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lardosaurusrextoday at 12:53 AM2 repliesview on HN

Very long-time lurker here; I made an account specifically to say what I am about to say:

I am so sick of gameboy-style devices only ever having two buttons without a start, select or literally anything else.

Playdate did the same thing and it makes games really super infuriating because nobody wants to perform a hadouken just to open a gosh-darn pause menu.

I'm exaggerating of course but good lord please just give me a dedicated pause button.


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stackghosttoday at 2:28 AM

I don't think this is for gaming. It has arrows plus two buttons, probably for conceptual equivalents to "tap/click/enter" and "back/escape".

If you want a DIYish handheld for gaming there are much better options on the market.

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moron4hiretoday at 4:01 AM

What? Playdate absolutely has a menu button.