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The Playdate has been out since April 2022 — here’s how it’s going
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Wes Davis
Flapping the bird with a Playdate.

Thanks to Engadget, I know two things: first, there’s a very faithful, crank-controlled Flappy Bird clone for the Playdate. And second (indirectly, because it piqued my curiosity and I looked it up), that anyone can download and emulate the Playdate with Panic’s developer kit.

Which I did, because Flappy Bird is one of the great smartphone games. I also used it to get the below GIF.


A GIF showing a flappy bird flapping (and running into the second pipe.
I’m still terrible at this game.
GIF: Flappy Bird
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