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[Aurora_sword]

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?

[ShivaBlizzard8]

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.

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.

Are there other games that uses pocketstation?

Not that I know of, but probably.

Do you have a pocketstation?

No.

[Nasarian Altimeros]

PSP < Pocketstation

[Aurora_sword]

Originally Posted by Nasarian Altimeros

PSP < Pocketstation

...I'm sure that's not it.

[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.

[Reine]

Yeah, I noticed that too..

[Aurora_sword]

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)

[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.