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The '''[[Wikipedia: Playdate (console)|Playdate]]''' is | The '''[[Wikipedia: Playdate (console)|Playdate]]''' is a handheld console developed by [[Wikipedia: Panic Inc.|Panic Inc]]. | ||
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Revision as of 05:38, 21 January 2025
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| Developer | Panic Inc. |
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| Type | Handheld game console |
| Generation | Ninth generation |
| Release date | April 18, 2022 |
| Emulated | ✓ |
The Playdate is a handheld console developed by Panic Inc.
Emulators
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | License | Active | Recommended | ||||
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| PC / x86 | |||||||||
| Playdate Simulator |   
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2.6.2 | Proprietary | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Cranked |
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git | MIT (Permissive) | ✓ | ✗ | ||||
| pd-emu |
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git | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ||||
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).
- 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.