The PlayStation Mouse (US/UK: SCPH-1090, JP: SCPH-1030) is an input device for the
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a divisi ...
that allows the player to use a
mouse
A mouse ( : mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus' ...
as a method of control in compatible games. The mouse was released in Japan on December 3, 1994, the launch date of the PlayStation.
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
point-and-click adventures,
strategy games
A strategy game or strategic game is a game (e.g. a board game) in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous, decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome. Almost all strategy games require internal decisio ...
,
simulation games
Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...
and
visual novels
A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...
. In later years, first-person shooters also make use of the peripheral to aim the player's view in the same manner as similar games on the PC. It is also used by the arcade lightgun shooting game ''
Area 51
Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport ...
'' as an aiming device instead of a
light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games, typically shaped to resemble a pistol.
Early history
The first light guns were produced in the 1930s, following the development of light-sensing ...
compatibility.
A special Konami-branded edition of the mouse was released alongside the Japanese exclusive title ''
Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You.''
Mouse packs for ''Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten'' and ''Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool'' were also released exclusively in Japan.
List of games compatible with the PlayStation Mouse
* ''
A-Train
is a series of business simulation video games developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink in Japan. The first game in the series was published in 1985. The first release in the United States was ''Take the A-Train II'', published ...
''
* ''
Actua Pool
''Actua Pool'' is a sports simulation video game developed by British companies Gremlin Interactive and Mirage Ltd as part of their highly successful ''Actua Sports'' series of sport simulators of the mid-to-late 1990s. ''Actua Pool'', a pool g ...
''
* ''
Alien Resurrection
''Alien Resurrection'' is a 1997 American science fiction horror film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder. It is the fourth installment of the ''Alien'' franchise, and was f ...
''
* ''
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy''
* ''
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1''
* ''
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2''
* ''
Arcade Party Pak
''Arcade Party Pak'' is a PlayStation compilation of six Atari and Midway games: ''720°'', '' Klax'', '' Rampage'', ''Smash TV'', ''Super Sprint'', and ''Toobin. It was the first compilation game for the system. All games are presented in the ...
''
* ''
Area 51
Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport ...
''
* ''
Arkanoid Returns
is an arcade game released by Taito in February 1997 as part of the ''Arkanoid'' series. It is the fourth overall, and third to be released in arcades. The game was ported to the PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five ...
''
* ''
Ark of Time
''Ark of Time'' is a 1997 adventure game developed by Italian studio Trecision and published in 1997 for MS-DOS by Koei. A PlayStation version was released in 1998.
Plot
Players control Richard, a newspaper reporter whose search for a missin ...
''
* ''
Atari Anniversary Edition
''Atari Anniversary Edition'' is a video-game compilation of Atari arcade games. It was developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Infogrames.
Features
Atari Anniversary Edition features twelve Atari arcade games from over the years within an ...
''
* ''
Atlantis: The Lost Tales''
* ''
Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold''
* ''Backgammon''
[
* '']Baldies
''Baldies'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Creative Edge Software and originally published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar CD in North America and Europe on December 1995. In the game, players build and manage a communi ...
''
* '' Bedlam''
* '' Breakout''
* ''BreakThru!
is a tile-matching puzzle video game released for the Windows and MS-DOS in 1994. It was created by Steve Fry for the Japanese company Zoo Corporation and published by Spectrum HoloByte, for the North American market.
The game would later be ...
''
* '' Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars''
* '' Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror''
* '' Chaos Control
* '' China: The Forbidden City''
* ''Chronicles of the Sword
''Chronicles of the Sword'' is an adventure game developed by Synthetic Dimensions and released by Psygnosis in 1996 for MS-DOS and Sony PlayStation platforms. The game, originally titled as ''King Arthur: The Quest of The Fair Unknown'', is ba ...
''
* ''City Bravo!''
* '' Clock Tower: The First Fear''
* ''Clock Tower
Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another buildi ...
''
* '' Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within''
* '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert''
* '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation''
* '' Constructor''
* '' Cyberia''
* '' Dark Seed''
* ''Die Hard Trilogy
''Die Hard Trilogy'' is an action video game based on the first three installments of the ''Die Hard'' series of action movies. ''Die Hard Trilogy'' features three games in one, each based on a movie installment and featuring a different genre ...
''
* '' Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas''
* ''Discworld
''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat pla ...
''
* '' Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?''
* ''Discworld Noir
''Discworld Noir'' is a 1999 adventure game developed by Perfect Entertainment and published by GT Interactive. The game is set in Terry Pratchett's satirical ''Discworld'' universe, and follows its first and only private investigator as he is g ...
''
* ''Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten''
* ''Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool''
* '' Dracula: The Resurrection''
* '' Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary''
* ''Dune 2000
''Dune 2000'' is a real-time strategy video game, developed by Intelligent Games and released by Westwood Studios in 1998 for Microsoft Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999. It is a partial remake of ''Dune II'', which is loos ...
''
* '' Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh''
* ''Elemental Gearbolt
''Elemental Gearbolt'', full title , is a light gun shooter for the Sony PlayStation (console), PlayStation. Originally developed by Alfa System, the game was published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released in Japan during Christmas and holi ...
''
* ''Final Doom
''Final Doom'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by TeamTNT, and Dario and Milo Casali, and was released by id Software and distributed by GT Interactive in 1996. It was released for MS-DOS and Macintosh computers, as well as for the ...
''
* ''Front Mission Alternative
is a real-time tactics video game developed and published by Square, and was released in Japan on December 18, 1997. ''Front Mission Alternative'' is the second spin-off entry and the fourth entry overall in the ''Front Mission'' series. Unlike o ...
''
* ''Galaxian 3
is a 3D rail shooter video game developed and published by Namco. It was originally a theme park attraction designed for the Expo '90, International Garden and Greenery Exposition (Expo '90) in Japan, and was later released as an arcade game in 1 ...
''
* ''Ghoul Panic
''Ghoul Panic'' is a 1999 light gun shooter arcade game developed by Eighting, Eighting/Raizing and published by Namco. A version for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation was released in 2000. Players used lightguns to complete a series of miniga ...
''
* ''Global Domination
''Global Domination'' is a 1993 strategy game modeled closely on the board game ''Risk''. Impressions Games expanded on the game dividing the world into more territories, adding unit types which could be controlled in a mini-game, adding the conc ...
''
* ''Help Charity Compilation''[
* '']Irritating Stick
''Irritating Stick'', also known as , is a PlayStation video game published by Jaleco Entertainment.
History
''Irritating Stick'' was originally released in Japan on March 19, 1998, under the name ''Dengeki Iraira Bou'', and in North America on ...
''
* ''Jellyfish: The Healing Friend''
* ''Jigsaw Madness''
* '' Klaymen Klaymen: The Mystery of the Neverhood''
* ''Las Vegas Dream 2''
* '' Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings''
* ''Lemmings 3D
''3D Lemmings'' (''Lemmings 3D'' in North America) is a puzzle video game released in 1995, developed by Clockwork Games and published by Psygnosis. The gameplay, like the original '' Lemmings'' game, requires the player to lead all the lemmings t ...
''
* '' Louvre: The Final Curse''
* ''Mighty Hits Special''
* ''Monopoly
A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...
''
* '' MTV Music Generator''
* ''Myst
''Myst'' is a graphic adventure/puzzle video game designed by the Miller brothers, Robyn and Rand. It was developed by Cyan, Inc., published by Broderbund, and initially released for the Macintosh in 1993. In the game, the player's character t ...
''
* ''My Disney Kitchen
''My Disney Kitchen'' is a PlayStation and PC video game distributed by Disney Interactive. The PlayStation release was published by Atlus in Japan, while BAM! Entertainment published the North American release. It was released in 1998 on PC; it ...
''
* '' Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness''
* ''Neorude''
* ''Perfect Assassin
''Perfect Assassin'' is a point and click adventure released by Grolier Interactive for MS-DOS and the PlayStation in 1997 and 1998 respectively. The game's titular character, Charon, a cyborg with superhuman abilities, suddenly loses his memo ...
''
* ''Player Manager
A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the sq ...
''
* ''Player Manager Ninety Nine''
* ''Policenauts
is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Konami. It was written and directed by Hideo Kojima, and originally released for the PC-9821 in 1994. A hard science fiction story, ''Policenauts'' is set in the mid 21st century and follo ...
''
* ''Premier Manager 98
''Premier Manager 98'' is a football management simulation game, released for the PC in 1997 and the PlayStation the following year. It was developed by Dinamic Multimedia and published by Gremlin Interactive. It is the fifth game in the ''Premie ...
''
* '' Premier Manager: Ninety Nine''
* ''Premier Manager 2000
''Premier Manager 2000'' is a soccer management simulation game, for PlayStation. It was released only in Europe in 2000 and was developed by Infogrames Sheffield House and published by Infogrames. It is part of the ''Premier Manager'' series.
...
''
* ''Prisoner of Ice
''Prisoner of Ice'' (also ''Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice'') is an adventure game developed and released by Infogrames Multimedia for IBM PC compatibles and Macintosh in 1995 in America and Europe. It is based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu ...
* ''Prism Land Story''[
* '' Project: Horned Owl''
* '']Puchi Carat
is a 1997 video game by Taito.
Gameplay
The general objective of ''Puchi Carat'' is to destroy gem-like blocks using a ball and paddle. Gems "fall in" from the top of the play area one line at a time and are connected to each other either ho ...
''
* ''Quake II
''Quake II'' is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It is the second installment of the Quake (series), ''Quake'' series, but not a direct sequel to ''Quake (video game), Quake''. The game ...
''
* ''Railroad Tycoon II
''Railroad Tycoon II'' is a business simulation video game in the ''Railroad Tycoon'' series developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation and Dreamcast
Game ...
''[
* '']Rescue Shot
''Rescue Shot'' is a PlayStation 3D light gun video game which was released in Japan and Europe in 2000. Compatible with the controller, GunCon and the PlayStation Mouse the title is non-violent and aimed at younger players, but more forgiving of ...
''
* ''Risk
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''
* '' Riven: The Sequel to Myst''
* ''RPG Maker
RPG Maker, known in Japan as , is a series of programs for the development of role-playing video games (RPGs) with story-driven elements, created by the Japanese group ASCII, succeeded by Enterbrain. The Japanese name, ''Tsukūru'', is a pun mi ...
''
* '' Sentinel Returns''
* '' Shanghai: Great Moments
* '' Shanghai: True Valor''
* '' SilverLoad''
* ''SimCity 2000
''SimCity 2000'' is a City-building game, city-building Simulation game, simulation video game jointly developed by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Fred Haslam (game designer), Fred Haslam of Maxis. It is the successor to ''SimCity ( ...
''
* '' Snatcher''
* ''Spin Jam''
* '' Starblade Alpha''
* ''Syndicate Wars
''Syndicate Wars'' is an isometric real-time tactical and strategic game, developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for DOS in 1996 and for the PlayStation in 1997. It is the second video game title in ...
''
* ''Tempest X3
is a tube shooter video game originally developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in North America on 13 April, 1994. It was released in Europe on 27 June and in Japan on 15 December of the same year, with t ...
''
* ''Theme Aquarium
is a simulation video game published by Electronic Arts Square, in which the player creates and controls a sea life aquarium. It was originally released on 17 December 1998 for PlayStation only in Japan. The game was later ported to Microsoft Wi ...
''
* ''Time Crisis
''Time Crisis'' is a first-person on-rails light gun shooter series of arcade video games by Namco, introduced in 1995. It is focused on the exploits of a fictional international intelligence agency who assigns its best agents to deal with a m ...
''
* '' Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You''
* ''Tokimeki Memorial 2
is a dating sim developed and published by Konami and the second game in the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series.
''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' was released for the PlayStation in 1999. It came on 5 CDs, featuring unmatched graphics and voice acting and a ...
''
* ''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
''Transport Tycoon'' is a video game designed and programmed by Chris Sawyer, and published by MicroProse on 15 November 1994 for DOS. It is a business simulation game, presented in an isometric view in 2D with graphics by Simon Foster, in whi ...
''
* ''Ubik
''Ubik'' ( ) is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a future 1992 where psychic powers are utilized in corporate espionage, while cryonic technology allows recently deceased people to be maintain ...
''
* '' Virtual Pool''
* '' Warhammer: Dark Omen''
* ''Warzone 2100
''Warzone 2100'' is an Open-source video game, open-source real-time strategy and real-time tactics hybrid PC game, computer game, originally developed by Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1999 fo ...
''
* '' X-COM: UFO Defense''
* '' X-COM: Terror from the Deep''
* '' Z''
Notes
References
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