Playdate, the Crank Console Will Be Available for Preorder in July

Playdate

It may have escaped your radar, but if you saw it glancing at it, we are sure that you will perfectly remember Playdate, the portable retro console with a built-in crank that made thousands of video game fans fall in love with its minimalist designs and daring monochrome proposal. .

The first accessory arrives

Playdate reservas

Thanks to an online event prepared by the people of Panic, we have been able to know the details of the launch of Playdate . With a delay affected by the global pandemic, the extra months of waiting have served to bring new surprises, and the presentation was loaded with news.

First of all, they have confirmed and presented what will be the first original accessory, and it is great. It is a very peculiar dock for the console, since we can place it magnetically so that it begins to recharge its battery at the same time that we use it as an alarm clock. And it is that the two stereo speakers will also serve as a Bluetooth speaker, being able to bring the sound of the games to the dock, or play eighties summer music from the Poolsuite Fun application.

At the moment the final price of this accessory has not been revealed, nor its launch date, so we will have to wait until we can get it (yes, it also includes a pen, since it works as a pencil).

More games for everyone

Playdate reservations

One of the unknowns surrounding the console was related to an extremely important aspect. What games were we going to be able to play? The company promised 12 games for the launch of the console, but finally 24 games will arrive with the so-called Season 1, a period of 12 weeks in which the owners of the console will receive 2 weekly games that they will discover little by little.

This download method seems quite original to us, and invites you to be attentive every week to discover the game that is hidden in the next launch. With the idea of ​​continuing to promise the arrival of future quality games, Panic is working with many developers to bring extremely fun original games to life, and it is that the technical capabilities of the console force developers to squeeze their creativity to unsuspected levels .

The games that will arrive in the first season are the following:

  • Casual Birder
  • Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure
  • Demon Quest ’85
  • Echoic memory
  • Executive Golf DX
  • Flipper Lifter
  • Forrest Byrnes: Up in Smoke
  • Hyper meteor
  • Lost your marbles
  • Omaze
  • Pick Pack Pup
  • Questy Chess
  • The Racheteer
  • Sasquatchers
  • Saturday Edition
  • Snak
  • Spellcorked
  • Whitewater Wipeout
  • Zipper
  • Boogie loops
  • Battleship Godios

Reservations will open very soon

Playdate reservations

The big news comes with the opening of reservations for the console. It has been a long time since its development was announced, and now we are finally going to be able to get one. For this we will have to wait a little longer until July, at which time the reservations will open, placing the console with a price of $ 179 .

Playdate reservations

According to the company, reservations should not run out, and orders will be completed as they are received. Taking into account the type of console and the price it has, we imagine that the community will be very excited to get such a device, since we have not seen a gadget that was so original and fun at the same time.

If you are determined to get one of these consoles, you can enter your email address on the official website to receive an email notifying you about the availability of reservations.