PocketStation
Sign in to saveThe PocketStation is a memory card peripheral by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation home video game console. It was released in Japan in 1999. The device acted not only as a memory card but was interactive itself via a small monochrome LCD and buttons on its case. Many PlayStation games included software that could be downloaded and played on the PocketStation. A release in Europe and North America was planned but was ultimately canceled. The PocketStation shares similarities with Sega's VMU for the Dreamcast.
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- Information appliance.developer
- Sony Computer Entertainment
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- Sony Corporation
- Information appliance.type
- Peripheral, handheld game console
- Information appliance.lifespan
- 1999–2002
- Information appliance.generation
- Fifth
- Information appliance.cpu
- ARM7T (32 bit RISC processor)
- Information appliance.memory
- 2 KB
- Information appliance.power
- 1 CR-2032 lithium battery
- Information appliance.input
- 5× Digital buttons
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- PlayStation Portable
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- PlayStation
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- IrDA
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- PocketStation
- publication date
- 1999-01-23
- discontinuation date
- 2002-07-00
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- Compatible PlayStation games
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The PocketStation is a memory card peripheral by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation home video game console. It was released in Japan in 1999. The device acted not only as a memory card but was interactive itself via a small monochrome LCD and buttons on its case. Many PlayStation games included software that could be downloaded and played on the PocketStation. A release in Europe and North America was planned but was ultimately canceled. The PocketStation shares similarities with Sega's VMU for the Dreamcast.
== History == The PocketStation was released exclusively in Japan on January 23, 1999. The original Japanese ship date for the PocketStation was set for December 23, 1998, but it was delayed a full month. Sony only shipped an initial 60,000 units of the peripheral when it was released. It was initially available in two case colors: white and clear.