Eric Scrivner has created a game inspired by River Raid called River Run for Panic’s handheld, Playdate. River Raid is a classic vertical-scrolling shooter developed by Carol Shaw and published by Activision in 1982 for the Atari 2600. Players control a fighter jet navigating through a river canyon filled with enemy helicopters, jets, and ships, … Playdate gets its own version of classic Activision game, in River Run
Panic have made an announcement about the current situation of their Playdate dock, which we originally reported on last week. You can see the statement in full below, and on their website Will it arrive someday? We still hope so. Will it arrive anytime soon? Unlikely. So what the heck happened with the Playdate Stereo … Panic release statement on Playdate Dock situation
The much-anticipated Playdate dock, a stylish accessory for Panic Inc.’s quirky handheld gaming console, may not be coming out anytime soon. Despite its initial announcement in 2021, Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser recently acknowledged the challenges surrounding its production. In a Threads exchange with a Emanuel Schwarz, Sasser revealed that the dock had faced numerous unforeseen … Playdate Dock release seems unlikely to be released in the near future
Gorillas is a turn-based artillery game, which was written as an example game for MS-DOS QBasic. The game involves two gorillas on a city scape, taking in turns to throw bananas at each other, until one is wiped out. Now owners of Panic’s handheld Playdate can play the game, thanks to a remake by theunfamiliarwolf. … Playdate gets its own version of GORILLAS.BAS – and yes, you can use the crank to aim
Eighties-8-bit legend, Manic Miner has been converted to Panic’s Playdate handheld. Manic Miner was originally launched on the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith in 1983. In the platform game, you play as Miner Willy and have to go through twenty caverns, where you need to collect all the objects before moving to the next cavern. … Manic Miner comes to Playdate
Playdate have updated their game catalog twice since they launched it in March. The new games added are: Shadow Gadget and Shining Gadget Shadow Gadget and Shining Gadget are passive creature collecting idle game that transforms your Playdate into an online-enabled specter catcher! Take aim at ghosts and suck them into your Playdate using the … Playdate’s Catalog Updates for April 2023
Yesterday, Panic announced a Playdate Update and gave news of amongst other things, an official game store for the yellow handheld device. Reel Steal and Recommendation Dog are two new games available as part of Season 1 of games for every Playdate owner. Reel Steal is a heist game, where thieves are hired to reclaim … Panic add store to Playdate, and announce upcoming price increase
San Francisco designer and manufacturer WaterField Designs have announced a new Playdate Magnetic Case, a protective case to carry the popular Panic gaming console and its power cord. “Our customers and social media followers have been clamoring for a classy Playdate case, so we’ve designed a unique one I think they’ll appreciate,” said company owner … WaterField launch Magnetic Playdate Case in variety of materials
Oscarbraindead has launched One-Bit Demon Attack for the Playdate. The game is inspired by Demon Attack – the classic game for Atari 2600, Intellivision, VIC 20 and more. The author says it is not intended to be a remake, nor a reboot of it and of course it is not endorsed by it in … One-Bit Demon Attack is new PlayDate game inspired by classic shooter
Nanobot567 has created an MP3 player for Panic’s Playdate. If you’re hankering for the early iPod days where you had to connect it to a computer and manually add MP3’s then this might be for you! Nanobot567 created Music has they said “There are no public music players out for playdate yet (except for Audition, … Musik turns your Playdate into an MP3 player