[flanbiscuit]

My initial gut reaction to this product is that I must have it, but I know myself well enough that this would also just sit on a shelf somewhere looking cool but I would never touch it. The games look nice but I'm not a huge fan of it being black and white (just my personal taste). Plus I want to know that there will be a strong community making games, one that won't fizzle out too quick. it's great that Panic is releasing games for them but how long will that last? If they released a color version that ran Pico-8 there would be no question, I'd pre-order it immediately.

That being said, watching the video[1] on the site is making this look really enticing.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWGukDrc1U

[mmoskal]

Not quite PICO-8 but you can try https://arcade.makecode.com/ (esp. the TypeScript not blocks) - you can run these games on in-expensive (~$30) hardware [0]

[0] https://arcade.makecode.com/hardware/

[flanbiscuit]

Never heard of this and it looks rad so far. I'll give this a deeper look when im back at my laptop. Thanks!

[IggleSniggle]

PICO-8 compatibility would be a killer feature even without color support.

[rtkwe]

You'd be pretty limited, games would have to be specifically built for the 1-bit aesthetic. Can't just slap a filter over them it'd be way too noisy.

[Wowfunhappy]

> I know myself well enough that this would also just sit on a shelf somewhere looking cool but I would never touch it.

I would normally have the same reaction, except for whole "two new games every week" setup. I actually love these sorts of little timed deliveries, and I think it will keep me engaged.

Also, re: black and white, from what I understand they're using one of those high-contrast memory LCD screens, similar to what's on the Pebble 2. Those look super nice, kind of halfway between e-ink and a standard LCD screen.