Pop station
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The POP Station is an inexpensive handheld game device, with a design inspired or shamelessly stolen from the Sony PlayStation Portable. It is made by a Chinese company and is sold in flea markets but can also be found at normal game centers in Japan. It is limited to a single game, running on a LCD screen. The packaging design on the Popstation's box is similar to the actual PSP's box packaging, however, there was some slight alterations to the box art, possibly to avoid copyright infringement.
There are four different games to choose from, namely "Soccer", "Street Fighter", "Submarine Invasion" and "Fortress Guardian". The game is embedded into the machine and there is only one game per machine (a feature also found in the Game & Watch-consoles). Each game is displayed on an LED screen with flashing images to portray movement of the characters or objects within the game.
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[edit] Overall Model
There is a D-pad on the left and four action buttons on the right with squares and triangles to represent each action. Unlike the PSP, there are two triangle and square buttons (the psp features one triangle, one cross, one circle, and one square). There are also pause, start, reset and sound buttons above the D-pad and action buttons. Some features are missing from the original model such as the analog pad, volume buttons, L and R buttons and other screen options. Also, instead of the DC-in socket, it has been replaced with another strap holder.
The "Value pack" has a color display, which actually has limited colors that are embedded within the LED flashing images. Monophonic (one note at a time) music is played before and after the games. The machine takes three AAA batteries. The instructions are included on a small piece of paper and has directions for the "function keys manual", "Battery Installation" and "Warning!", which states that the product is harmful to children under the age of three years. Also included are a wrist strap and headphones.
Two versions of the POP station are available for sale, one is the normal version containing only one game per console. The second has an FM radio installed, it also has more than 20 different games.
As it is not a true Sony PSP, but rather only taking its design traits from it, there are no functions to play UMD videos or PSP games.
[edit] POP Station in the media
The BBC science fiction series Torchwood featured a child with a POP Station in the episode Dead Man Walking.[1]
