Editing PlayStation (console) (section)

===Peripherals===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1.4em;"
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| [[File:PSX-Memory-Card.jpg|none|100px|PlayStation Memory Card]]
| [[File:Sony-PocketStation.jpg|none|85px|PocketStation]]
| [[File:PlayStation-Multitap-Adaptor.jpg|none|100px|Multiplayer Adaptor]]
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| style="width:100px;"| {{center|<small>PlayStation [[Memory Card]]</small>}}
| style="width:100px;"| {{center|<small>[[PocketStation]]</small>}}
| style="width:100px;"| {{center|<small>[[PlayStation Multitap]]</small>}}
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| [[File:PlayStation Mouse.jpg|none|100px|PlayStation Mouse]]
| [[File:Sony-PlayStation-Link-Cables.jpg|none|100px|Link Cables]]
| [[File:Namco-GunCon-PS1.jpg|none|100px|GunCon]]
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| style="width:100px;"| {{center|<small>[[PlayStation Mouse]]</small>}}
| style="width:100px;"| {{center|<small>[[PlayStation Link Cable]]</small>}}
| style="width:100px;"| {{center|<small>[[GunCon]]</small>}}
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Sony released a series of peripherals to add extra layers of functionality to the PlayStation. Such peripherals include memory cards,<ref name="GPro87">{{cite magazine|title= Sony's Stocking Stuffers |magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=87 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=December 1995 |page=185}}</ref> the [[PlayStation Mouse]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Review Crew: Horned Owl |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=84 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|location=[[Chicago]]|date=July 1996 |page=28}}</ref>{{sfn|Stockdale|1995|p=40}} the [[PlayStation Link Cable]],<ref name="GPro87"/> the Multiplayer Adapter (a four-player [[multitap]]),<ref name="GPro87"/> the Memory Drive (a disk drive for [[3.5-inch floppy disk]]s),<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Datel Launches PlayStation Disk Drive |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=20 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|location=[[New York City]] |date=August 1996 |page=25}}</ref> the [[GunCon]] (a [[light gun]]), and the [[Glasstron]] (a monoscopic [[head-mounted display]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Reality Check |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=85 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|location=[[Chicago]] |date=August 1996 |pages=14–16}}</ref>

Released exclusively in Japan, the [[PocketStation]] is a memory card peripheral which acts as a miniature [[personal digital assistant]]. The device features a monochrome [[liquid crystal display]] (LCD), [[infrared]] communication capability, a real-time clock, built-in flash memory, and sound capability.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Virtual Pet in My PDA!|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=106 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=May 1998|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/981209.pdf |title=超小型PDA「PocketStation」1月23日に発売延期 |access-date=30 October 2007 |date=9 December 1998 |publisher=[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]|location=[[Tokyo]] |pages=3 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913192656/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/981209.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2006}}</ref> Sharing similarities with the Dreamcast's [[VMU]] peripheral, the PocketStation was typically distributed with certain PlayStation games, enhancing them with added features.{{sfn|McFerran|2015|p=12}} The PocketStation proved popular in Japan, selling over five million units.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brunskill |first1=Kerry |title=What the Heck Is a PocketStation? |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2014/07/feature_what_the_heck_is_a_pocketstation |website=[[Push Square]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130183351/https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2014/07/feature_what_the_heck_is_a_pocketstation |archive-date=30 January 2021 |location=[[Brighton]] |date=3 July 2014}}</ref> Sony planned to release the peripheral outside Japan but the release was cancelled, despite receiving promotion in Europe and North America.{{sfn|Wolf|2008|p=148}}