Playdate: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 07:08, 5 November 2023

The Playdate is an handheld console developed by Panic Inc. It originally retailed for $179, before being bumped up to $199.

Playdate Simulator: The official Playdate emulator by Panic, bundled in the first-party Playdate SDK as a test platform for developers. Plays most Lua games perfectly and does not need firmware dumped from real hardware, but by design it does not play encrypted (DRM-laden) Catalog games or compiled C games on disparate platforms. A Playdate game 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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 ===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 games perfectly and does not need firmware dumped from real hardware, but by design it does not play encrypted (DRM-laden) Catalog games or Playdate games coded in C.
+:The official Playdate emulator by Panic, bundled in the first-party Playdate SDK as a test platform for developers. Plays most Lua games perfectly and does not need firmware dumped from real hardware, but by design it does not play encrypted (DRM-laden) Catalog games or compiled C games on disparate platforms. A Playdate game 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