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{{Infobox console|title = PocketStation|logo = Sony-PocketStation.png|developer = [[File:PocketStation.jpg|thumb|The Sony PocketStation]]'''|type = Memory Card peripheral|generation = [[gametech:PocketStationCategory:Fifth-generation video game consoles|PocketStationFifth generation]]''' is |release = 1999|discontinued = 2002|successor = n/a memory card peripheral for the Playstation 1 that was only released in Japan. Software for the PocketStation was typically distributed as extras for PlayStation games, included in the CD-ROM, enhancing the games with added features. Stand-alone software could also be downloaded through the PlayStation console. The software is then transferred to the PocketStation for use. A built-in infrared data interface allows direct transfer of data such as game saves between PocketStation units, as well as multiplayer gaming. A total of 60 PS1 games were compatible with the PocketStation.|emulated = {{✓}}}}

The '''[[gametech:PocketStation|PocketStation]]''' is a memory card peripheral made by Sony Computer Entertainment for the [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]] that was released in Japan on January 23, 1999. It had a ARM7T CPU with 2KB of RAM. Software for the PocketStation was typically distributed as PlayStation CD-ROM extras, enhancing the games with added features. Stand-alone software could also be downloaded through the PlayStation console. The software is then transferred to the PocketStation for use. A built-in infrared data interface allows direct transfer of data such as game saves between PocketStation units, as well as multiplayer gaming. 60 games in total were compatible with the PocketStation. ==Emulators==<div style="overflow-x:auto;">{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"

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! scope="col"|<small>[[PlayStation_emulators#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|<abbr title="PocketStation game to a memory card from a PS1 game, communicating with PS1 emulator etc.">PlayStation<br/>communication</abbr>]]</small>! scope="col"|[[libretro]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active

|style! colspan="text9"|PC / x86|-|[[PK201]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http:center;"//drhell.web.fc2.com/pocket/pk201_200428.zip {{PK201Ver}}]|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=PS1PocketStation>Possible with [[MESSXEBRA]]. XEBRA is the first PlayStation emulator to include compatibility with PocketStation.</ref>|{{✗}}|Mid|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform[[MAME]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|style="text{{✗}}|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|[[No$|No$GBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]|{{✗}}[https:center;"//problemkaputt.de/gbatek-pocketstation-emulation.htm *]|{{✗}}|?Mid|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?{{~}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[PK201PKEmu]]|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows, Android}}|style="text-align[http:center;"|16/01/20 Buildwww.zophar.net/download_file/13336 1.1 Private Beta]|{{✗}}|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|?|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✗}}|?{{✗}}

|style="text-align:center;"|[[PKEmu]]pockystation|stylealign="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|style="text-align[https:center;"|//github.com/simias/pockystation git][httphttps://wwwgithub.zophar.netcom/download_filesimias/13336 1.1 Private Betapockystation-libretro libretro]|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|?{{✓}}|style="text-align:center;"|?|{{✓}}|{{✗}}==BIOS and emulation==According to nocash there are only two known version of PocketStation's kernel:|{{| class="wikitable"✗}}

! scopecolspan="col9"|Version! scope="col"|CRC32Mobile / ARM

|style[[PK201]]|align="text-alignleft|{{Icon|Android}}|[https:center;"//play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dokutajigokusai.pk201 {{PK201Ver}}]|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=PS1PocketStation></ref>|{{✗}}|061Mid|style="text-align:center;"{{✗}}|{{✓}}|5FB47DD8{{✓}}

|style[[MAME]]|align="text-align:center;"left|{{Icon|Android|110iOS}}|style[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N>As "text[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-align:center;core-info/blob/master/mamearcade_libretro.info mamearcade_libretro] and mame_libretro_ios.dylib", 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)</ref>|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|09881F33{{~}}

* Version 061, distributed with </div><references group=N/> ===Comparisons===;[[PKEmuMAME]] as kernel:[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/3d005db62ea6cc99f9fd4bf2756ed186ff9fd872/src/mame/drivers/pockstat.bincpp#L20 Currently, is possibly from prototype hardware, explaining its incompatibility with certain a handful of gamesrun, no matter of the emulator usedbut some die due to odd hardware issues].* Also mentioned as "J110", this BIOS comes with all retail PocketStations (both white and transparent/crystal variants), and should provide full compatibility for all software on both [[PK201]] and ;[[No$|No$GBA]]. DrHell recommends dumping the BIOS and using that, with the [http://onorisoftPocketStation as part of NO$GBA 2.free7 onwards.fr/retro.htm?ps/ps.htm The odd choice of emulators comes from GBA, DS and PocketStation BIOS Tool by Orion_]sharing parts of the ARM architecture. Sadly, a dump of this version is yet to surface onlineFunctional.