Sony PocketStation -The Ultimate Guide!

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Did you know Sony made their own VMU competitor?
Sit back and enjoy the most comprehensive Pocketstation video on youtube!
Pocketstation history, setup, gameplay, modding, and more! This is the ultimate Guide!
00:00 - Intro (stating out with VMU introduction)
00:10 - PocketStation intro
00:15 - PocketStation background/basic features
00:38 - PocketStation vs VMU
01:23 - Pockestation interface/Controls
01:56 - Changing Settings (volume/clock/alarm)
02:36 - How to download games
03:02 - Region locking
03:25 - Pocketstation Gameplay (What to expect)
03:49 - What the point of playing pockestation games?
04:29 - How to exit games
04:34 - How to backup/restore your pockestation games
04:54 - Pocketstation homebrew
05:24 - Loading custom Custom application on a pocketstation
05:52 - Pocketstation legacy
06:02 - Pocket station vita
06:43 - Is the pocketstaion worth buying?
07:27 - End card
No-music version: • (no music) Ultimate po...
Video Clips used:
Google 2-factor: • Video
Metal Gear: v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDcwODU...
Spyro 2 Ad: • Video
Pocketstation TV ad: • PocketStation Commerci...
Pocketation Transfer tool: onorisoft.free.fr/retro.htm?ps...
Modded ps2 memory card info: gbatemp.net/threads/freemcboo...
Song 1:Albatross |By: Christian Nanzell
Song 2:Folded Eyes |By: Måns Billner
Song 3:Toriani Heart |By: Måns Billner
Song 4:Hologram Girl |By: Måns Billner
Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
Updates/corrections:
1-The three 'game styles' I mentioned in the video are unofficial categories I made to better explain the general games content.
2- as 'Erdrick The Hero' pointed out, spyro's pocketstation support was added specifically for the Japanese version. (released later)

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@bobdotexe 6 жыл бұрын

Timestamps: (for mobile) 00:00 - Intro (stating out with VMU introduction) 00:10 - Pocketstation intro 00:15 - Pockestation background/basic features 00:38 - Pocestation vs VMU 01:23 - Pockestation interface/Controls 01:56 - Changing Settings (volume/clock/alarm) 02:36 - How to download games 03:02 - Region locking 03:25 - Pocketstation Gameplay (What to expect) 03:49 - What the point of playing pockestation games? 04:29 - How to exit games 04:34 - How to backup/restore your pockestation games 04:54 - Pocketstation homebrew 05:24 - Loading custom Custom application on a pocketstation 05:52 - Pocketstation legacy 06:02 - Pocket station vita 06:43 - Is the pocketstaion worth buying? 07:27 - End card

@JonasPolsky 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted a Pocketstation so bad. The idea of collecting items on the go to use in a game later seemed incredible.

@teachingwithipad Жыл бұрын

it was amazing. I never played street fighter but the game allowed me to install a digimon game but with SF characters. U can fight your friends digimon style.

@thomasrussell4674 8 ай бұрын

@@teachingwithipad that's amazing

@williampartridge8211 5 жыл бұрын

There are actually 4 games in the US that support the Pocket Station, FF8, Saga Frontier 2, Ridge Racer Type 4, and Street Fighter 3 Alpha. Also there is a way for the PS3 to read the pocket station, the icon comes up and everything. I forget the steps but I know it exists. Great video!

@bobdotexe 5 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks for sharing! I'll have to look into that!

@s3np411 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. the sony memory card adapter. Pocketstation will show with a special icon.

@TheDeathOfLucifer 4 жыл бұрын

No! He said there was 1!

@Sonicbladez 3 жыл бұрын

you forgot some... jade cocoon?

@JohnnyProctor9 3 жыл бұрын

What do SF3 and Jade Cocoon do? I had no idea they were compatible...

@unrealggecko 5 жыл бұрын

Bit late but interestingly, if you have a pocketstation plugged in in the 2nd slot while playing YuGiOh Duelists of the Roses, you can duel a new enemy called Deck Master I, which uses Immortal monsters. (Not my discovery)

@malformedmalice7517 5 жыл бұрын

Just set my PocketStation date and time for 2019 ayyy

@shinyhorse8045 3 жыл бұрын

Just set mine for 2021 ayyy

@alexos8741 2 ай бұрын

I will just mine for 2024 ayyy

@I2obiNtube 5 жыл бұрын

Great video dude, remember hearing about this thing when I was a kid and reading about all the cool ways it would interact with games. Thanks for demoing it

@SmallBlogV8 Жыл бұрын

Neat! It makes me think they could bring PocketStation back as an app, especially now that you can sign into PSN/SEN and access the saves of your existing games. A portable minigame to unlock stuff for the big game is still a great idea!

@arbayer2 Жыл бұрын

There’s always the mentioned PSVita support ☺️ it’s region-unlockable via a mod script and also allows for PIP side-by-side display with the PS1 render window.

@KeithRobertson1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! I was in Japan a few weeks ago and I was buying some PS1 games. One of them had support for PocketStation, and the store also had those so picked one up. This video helped me get things up and running!

@almarkowbender 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, not many videos on KZfaq with this amount of information

@Reaperman4711 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. It really helps out. Heck, I had enough trouble just figuring out the interface on the darn thing.

@InsufficientFare 6 жыл бұрын

im so glad i found your channel dude! AMAZING WORK

@bobdotexe 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@madsli 5 жыл бұрын

I remember having an unofficial ps1 memory card that when using the ps2 would show up as a pocketstation in the ps2 browse menu.

@1Soniccool 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@moisescorral8297 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@90sNath 3 жыл бұрын

Pcsx2 shows any mcd file as a pocketstation on the ps2 browser

@piielmillonespr6982 Жыл бұрын

It wasn't unofficial !!! That memory card was a performance version used for GameShark 👌 Matter of fact I got mine right now for my PS1 games

@stillkillingpeople 4 жыл бұрын

I saw these in Japan and couldn't resist to get one. That's because of your video.😉

@finickybits8055 5 жыл бұрын

IIRC, in FFVIII / Chocobo World, there were certain items/treasures that could ONLY be gotten by owning and using a PocketStation. The elitism was awesome. :)

@mbe102 4 жыл бұрын

I know the video is a bit older now, but, dude, if this is any indication of the quality and thoroughness, I'm more than happy to sub and bell! I've got two pocket stations on their way right now :D.

@shadowfurret Жыл бұрын

Would absolutely love to see a follow up video to this one! super informative, helpful, entertaining! subscribed ^_^

@mrs7052 4 жыл бұрын

so this is the real basic of playstation portable, so impresive, i loved it

@chrismifsud7154 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great video! I have had PS1's for years since around 1999 (I first had a Saturn) but never had a Pocketstation. I just ordered one from ebay :)

@RetroPlus 6 жыл бұрын

Japan only, that's why I didn't know it existed. Super cool video, I wanted to know more about this thing.

@YesPlatinum Жыл бұрын

Never heard of a Pocketstation until now, and i'm someone who knows a bunch about game consoles and whatnot. But i can see why, it's basically like a tamagotchi size memory card with a screen, that can play tiny games.

@ryanfester2824 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, just set the date and time on mine. I loved the VMU's and I decided to give this a shot since I started collecting to play Playstation 1 stuff. Might try to add homebrew stuff, but it's just cool to have. I also like collecting memory cards tho.

@THCNooB Жыл бұрын

Man That Was Sick & Wild

@doppelxxganger 2 жыл бұрын

Great guide, thx!!

@nomadben 6 жыл бұрын

Great video man.

@coderkind 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, thanks!

@ErdrickHero 3 жыл бұрын

The Spyro games didn't have PocketStation support removed, it was added specifically to the Japanese versions, which were released after the US versions.

@bobdotexe 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is correct, I did not learn this until after I finished the video. But I'll make a note in the video description.

@ReturnToCashlinX 5 ай бұрын

woahh the pocket station transfer tool looks craazy

@edsonlopes7519 10 ай бұрын

Great video

@JohnnyProctor9 3 жыл бұрын

SaGa Frontier 2 also has a PocketStation game in the NA region, I got it specifically to item farm using the Go Go Digger! minigame...

@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer 6 жыл бұрын

Just get any Playstation that has the parallell port on the back, which is basically every single revision except the last couple ones, then get an Action Replay, Gameshark or any other parallell port cheat cartridge. Then burn the Unirom installation CD, and do the swap trick once. When you have booted that CD, you can install Unirom on the parallell port cartridge. That way, you can play games from any region, and you can bypass copy protection too. If it fits on the cartridge, I recommend that you select Unirom+Caetla in the menu, since Caetla has a built-in memory card manager so that you don't have to take it out if you need to manage your memory cards.

@KopperNeoman 3 жыл бұрын

Or use a PlayStation 2 with a FreeMCBoot memory card and use wLaunchElf. (Because TonyHax wasn't a thing three years ago when you made this comment)

@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer 3 жыл бұрын

@@KopperNeoman TonyHax is for the PS1 and it uses the same exploits as UniROM, but it's much less convenient since you have to boot a different game to use it first.

@jeremysart Жыл бұрын

Someone somewhere on the internet has to have a dump of all the Pocketstation games right!? I’d love to have one of these. I remember seeing one in a magazine back in the day but then we never got it in the US

@scottianson5133 Жыл бұрын

Several games in the Densha de Go series are Pocket Station compatible too.

@KingKehra 2 жыл бұрын

One small correction is that you can read pocketstations on a PS3, you just need the (now expensive) adapter. I back up my pocketstation on my PS3's virtual memory cards.

@bobdotexe 2 жыл бұрын

I see your point, but backing up the pocketstation, and actively using it with games is a little different. For example, as far as I'm aware, you can't actually run a pocketstation ps1 game on your PS3, and transfer the mini-game directly, you can only backup and copy data, as you would with a normal memory card.

@nicolasbouchard9304 4 жыл бұрын

Where u found the 100 volts To 120 volt adapter?

@1Soniccool 5 жыл бұрын

The PlayStation 2 has a 3d polygon model of a PocketStation when you put in a 3rd party Memory Card but if you put the real PocketStation it will work

@rossweems9851 Жыл бұрын

You can *sorta* use it on ps3 with the memory card adapter. I use it for ff8.

@WhoTheHellIsHarvy 4 жыл бұрын

A memory card that can be used as a little handheld device eh? Nice idea.

@funnicatwasd 3 жыл бұрын

please reply i have a question can you use pocketstation for a ps4 memory card

@kitsune5352 3 жыл бұрын

I never even knew the pocketstation existed until know

@asherael 4 жыл бұрын

I'm about to start ff8, maybe I'll get one

@VideoGameJNPoop 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean they added PocketStation support in Spyro 2, because it was released in the US first, then Europe then Japan.

@albertdavis1882 2 жыл бұрын

I was today years old when i found out about this O.O

@ButterduckAyyds 3 жыл бұрын

Confused by the compatibility. Does it work as a memory card for all titles, but the ones listed include the mini games?

@bobdotexe 3 жыл бұрын

yes, it always works as a ps1 memory card. But select games will detect it as a 'pocket station' and will allow to transfer mini-games

@ButterduckAyyds 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobdotexe That’s great! I needed a memory card for my two PS1 games I have anyway, so I ordered a PocketStation. Excited for its arrival. Thank you for the very informative video!

@alexanderroberts3855 4 жыл бұрын

Got the transfer tool working on my PSIO, but I can't find PocketStation games anywhere to download! Any links to save files or homebrew?

@bobdotexe 4 жыл бұрын

You can find some homebrew/tech demos here: onorisoft.free.fr/retro.htm?ps/ps.htm

@thesopranosdynasty 4 жыл бұрын

theyre not games.....

@beorthwulf7109 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know why my ps1 memory card I got is coming up as a pocket station

@Heavy_Quasar 3 жыл бұрын

There is something about this egg shaped thing it’s almost like you really gotta get one of them idk why.

@Rurounik99 2 жыл бұрын

There's at least 4 Pocket Digimon World full of monsters to evolve... They are complete V-pet games discs for you to play and train on Pocketstation that you can use to battle on the PS1 after training them. They are awesome games but in japanese only. But it's fun.

@JamalTheTitan 5 ай бұрын

It costs way less to import JPN games now. Go ahead and get one of these guys

@Cats_N_Doodles2018 Жыл бұрын

At 1:28, what’s the minigame with the bunny and the arrows called? It looks so cute!

@bobdotexe Жыл бұрын

I think it's the transferable mini-game from "Puyo Puyo~n: Car-kun to Issho"

@Cats_N_Doodles2018 Жыл бұрын

@@bobdotexe thank you!! Honestly didn’t expect a response, but thanks for answering! Doing research after I posted this I think it is the Puyo Puyo game

@serwanmohamad8402 3 ай бұрын

How do you get this!

@adamfrost8313 6 жыл бұрын

what about digimon?

@moisescorral8297 5 жыл бұрын

SaGa Frontier 2 is also compatible.

@stupidbluebird 4 ай бұрын

ayy i saw policenauts save files on your pocketstation

@Reploid.Jackson.88 3 жыл бұрын

i have one! it’s white and with the japanese game Pocket rock

@pokemonyoshi 3 ай бұрын

1:00 What is that game ? That character looks like Shampoo from Ranma 1/2.

@auto1lija 4 жыл бұрын

I don't need it. I don't need it. I definitely don't need it... I need it!!!

@larrylamb5077 3 жыл бұрын

I have a question. How do I play this device games?

@bobdotexe 3 жыл бұрын

This is covered in the video. 1. download the pocketstation mini-game, from your ps2 game 2. start the mini-game from this menu.

@smokingyoung2146 11 ай бұрын

Will it work on and American ps1 ?

@bobdotexe 10 ай бұрын

yes, you just need a game that's compatible with it.

@trusei 2 жыл бұрын

Does it come with games or without

@bobdotexe 2 жыл бұрын

They don't come with games installed.

@trusei 2 жыл бұрын

Thx

@funnicatwasd 3 жыл бұрын

WAIT can i use that for a memory card on ps4

@bobdotexe 3 жыл бұрын

no. the ps4 does not support ps1 games and memory cards

@funnicatwasd 3 жыл бұрын

awwwww

@NoxiousLynx 2 жыл бұрын

everybody who bought final fantasy VIII for the original playstation, knows about this device and are still waiting for this to release stateside lol

@AdamOP11 3 жыл бұрын

who is here because of astro playroom?

@xxsempai3-340 3 жыл бұрын

4 likes= only 4 people own a PS5

@mariehassett247 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of game is called on 3:42

@bobdotexe 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it's called "Car-kun" or something, it's the mini game from puyo puyo on ps1 You can learn how to unlock it here: puyonexus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3551

@MatticusFinch1820 8 ай бұрын

Use this with an xStation and you're golden

@timmytatoe4248 3 жыл бұрын

It runs doom? Sold.

@borisnetwork 4 жыл бұрын

Jojos bizzare adventure on the playstation?

@Primeminister7381 5 жыл бұрын

Got it super cheap in japan usa sellers ripping you all off for japanese products my advice if you visit japan buy it yourself avoid ebay👌

@funnicatwasd 3 жыл бұрын

why did people dislike

@jcplaythis Жыл бұрын

Dreamcast was king

@MerlinErdogmus 4 жыл бұрын

Gaming, in general, is somewhat of a cosmic joke. You have an era of strange paraphernalia, which could've added so much value to your console but the technology wasn't so far ahead at that time OR you have an era where it's now possible, but nobody cares anymore.

@NeoTechni 2 жыл бұрын

"There's no way to use it on PS3" Semi-False. Sony released a memory card adapter for PS3 that supports it. It even shows up with it's own icon on the XMB The True part is, games won't use the adapter directly, so they'll never detect the PocketStation and thus never save to it.

@bobdotexe 2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much what I meant, Since games can't read to/from it you can't even download new mini-games, you can only backup/restore existing data, And I don't really consider that 'using' the Pocket Station in any meaningful way.