Quake: Playdate Edition brings the original game to Panic’s handheld

Developer Aliaksei Kaloša has released Quake: Playdate Edition, a port of the original game for Panic’s monochrome Playdate handheld. The itch.io release offers a free, name-your-own-price download containing the Quake shareware episode. The port runs on the device and in the Playdate Simulator.

The controls adapt Quake to the Playdate’s D-pad, two buttons, and crank. With the crank folded away, left and right turn the player; pull it out and the crank turns the view while the D-pad strafes. A fires, B jumps, and an optional autofire setting can shoot when a monster is in the player’s line of fire.

The download does not include registered Quake content. To play the full game, owners must build the port from the published source code with their own game data. The repository also documents how to place mods and mission packs alongside the

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directory and select them through a Mods menu. The port is based on Quake’s GPL source via

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Download Quake: Playdate Edition on itch.io or read the source and build instructions on GitHub.

Gameplay image: Aliaksei Kaloša / itch.io.

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