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Playdate Hands-On: Cutting-edge gaming nostalgia

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Playdate is a new handheld gaming system from MacOS software developer Panic. It’s built around two concents. If you purchase the system, a new game will appear on it every Monday for 12 weeks, and it has a unique control scheme: a small crank. The Playdate is also a designed to be an open system, Panic will continue to develop and sell games, but anyone can produce and even sell software for the Playdate.
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Evercade Preview Trailer

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Visit: http://www.evercade.co.uk
Evercade is a brand new handheld console with unique multi-game retro cartridges from leading games publishers and console platforms.

Currently confirmed publishers: Namco Museum, Atari, Interplay, Data East, Piko Interactive and Mega Cat Studios.

Games include: Pac-Man, Earthworm Jim 1+2, Dig Dug 1+2, Asteroids, Galaxian, Galaga, Centipede, Splatter House 2+3 and 100 more!

Features: • Supports 8 and 16 bit games (retro games!) • Collectable, with an ever increasing library of games on the unique Evercade Cartridge (with 6 – 20 games per cartridge) • HDMI connectivity to connect to your TV – with up-scaled graphics to HD – your retro games will look stunning on your big screen TV! • 4.3” screen (the same size as a PSP) – with great viewing angles for use in every environment • Selectable 4:3 or 16:9 screen ratios (traditional retro ‘square’ or widescreen) – play the games how you remembered them (in a square) or in a modern widescreen layout – filling the screen! • Supports saving and loading your game at any point – gives you the ability to enjoy some of those super hard retro classics without the fear of having to start again from the beginning • 4-5 hour battery life – a solid battery life plus you can play and charge if you want to keep going!
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PSP Documentary: The Rise and Fall of Sony’s First Portable

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For over 20 years the portable video game market was dominated entirely by Nintendo, with almost no real competition in sight. That is, until Sony releases the powerhouse PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Accumulating massive market share, and then creating their own handheld; the PSP. We take a deep dive into the history of PSP. From its initial hype and release, to its steady decline with piracy and the DS leading the way.