic Inc.
Type Handheld video game console
Generation Ninth generation
Release date April 18, 2022
Emulated ✓

The Playdate is a handheld console developed by Panic Inc.

Emulators

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Before editing, review the Getting involved and Recommended pages. See system requirements page for performance demand of the emulators. See tables for hardware variants, enhancements, hardware features and peripherals. For more details such as licensing, programming language, emulation method, visit each emulator’s dedicated page.
Name Platform(s) Active Latest Version License Recommended
PC / x86
Playdate Simulator Windows macOS Linux ✓ 3.1.1 Proprietary ✓
Cranked Windows Linux ~ git MIT (Permissive) ✗
pd-emu Windows Linux ✗ git ? ✗

Comparisons

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Playdate Simulator
The official Playdate emulator by Panic, bundled in the first-party Playdate SDK as a test platform for developers. Plays most Lua-coded games perfectly by itself, but by design it does not play encrypted (DRM-laden) Catalog games or compiled C games from disparate platforms. In other words, a Playdate game partially coded in C but compiled on Mac won't run on the Windows simulator and vice versa because the Simulator runs compiled C code natively (as in, without emulation or interpretation).
Cranked
Early-stage open-source Playdate emulator. To-date much of the functionality is missing (sprites, audio, graphical effects), but the groundwork is laid for Lua and C games to boot down the line.
pd-emu
Another early-stage, open-source emulator that cannot be run since the author has yet to integrate the Playdate API.
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