What is Pocketstation?

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11-22-2005, 11:11 PM
Aurora_sword

What is Pocketstation?

This has been bothering me for years, ever since I got FF8 last millenia.
Is it true that you can only buy a pocketstation in Japan? What is it really? Are there other games that uses pocketstation? Do you have a pocketstation?
11-24-2005, 06:26 AM
ShivaBlizzard8

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Originally Posted by Aurora_sword

Is it true that you can only buy a pocketstation in Japan?

Yes and no. It was only ever sold in Japan. But you can find them on eBay and such.

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What is it really?

From what I gather, a mini hand-held DigiPet-looking device with black block graphics that plays silly games and somehow connects to your PS1.

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Are there other games that uses pocketstation?

Not that I know of, but probably.

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Do you have a pocketstation?

No.
11-24-2005, 07:38 AM
Nasarian Altimeros

PSP < Pocketstation :D
11-24-2005, 01:51 PM
Aurora_sword

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Originally Posted by Nasarian Altimeros

PSP < Pocketstation :D

...I'm sure that's not it.
11-24-2005, 05:04 PM
Mirage

Apparently, PS1 memory cards that have more than 128kB of storage space use some sort of Pocketstation-like technology, because the PS2 recognize them as Pocketstations.
11-24-2005, 05:06 PM
Reine

Yeah, I noticed that too..
11-24-2005, 05:13 PM
Aurora_sword

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Originally Posted by Mirage

Apparently, PS1 memory cards that have more than 128kB of storage space use some sort of Pocketstation-like technology, because the PS2 recognize them as Pocketstations.

But I think the smallest memory card capacity for PSX is 1MB (the 15 blocks one)
11-25-2005, 01:50 PM
Mirage

No, that's one megabit. You see, sony tricked us into believing we got one whole megabyte, but it's really just 128 kB. You'll notice whenever you stick a standard PS1 memory card in your PS2. It'll say 122kb free when it's empty. When it's bit, you should also use a lowercase "b", but it seems like Sony conveniently forgot that. The PS2 memory cards however, are 8 megabytes, not megabits.

Oh, when I've gotten started about memory cards, I feel like ranting about the GC memory cards. They're 4 megabits, which equals 512 kB or something. This is half a megabyte, and they cost about half of what a PS2 memory card costs. This means GC memory cards cost 8 times more than PS2 memory cards, when comparing how much space you get. Talk about ripping us off.