Play

Handheld game console for iPhone
Coming soon

Play is a retro handheld game console app for iPhone with three games built in. A pixel screen, a cross and two keys. SNAKE, BRIKBOP and SEA BOP come on cards.

Play is the handheld you had as a child, made again. Switch it on, pick a card, play. Every game keeps your progress, so it picks up where you stopped.

The games are drawn by hand for the little screen, and they need no words to be understood.

Snake with a hundred levels and ten bosses, a brick breaker and a sea shooter, each drawn by hand for the little screen.

Play, handheld game console for iphone, seen from the front at an angle
Play from the back
The classic screen

The classic screen

160 by 144 pixels, each the size of the original handheld's. Green backlight at night.
Controls you know

Controls you know

A cross that rocks on its pivot, A and B, START and SELECT.
Three cartridges

Three cartridges

SNAKE with a hundred levels and ten bosses, BRIKBOP and SEA BOP. Tap the card to switch.

Specifications

Screen
160 by 144 pixels, four shades
Games
SNAKE, BRIKBOP, SEA BOP
Progress
Saved for every game
Privacy
No account, no ads, nothing leaves the phone
Requires
iPhone with iOS 18 or later

Questions

Which games are included?

Three, on cards: SNAKE with a hundred levels and ten bosses, BRIKBOP, a brick breaker, and SEA BOP, a shooter at sea. Tap the card to switch.

Does it save my progress?

Yes. Every game keeps its own progress and picks up where you stopped.

Are there ads?

No ads and no account. Everything on the cards is in the box.

What are the controls?

A cross that rocks on its pivot, A and B, START and SELECT, where your thumbs already are.

Which iPhone do I need?

Any iPhone running iOS 18 or later.

Does Play exist as a physical device?

Not yet. Play is a concept made as a digital object: designed and engineered like a real game console, but it exists only on your iPhone. If you make hardware and would like to produce it in commercial quantities, we are open to collaboration: hello@objectism.app.

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