The Tiniest Little Video Game System: A First Look at the Panic Play Date

The Panic play date is the tiniest little video game system that I've seen in a long time, and it's finally available for those who pre-ordered it. This little yellow crank Ena thing has been expected for years, and it's like a little crazy Game and Watch created for Indie Games. The Panic play date is priced at $179, but apparently, right now, pre-orders are backed up to 2023 if you happen to actually order one.

When we opened the box, not surprisingly, it's pretty minimal, and it's a really cute package with a little kind of welcome pic Panic play dat logo on it. Inside the box, there's really not much there - just a little system and a USBC cable also yellow, that's it. That's the entire package; it's kind of invitingly minimal. There is a little mini instruction manual that tells you what to do how to set it up basically the Panic plate 8, which kind of like connects through to uh the Panic website and and downloads things but but that's it. I mean, if you want to see the animation how it works, um, the little startup animation is super Charming there's all this little fun music and stuff.

This is just a first peak at what we have here - it's like an early peek into what this thing can do. If you want to see more of what Panic play date has to offer, stay tuned for our upcoming full review. We'll dive deeper into what's inside the box, what it looks like next to other gaming handhelds, and all the details we couldn't fit in this initial first look.

For comparison, let's take a look at its size - if you remember that Game Boy uh R from way back in 2005, that super tiny one actually is a little bit smaller but it's also close to the size of the Nintendo gaming watch released last year. There are these little $50 things that you can play retro games on - the Zelda one or the Mario one before that, which are essentially portable fidgety gaming devices.

The Panic play datee has 24 games that will be downloaded over time onto it, and you basically buy as part of the package and get as these little surprise gifts. It's a totally different proposition compared to what we have now - that is why this game console has garnered so much attention among gamers. The design of this thing is really cool; it feels comforting and analog with the crank on the side, and the buttons feel great.

The Panic play date also features a headphone jack and a USBC Port which will charge it up for about 8 hours of battery. You can at least play with it with headphones on, something you can't do on a Game and Watch.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe tiniest little video game system that I've seen in a long time is the Panic play date this little yellow crank Ena thing has been expected for years and is finally available for those who pre-ordered it um starting right about now and it is like a little crazy Game and Watch uh created for Indie Games it's $179 but apparently right now pre-orders are now backed up to 2023 if you happen to actually order one here's what's inside the box so not surprisingly it's pretty minimal and it's a really cute package uh with a little kind of welcome pic Panic play dat logo on it but inside there's really not much there's just a little system and there's a USBC cable also yellow and that's it that's the entire package it's kind of invitingly minimal uh there is a little mini instruction manual that tells you what to do how to set it up basically the Panic plate 8 uh you know kind of like connects through to uh the Panic website and and downloads things but but that's it I mean if you want to see the animation how it works um the little startup animation is super Charming there's all this little fun music and stuff this is just like a early Peak at it I'm actually going to be diving into doing a full review so stay tuned for all of that that's going to be coming up soon but that's what's inside the box that's what this thing looks like and if you want to see what it looks like next to other gaming handhelds it's basically the size of a Game Boy uh my R if you remember that thing from way back in 2005 the super tiny one actually that's a little bit smaller but it's also close to the size of the Nintendo gaming watch that was released last year the Zelda one or the Mario one before that which are these little $50 uh things that you can play retro games on that's the thing though $50 for the game and watch versus $179 for the Panic play date you're definitely spending up more but the Panic play datee has 24 games that will be downloaded over time onto it that you basically buy as part of the package and get as these little surprise gifts so it's a totally different uh proposition that's a first Peak at the Panic play date which is a gaming handheld I've been really excited to play and I wish more companies made little tiny portable fidgety gaming things like this because the crank on the side is like satisfyingly comforting and analog and the the the buttons feel cool and I just really like the design of it you can also see that there's a headphone jack and a USBC Port which will charge it up for about 8 hours of battery and you can at least play with it with headphones on which you can't do on a Game and Watch so you have any other questions and comments please leave them for me below thanks for watching and that's a first look at what's inside the Panic play date boxthe tiniest little video game system that I've seen in a long time is the Panic play date this little yellow crank Ena thing has been expected for years and is finally available for those who pre-ordered it um starting right about now and it is like a little crazy Game and Watch uh created for Indie Games it's $179 but apparently right now pre-orders are now backed up to 2023 if you happen to actually order one here's what's inside the box so not surprisingly it's pretty minimal and it's a really cute package uh with a little kind of welcome pic Panic play dat logo on it but inside there's really not much there's just a little system and there's a USBC cable also yellow and that's it that's the entire package it's kind of invitingly minimal uh there is a little mini instruction manual that tells you what to do how to set it up basically the Panic plate 8 uh you know kind of like connects through to uh the Panic website and and downloads things but but that's it I mean if you want to see the animation how it works um the little startup animation is super Charming there's all this little fun music and stuff this is just like a early Peak at it I'm actually going to be diving into doing a full review so stay tuned for all of that that's going to be coming up soon but that's what's inside the box that's what this thing looks like and if you want to see what it looks like next to other gaming handhelds it's basically the size of a Game Boy uh my R if you remember that thing from way back in 2005 the super tiny one actually that's a little bit smaller but it's also close to the size of the Nintendo gaming watch that was released last year the Zelda one or the Mario one before that which are these little $50 uh things that you can play retro games on that's the thing though $50 for the game and watch versus $179 for the Panic play date you're definitely spending up more but the Panic play datee has 24 games that will be downloaded over time onto it that you basically buy as part of the package and get as these little surprise gifts so it's a totally different uh proposition that's a first Peak at the Panic play date which is a gaming handheld I've been really excited to play and I wish more companies made little tiny portable fidgety gaming things like this because the crank on the side is like satisfyingly comforting and analog and the the the buttons feel cool and I just really like the design of it you can also see that there's a headphone jack and a USBC Port which will charge it up for about 8 hours of battery and you can at least play with it with headphones on which you can't do on a Game and Watch so you have any other questions and comments please leave them for me below thanks for watching and that's a first look at what's inside the Panic play date box\n"