PlayStation Mouse
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The PlayStation Mouse (US/UK: SCPH-1090, JP: SCPH-1030) is an input device for the PlayStation that allows the player to use a mouse as a method of control in compatible games. The mouse was released in Japan on December 3, 1994, the launch date of the PlayStation.[1]
The mouse itself is a simple two-button
ball mouse
that plugs directly into the PlayStation controller port without adapters or conversions and is a fully supported Sony accessory. It was packaged along with a mouse mat bearing the PlayStation logo.
The mouse is mainly used in
A special Konami-branded edition of the mouse was released alongside the Japanese exclusive title Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You.[3]
Mouse packs for Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten and Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool were also released exclusively in Japan.[4][5]
List of games compatible with the PlayStation Mouse
- A-Train[6]
- Actua Pool[7]
- Alien Resurrection[8]
- Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy[9]
- Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1[10]
- Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2[11]
- Arcade Party Pak[12]
- Area 51[2]
- Arkanoid Returns
- Ark of Time[13]
- Atari Anniversary Edition[14]
- Atlantis: The Lost Tales[15]
- Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold
- Backgammon[Note 1]
- Baldies[16]
- Bedlam[17]
- Breakout
- BreakThru!
- Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars[18]
- Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror[19]
- Chaos Control
- China: The Forbidden City[20]
- Chronicles of the Sword[21]
- City Bravo!
- Clock Tower: The First Fear[22]
- Clock Tower[23]
- Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within[24]
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert[25]
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation[26]
- Constructor[27]
- Cyberia
- Dark Seed
- Die Hard Trilogy[28]
- Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas[29]
- Discworld[30]
- Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?[31]
- Discworld Noir[32]
- Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten[4]
- Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool[5]
- Dracula: The Resurrection[33]
- Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary[34]
- Dune 2000[35]
- Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh[36]
- Elemental Gearbolt[24]
- Final Doom[37]
- Front Mission Alternative[38]
- Galaxian 3[39]
- Ghoul Panic[40]
- Global Domination[41]
- Help Charity Compilation[42][Note 2]
- Irritating Stick[40]
- Jellyfish: The Healing Friend
- Jigsaw Madness
- Klaymen Klaymen: The Mystery of the Neverhood[43]
- Las Vegas Dream 2
- Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings[44]
- Lemmings 3D[40]
- Louvre: The Final Curse[45]
- Mighty Hits Special[46]
- Monopoly[47]
- MTV Music Generator[40]
- Myst[48]
- My Disney Kitchen[49]
- Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
- Neorude[50]
- Perfect Assassin
- Player Manager[51]
- Player Manager Ninety Nine[52]
- Policenauts[40]
- Premier Manager 98[53]
- Premier Manager: Ninety Nine[54]
- Premier Manager 2000[55]
- Prisoner of Ice
- Prism Land Story[Note 3]
- Project: Horned Owl[56]
- Puchi Carat
- Quake II[57]
- Railroad Tycoon II[Note 4]
- Rescue Shot
- Risk[58]
- Riven: The Sequel to Myst[59]
- RPG Maker[60]
- Sentinel Returns[61]
- Shanghai: Great Moments
- Shanghai: True Valor[62]
- SilverLoad[63]
- SimCity 2000[64]
- Snatcher[65]
- Spin Jam
- Starblade Alpha[66]
- Syndicate Wars[67]
- Takuramakan
- Tempest X3
- Theme Aquarium
- Time Crisis
- Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You[3]
- Tokimeki Memorial 2
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series: Vol.1 - Nijiiro no Seisyun
- Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series: Vol.2 - Irodori no Love Song
- Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori
- Transport Tycoon[68]
- Ubik
- Virtual Pool[69]
- Warhammer: Dark Omen[70]
- Warzone 2100[71]
- X-COM: UFO Defense[72]
- X-COM: Terror from the Deep[73]
- Z[74]
Notes
- ^ This functionality was only present in the Japanese release, titled Backgammon. It was released in PAL territories as Pro Backgammon without Playstation Mouse compatibility.
- ^ The compilation includes three titles, two of which are compatible (Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars and Myst) and a third (Road Rash) which is not.
- ^ This functionality was only present in the Japanese release, titled Prism Land Story. It was released in PAL territories as Prism Land and in North America as Sorcerer's Maze without Playstation Mouse compatibility.
- ^ This functionality was only present in the PAL release.
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