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    Playdate is a handheld designed by Panic. It has unique controls, a 'season' of games and is an open development platform.

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    278018 acidhawk Platform Okay, looks like I have to do pure numbers for install base and price! 03/16/24 12:13PM 1 done
    278017 acidhawk Platform I think the previous install base number was not working. Added currency to the original price. 03/16/24 12:12PM 1 done
    278016 acidhawk Platform Added updated information and figures. Generally when Playdate users need to shorten the console name to letters, it's 'PD'. Crayons was not in Season One. It had been teased in early photos of the device but it never materialised. 03/16/24 11:47AM 58 done
    255342 Marino Game 03/08/23 08:27AM 63 done
    255340 Marino Game 03/08/23 08:19AM 61 done
    228422 franzlska Game 09/03/22 02:54PM 56 done
    228415 franzlska Game 09/03/22 02:46PM 61 done
    216959 acidhawk Platform Panic announced today in an email for people who have pre-ordered that they have now shipped more than 10,000 Playdates, so I bumped the install base to that many. 06/21/22 10:14AM 2 done
    216879 brian_ Platform 06/20/22 12:34PM 0 done
    214549 brian_ Game 06/07/22 03:45AM 38 done
    206812 acidhawk Platform Correcting an earlier mistake - all Playdate CPUs run at 168MHz, it's just that earlier firmware was overclocking the CPU slightly, which is why the initially-announced specs are different. 05/04/22 10:24AM 6 done
    205840 acidhawk Platform Added a little note in the seasons that New Game day is at US Pacific Time specifically. 04/29/22 11:07AM 1 done
    205515 acidhawk Platform Added a note that Catalog is a curated store. 04/27/22 12:31AM 1 done
    203610 acidhawk Platform Added a little more detail on the refresh rate of the console's display. 04/19/22 09:39AM 1 done
    203464 acidhawk Platform - Tidied up some wording on the dev kits and tools side of things. - Removed the release dates for tools and such, and wrote it to make light that all of them are now available to the public. 04/18/22 07:26PM 2 done
    203452 acidhawk Platform - Added Pullfrog 2-BITS to the list of games. 04/18/22 06:29PM 1 done
    203434 Marino Platform 04/18/22 02:47PM 1 done
    203433 Marino Platform 04/18/22 02:46PM 14 done
    203418 acidhawk Platform Added information on Catalog, and details on what the newer revisions of Playdate will be (specifically, what CPU clock it has) - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/review-playdate-earns-its-179-price-tag-with-cute-design-memorable-games/ 04/18/22 11:05AM 34 done
    203415 acidhawk Platform Edited the launch section to include the release date. 04/18/22 10:22AM 10 done
    203414 Marino Platform 04/18/22 10:15AM 17 done
    203159 brian_ Game 04/15/22 10:09AM 34 done
    202766 acidhawk Platform Made the card desc more matter-of-fact. I think I made it a bit advertisement-ey the first go. 04/12/22 12:35PM 15 done
    202746 acidhawk Platform Some fixes on writing I had made before. Branched out the seasons section to mention that Season One is part of a greater seasons idea that Panic have, although it's not clear they will do more seasons (despite their enthusiasm to do so). Also changed the top card text to try to encapsulate the purpose of the console a little more clearly. 04/12/22 08:06AM 67 done
    202743 acidhawk Platform Release has ticked over into Q2 2022, this should likely not go any further as Panic has sent review units out and indicating they are preparing for mass shipping. Added details about the aforementioned press units and shipping, tightened up wording and added more information on sales. 04/12/22 07:42AM 47 done
    201783 acidhawk Platform Added the fact that the New Game Day is Monday https://twitter.com/playdate/status/1509295605708861440 04/02/22 04:57AM 3 done
    198483 acidhawk Platform Made a few improvements to the specs, partly based on the SDK and simulator now being available. 03/04/22 04:25AM 14 done
    198210 acidhawk Platform SDK and Caps were released yesterday. https://twitter.com/playdate/status/1498427655175159822 03/01/22 05:38AM 1 done
    197977 acidhawk Platform - Added more details on the developer tools and apps. - Improved some wording here and there 02/26/22 06:41AM 28 done
    192229 acidhawk Platform A couple of wording improvements. 01/26/22 12:57AM 1 done
    191640 acidhawk Platform - Added extra display and battery details https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Playdate+Teardown/143811 01/18/22 09:08AM 4 done
    191544 acidhawk Platform - Added that Playdate OS is based on FreeRTOS (source: https://memfault.com/customers/panic-case-study/) - Put the specs in a nice table - Added some more details about the console's development tools. - Added details on the console's inputs (https://help.play.date/hardware/the-specs/) - Added an addendum about bluetooth (https://help.play.date/hardware/playdate-bluetooth-support/) 01/17/22 02:45PM 53 done
    185097 Mopopolis Platform 11/11/21 05:57PM 17 done
    185024 acidhawk Platform Added some updated hardware and date information based on new information from Panic - https://lists.play.date/w/C1CCc0cxLPvgKc6tC8jVmg 11/11/21 10:41AM 25 done
    174530 acidhawk Platform - Improved some wording on stuff I had done before. ie. they havent produced the initial batch of 20,000 for pre-order but they had the parts and factory lines in place ready for the pre-ordering. - Also improved the wording on Season 1, improving it's specificity - that Season 1 starts after connection to Wi-Fi (source: https://help.play.date/games/season/) - Added a line about Playdate's codename 'Asheville', but I couldn't put it under 'Aliases', I guess I don't have the reputation to add it there or something. (source: https://podcast.panic.com/episodes/s01e06/panic-podcast-s01e06.html) 08/21/21 07:34AM 26 done
    172769 acidhawk Platform - Added more complete Season One info following extra information from Panic (https://help.play.date/games/season/) - Added a note about the console's hidden inclusion in Firewatch. (https://www.models-resource.com/pc_computer/firewatch/model/26379/) 08/09/21 03:26PM 27 done
    171782 acidhawk Platform - Added a detail about the system being open, which I thought was an important detail. - Changed 'designed by Panic' to 'created by Panic', since the design was a collaborative effort between Panic and other partners. - Added some more detail in Specs. - Added a section on the development (sourced from the recent Panic Podcast episode), reveal, launch and how the launch has gone so far. - Changed the 'Season 2' title as there is no officially-confirmed Season 2. Panic has talked about the possibility of one, but for now, there is only Season 1. Any other game is just a game that is being made for the console. 08/02/21 04:04PM 167 done
    171513 Marino Platform 08/01/21 07:09AM 0 done
    163423 Marino Platform 06/09/21 05:00PM 1 done
    163422 Marino Platform 06/09/21 05:00PM 1 done
    163330 Marino Platform 06/08/21 07:13PM 0 done
    163328 Marino Platform 06/08/21 06:32PM 65 done
    163252 Marino Platform 06/08/21 09:51AM 24 done
    163228 Marino Platform 06/08/21 09:09AM 0 done
    137601 Marino Platform 10/30/20 07:07PM 17 done
    133920 ObjectiveCaio Platform 09/25/20 05:04AM 15 done
    109271 Marino Platform 04/24/20 05:10PM 15 done
    51167 Marino Platform 05/23/19 06:26PM 15 done
    51166 Marino Platform 05/23/19 06:21PM 36 done
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