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Playdate - Playdate

Playdate

US
$229

Deliberately lo-fi yellow handheld with hand crank - hardware by Teenage Engineering

Official Website

play.date
Founded 2019
Portland, Oregon, USA

Design Philosophy

Playdate cures 'touch screen psychosis' through physical, tactile controls with zero-latency interaction. Designed by Teenage Engineering with Panic, it embraces constraints—a 1-bit screen focuses on gameplay, while the analog crank adds a novel physical dimension. Gaming as play, not productivity.

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