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Catalog One-year Anniversary Report

Playdate News about 18 days ago

April 18, 2024 marked the two-year anniversary of the launch of Playdate. To commemorate the occasion, for the first time, we are publicly sharing data on the sales of Playdate games on our own game storefront, Catalog, and are excited to announce that ove …
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WipEOut Is Getting An (Unofficial) Playdate Port

Time Extension about 21 days ago

Yes, really!We're used to seeing some pretty ridiculous ports here at Time Extension, but every so often something will come along that will have us disbelieving our eyes.That is the case with this recent work-in-progress wireframe demo of Psygnosis's clas …
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"There's A Lot Of People Who Still Don't Know About Playdate"

Time Extension about 25 days ago

Panic on two years of its yellow handheld marvel.Panic's Playdate handheld has been available for over two years now and has sold over 70,000 units, but Greg Maletic, Panic's head of special projects and Playdate, feels there's still a lot more work to be …
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Here's How Many Playdate Games Have Been Sold Since Launch

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Panic shares sales data for the first time.Two years ago today, Panic launched its Playdate handheld.With its bright yellow casing, monochrome screen and unique crank interface, it certainly made a strong first impression – and it was recently confirmed …
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Random: Ex-Sea Of Thieves Dev Makes Adorable Playdate Proposal

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Love Letters was made using the Pulp editor.A particularly creative developer has just proposed to his girlfriend in the most adorable way — by developing a custom game for Panic's pocket-sized handheld, the Playdate (thanks @Eurogamer for the spot!).Aar …
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Lucas Pope Made Playdate Classic 'Mars After Midnight' For His Kids, Not Money

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"I wanted to make something for them".There are loads of amazing games on Playdate, but Lucas Pope's recently released Mars After Midnight almost feels like the killer app the tiny yellow handheld has been crying out for. Amusing, compelling and an experie …
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$400,000 Worth Of Playdate Consoles Have Vanished In Vegas

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"It's a bit of a true crime story".Two pallets of Playdates worth roughly $400,000 have vanished in Las Vegas and have yet to be recovered. That's according to a recent GDC talk from Panic's co-founder Cabel Sasser (as summarized by Game File).Sasser's tal …
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Review: Mars After Midnight (Playdate) - A Wonderfully Weird Work Sim From Lucas Pope

Time Extension about 2 months ago

A must-have monochrome marvel.Lucas Pope is known for his off-kilter monochromatic video game creations – including the critically acclaimed Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn – but his latest venture is something of a gamble. The host platform …
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Tetris On Playdate Finally Makes It Perfect

Time Extension about 2 months ago

(Or "Quandino" if Tetris Company lawyers ask).Everyone accepts that Tetris is one of the world's most perfect video games. It's just a fact; there's no point in debating it any longer. The fact that the Game Boy shipped with the iconic Russian puzzler play …
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Mars After Midnight is now available

Playdate News about 2 months ago

? Mars After Midnight, the new game from Lucas Pope—maker of Papers, Please and Return of Obra Dinn—is here. It’s an entrant-screening, mess-tidying, session-planning work simulator. Buy it in Catalog on your Playdate, or on our website. We h …
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Swift on Playdate

Playdate News about 2 months ago

Here’s some exciting news for Playdate developers: the Swift team’s newly-announced embedded language support means you can now write Playdate games in Swift! Expressive and performant. …
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Playdate Catalog's First Birthday Marked With Massive Sale

Time Extension about 2 months ago

More than 100 games discounted.A whole bunch of Playdate games are currently on sale.Highlights include Under The Castle (which we gave 9/10 to and is currently on offer for $7), Castle Tintagel (a cool Castlevania homage that's down to $6), P-Racing (half …
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JRPG 'Breath Of Thunder' Could Come To The Jaguar, Saturn, N64 And (Reads Notes) Virtual Boy

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Update: First footage revealed.Update : The first footage of the game has been released:Original Story : Sungrand's Jerrel Dulay, the Australian indie developer behind the seemingly unstoppable Silver Falls series, has just launched a Kickstarter for a new …
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Playdate Community Awards 2023

Playdate News about 2 months ago

? Congratulations to Reel-istic Fishing on winning the Playdate Community Game of 2023 award! …
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Review: Gun Trails (Playdate) - A Technical Marvel That Takes No Prisoners

Time Extension about 2 months ago

All guns blazing.With its monochrome, ultra-widescreen display, simplistic controls and signature crank, Playdate offers an interface which is quite unlike anything else on the market at present – and while that's undoubtedly a positive, it means that th …
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Kickstarter launches for Ambitious Multi-Platform RPG “Breath of Thunder” - includes Dreamcast stretch goal!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 3 months ago

Update (11/03/2024): Due to online feedback, the creator of this Kickstarter has pulled all the stretch goals for retro systems, including Dreamcast.It must be Dreamcast Kickstarter launch fever recently, as another new Kickstarter campaign was brought to …
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Our first-ever Catalog sale starts now

Playdate News about 3 months ago

Catalog is one year old (if you can believe it) — and to celebrate, we’re hosting an anniversary game sale! More than 100 incredible Playdate titles have discounted their titles from March 7 until March 14. Head on over to the store on your Playdat …
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Five New Games Are Playable On Playdate Right Now

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Available to purchase right now.Yesterday, Panic demonstrated some of the new titles Playdate owners can look forward to over the rest of 2024, but, if you're hankering for some action right now, you'll be pleased to know that five new titles dropped on th …
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Round Up: Every Game Revealed In Playdate Update #5 (February 2024)

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Including Lucas Pope's Mars After Midnight.Panic held the first Playdate Update of 2024 yesterday and revealed a host of new games for the pint-sized handheld.The highlight was the news that Lucas Pope (Return of the Obra Dinn and Papers, Please) is bringi …
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Playdate Exclusive Gun Trails Is Getting An Amazing New Update

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Arrives March 5th!Yoyogi Games' Playdate exclusive shoot 'em up Gun Trails is about to get an amazing new update that aims to address some of the issues we identified in our recent review including the long initial loading time upon booting up the game and …
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Review: Pullfrog Playdate Deluxe (Playdate) - Tetris Meets Mr. Driller In This Essential Puzzle Platformer

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Get your coat, you've pulled.Combining genres can lead to some unexpectedly pleasant results, and that's certainly the case with Pullfrog Playdate Deluxe. Based on the Pico-8 title Pullfrog, this Playdate-exclusive update is a mix of Tetris and your tradit …
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Poll: What's The Best Playdate Game?

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Cast your vote to help build our list!When Panic launched its Playdate handheld back in 2022, it felt like a pretty bold statement. Here's a monochrome device that costs $200 and has a crank on the side – little wonder, then, that some critics dismissed …
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Review: Resonant Tale (Playdate) - A Small But Perfectly Formed Zelda Homage

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Zelda-lite.We know what you're thinking: Resonant Tale looks an awful lot like Zelda: Link's Awakening. It even starts on a beach, and the layout of its map is eerily similar to that of the Game Boy classic. However, what we have here isn't some Palworld-s …
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A New Playdate Update Showcase Takes Place This Month

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Lucas Pope's new game is featured.Panic has revealed the time and date of its latest Playdate Update showcase: February 28 at 9 AM PT.The 14-minute presentation will focus on upcoming titles for the tiny yellow handheld, including an update on the latest g …
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New in Catalog: Pullfrog and oom

Playdate News about 3 months ago

Two great new titles are available in Playdate Catalog today: ? Pullfrog, made by Amano, a puzzle platformer where you play as a long-tongued frog inside a block-falling, line-clearing game. … and ?? oom, made by Gregory Kogos (of Season One’s hu …