Playdate® handheld game system

Here it is: the Playdate® handheld game system. It's fun. It's yellow. It fits in your pocket. And it comes with Playdate's famous crank — an analog control — that makes gaming on Playdate a unique, joyful experience. Playdate includes a season of 24 original games. Hundreds more are purchasable via Catalog, our on-device store. And more than a thousand are available from developers anywhere, all over the web.

• Here it is: the Playdate® handheld video game system. It's fun. It's yellow. It fits in your pocket. And it comes with Playdate's famous crank — a twisty analog control — that makes gaming on Playdate a unique, joyful experience. 
  
  

• Includes a “Season” of 24 fun, original games. Hundreds more are purchasable via Catalog, our on-device store. And more than a thousand are available from Playdate developers everywhere, all over the web.

  
  

• The super-sharp display delivers a beautiful, crisp, black-and-white image at up to 50 frames a second. (Note: the display is not backlit. Playdate is playable anywhere you could comfortably read a book.)
  
  
• Playdate features unique, captivating titles you won’t find anywhere else. Lucas Pope, creator of Papers, Please, brings us Mars After Midnight, while Katamari Damacy‘s Keita Takahashi delights with Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure. And don’t miss the hilarious TikTok hit Root Bear.
  
  
• Playdate's crank stows away when not in use for easy storage. And no: it does not power the Playdate! That's what the USB cable is for. :)
  
  
• The 24 surprise games that come with Playdate are delivered two a week via Wi-Fi every Monday morning. (This delivery can be accelerated if you wish by visiting your Playdate account web site.)
  
  
• Includes: Wi-Fi, a built-in speaker, microphone, accelerometer, and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack for a top-notch audio experience.
  
  
• Built-in battery good for 3-5 hours of gameplay and up to two weeks of standby time. Charged via the included USB cable.
  
  
• Anyone can author their own Playdate games via the free downloadable development kit, or via Pulp, Playdate’s easy-to-use game authoring environment. Visit the Playdate web site for details.