The 8 BEST Playdate games you can sideload today

The Playdate comes with 24 games, but what if you want more?

0:00 - Where to find games you can sideload
1:20 - Playtris
1:38 - Yacht
2:02 - Bloom
2:47 - GameKid
3:26 - Super Corporate Tax Evader
3:50 - Audition
4:22 - Wordate
4:39 - OneBit PacMan

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[thrillhouse_vanhouten]

Thanks for covering these! The potential of what kind of games could be made for Playdate has got me excited for the future!

[anre]

Man, the form factor of this device makes it really really cool to carry around.

Wish it had a keychain, so it can be a cool Accesories to carry around.

[salemite]

Great list, I really hope they fix up Gamekid over time! One of my first thoughts when I saw the Playdate was how amazing Link's Awakening would be with some code to make the crank work with the fishing minigame. I'm really hopeful someday we see that. Otherwise I've just been enjoying the little surprises each week, enjoying how this odd ball lil guy fits into my free time without feeling like it's competing with any of my other game consoles.

[ChrisWilmshurst]

I think the issue with the Rom is the game looks like its interlaced like old Mini-DV/HDV tapes. it looks like it needs some sort of de-interlace/progressive scan mode.

[LiamGandelsman]

Great recs. I have very fond memories of playing yadhice (I think that’s what it was called) on my Palm V, what a throwback! Enjoying most of these.

[braillynn]

I'm really sad that Playtris got taken down :(

[ElitePortraits]

DOOM can be played even on a calculator, so the possibilities with this console are unlimited

[RicWhite]

This is a unique device with unique games, and you've chosen a Tetris ripoff, a Wordle game you readily admit isn't good, a music app, a file app, and an emulator....

[Weusneus]

Awesome list! A lot of retro games, but I wouldn't expect anything else. A good version of Pokemon would be awesome, though!

[jantwehncke]

Can the Audition music player play music via the speaker without headphones? Unfortunately I can't find any info on that.

[Jarek.]

And the biggest question would be: is it worth to spend 200 USD to get into this?

[SpencerKraisler]

I would love to have this but 200$ bruh

[airrunner]

I just can't see the appeal of this device. If it was $100+cheaper i can see more people giving the novelty of this system a try. It just seems like an overpriced passion project with half-baked games.

[Pavel...]

Я вижу ту Русский тетрис... НАШ PLAY DATE!