# GDC Vault - The Playdate Story: What Was it Like to Make Handheld Video Game System Hardware?

<https://gdcvault.com/play/1034707/The-Playdate-Story-What-Was>

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- Saved: April 18, 2024 (2024-04-19T02:54:33Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Fun talk from [Cabel Sasser](https://cabel.com) about creating the [Playdate](https://play.date) and all of the many challenges they had bringing this little platform to life. I was one of the people that pre-ordered the Playdate just cause I loved the premise and it looked cool. I barely ever play games and as a result the Playdate doesn't get a lot of use but I still have a soft spot for this little yellow guy. I'll probably still buy the speaker dock when and if that ships!

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT284: Weekly Thing 284 / Playdate, Tetris, Calvin](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/284/), Notable

## Mentions

- [Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f59e82d49ea5/) (play.date, May 22, 2019)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://gdcvault.com/play/1034707/The-Playdate-Story-What-Was