# Playdate **URL:** \ **Category:** King of Posters\ **Created:** [May 23, 2019, 3:36am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462 "2019-05-23T03:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rasterradio](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/rasterradio/32/45348_2.png) [@rasterradio](http://selectbutton.net/u/rasterradio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:36am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/1 "2019-05-23T03:36:50Z")
New handheld console with a crank. Need I say more. > **[Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System](https://play.date/)** > > It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It’s got a beautiful black and white screen. Playdate from Panic is coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![rasterradio](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/rasterradio/32/45348_2.png) [@rasterradio](http://selectbutton.net/u/rasterradio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:41am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/2 "2019-05-23T03:41:08Z")
I probably should say more because I love the idea of the games being secret until the day they come out, and the idea of waking up to a new game every Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![LWJoestar](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/lwjoestar/32/22197_2.png) [@LWJoestar](http://selectbutton.net/u/LWJoestar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:41am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/3 "2019-05-23T03:41:34Z")
you should come hang out in the news thread, we’ve been having a blast dunking on this thing all day ---
**Author:** ![rasterradio](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/rasterradio/32/45348_2.png) [@rasterradio](http://selectbutton.net/u/rasterradio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:41am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/4 "2019-05-23T03:41:53Z")
brb deleting this thread ---
**Author:** ![artee](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/artee/32/284596_2.png) [@artee](http://selectbutton.net/u/artee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:54am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/5 "2019-05-23T03:54:26Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![Victor](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/victor/32/134337_2.png) [@Victor](http://selectbutton.net/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:55am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/6 "2019-05-23T03:55:15Z")
the Playdate looks cool and neat ---
**Author:** ![artee](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/artee/32/284596_2.png) [@artee](http://selectbutton.net/u/artee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:55am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/7 "2019-05-23T03:55:20Z")
also, i just now realized this thing is not called “playmate” ---
**Author:** ![Victor](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/victor/32/134337_2.png) [@Victor](http://selectbutton.net/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:58am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/8 "2019-05-23T03:58:26Z")
if the Playdate was released twenty five years ago to failure and obscurity it would def. be enshrined as legend ---
**Author:** ![Drem](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/drem/32/22645_2.png) [@Drem](http://selectbutton.net/u/Drem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 4:18am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/9 "2019-05-23T04:18:40Z")
> [@rasterradio](#): > > I probably should say more because I love the idea of the games being secret until the day they come out, and the idea of waking up to a new game every Monday morning. Have you tried that one game anthology, [Meditations](https://meditations.games/)? ---
**Author:** ![Felix](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/felix/32/17_2.png) [@Felix](http://selectbutton.net/u/Felix)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/10 "2019-05-22T22:07:21Z")
> **[Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System](https://play.date/)** > > It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It’s got a beautiful black and white screen. Playdate from Panic is coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![LWJoestar](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/lwjoestar/32/22197_2.png) [@LWJoestar](http://selectbutton.net/u/LWJoestar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/11 "2019-05-22T22:08:06Z")
finally, someone invented the gameboy ---
**Author:** ![toups](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/toups/32/80881_2.png) [@toups](http://selectbutton.net/u/toups)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/12 "2019-05-22T22:11:15Z")
it has a _crank_ tho. a _crank_. I lowkey wish the crank also recharged the battery but this still looks neat as heck. ---
**Author:** ![AutomaticTiger](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/automatictiger/32/346479_2.png) [@AutomaticTiger](http://selectbutton.net/u/AutomaticTiger)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/13 "2019-05-22T22:17:08Z")
The crank just makes me wonder why they went with that instead of a knob or a wheel. ---
**Author:** ![Alyx](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/alyx/32/177265_2.png) [@Alyx](http://selectbutton.net/u/Alyx)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/14 "2019-05-22T22:40:02Z")
Keita Takahashi and Bennett Foddy are making games for it. I’m interested. ---
**Author:** ![daphaknee](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/daphaknee/32/314619_2.png) [@daphaknee](http://selectbutton.net/u/daphaknee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/15 "2019-05-22T22:52:32Z")
![chrome_69r4k1ALVg](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/5/c55512af7889416a282dd32ed60f3e9122ce8010.png) ---
**Author:** ![disestablished](http://selectbutton.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@disestablished](http://selectbutton.net/u/disestablished)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/16 "2019-05-22T22:56:10Z")
needs a Vib Ribbon port ---
**Author:** ![Hache](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/hache/32/74228_2.png) [@Hache](http://selectbutton.net/u/Hache)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/17 "2019-05-22T23:35:32Z")
Okay I legit want one of these PlayDates but $149US is too rich for me unless I can also make my own games for it. ---
**Author:** ![Mikey](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/mikey/32/93504_2.png) [@Mikey](http://selectbutton.net/u/Mikey)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/18 "2019-05-22T23:37:11Z")
![Screenshot_20190522-193606](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/9/99805101472fcb561e69352e84f600fb36a22311.jpeg) Impossible for me to hold for long without crippling pain, confirmed ---
**Author:** ![Drem](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/drem/32/22645_2.png) [@Drem](http://selectbutton.net/u/Drem)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/19 "2019-05-22T23:52:40Z")
> [@bulletin witch](https://selectbutton.net/t/bulletin-witch/8257/742): > > The crank just makes me wonder why they went with that instead of a knob or a wheel. We’ve had tons of games that have used knobs and wheels. There have been much fewer games that have used cranks even though cranks can be just as fun to turn. ---
**Author:** ![nettle](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/nettle/32/15529_2.png) [@nettle](http://selectbutton.net/u/nettle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 12:01am UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462/20 "2019-05-23T00:01:03Z")
black and white screen? ffs [Next page](http://selectbutton.net/t/playdate/8462.md?page=2)