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|release = 2022
|release = April 18, 2022
|pre-order price = {{Inflation|USD|179|2022}}
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|introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|199|2022}}
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The '''[[Wikipedia: Playdate (console)|Playdate]]''' is an handheld console developed by [[Wikipedia: Panic Inc.|Panic Inc]].
The '''[[Wikipedia: Playdate (console)|Playdate]]''' is an handheld console developed by [[Wikipedia: Panic Inc.|Panic Inc]].
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Revision as of 12:29, 12 January 2024

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

The Playdate is an handheld console developed by Panic Inc.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Playdate Simulator Windows macOS Linux 2.1.1
Cranked Windows Linux [1]
pd-emu Windows Linux [2]

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.