But inside this dinky yellow wafer, the spirit of PC gaming has never been stronger.
It doesn’t stop there, either.
Admittedly, no backlight does still feel a bit antiquated in this day and age.
It’s the good kind of plastic, you know?
Even better, it’s all accompanied by the clickiest, most tactile buttons I’ve possibly ever seen.
And that egg yolk yellow, man alive, what a glorious colour.
More PC peripherals should offer yolk options, I’m telling you now.
As such, folks with bigger hands may have some problems here.
Obviously, bringing another control scheme into the mix does mean you lose that joyous little crank motion somewhat.
One thing that is a bit further along is Playdate’s game creator tool, Pulp.
Inspired by Bitsy, the whole thing runs inside your web surfing app and can be accessed absolutely anyone.
It even lets you write games in Lua, which is the same coding tool as Pico-8.
The closest comparison is probably the way we currently manage and play Itch games, for example.
Your mileage may vary, of course, but here are some of my early highlights so far.
