Retro review – Sony PocketStation

Sony PocketStation

The Sony PocketStation is one of the most ingenious accessories that was ever produced for the PlayStation – featuring a 32 x 32 dot monochrome LCD display, sound, real-time clock, and infrared communications. Due to a lack of marketing, and a Japan only release (in 1998), the PocketStation remains widely unknown outside of Japan.

The PocketStation is built around a PlayStation memory card, enabling you to transfer minigames from PocketStation enabled PlayStation games to the PocketStation. The PocketStation could then play these mini-games, and return the saved game data to the PlayStation via the memory card slot. The PocketStation also feature multiplayer support via the infrared port.

PlayStation games that contained extra PocketStation games include Final Fantasy VIII, Pocket MuuMuu, Legend of Mana, and Ridge Racer Type 4.

New PocketStations are getting difficult to find now, although ‘new in box’ PocketStations sometimes turn up.

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