PocketStation

SCPH-4000 / SCPH-4000C · Sony · 1999

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Specs

Released: 1999-01-23
Type: memory

Description

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.

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How to tell them apart

Small palm-sized memory card with a 32x32-dot monochrome LCD, D-pad and buttons, and an IR port on the top edge; plugs into the console's memory card slot. Glossy white shell (SCPH-4000) or translucent/skeleton shell (SCPH-4000C). Model code printed on the battery-cover underside.

Details from sources

JP-only memory card + handheld minigame device (functions as a standard PS1 memory card and, via IR, can exchange data with compatible arcade/Bemani cabinets and other PocketStations). A North American and European release was planned and promoted but ultimately cancelled; SCEA cited inability to meet Japanese demand. Initial shipment was only 60,000 units. Limited-edition colours (crystal black bundled with a Yu-Gi-Oh game, clear pink with Tokimeki Memorial 2) also existed as game bundles.

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