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 divi ...

that allows the player to use a

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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

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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,

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and

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. 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 ''

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'' as an aiming device instead of a light gun 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

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'' * '' Arkanoid Returns'' * '' Ark of Time'' * '' Atari Anniversary Edition'' * '' Atlantis: The Lost Tales'' * '' Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold'' * ''Backgammon'' * ''

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'' * '' Bedlam'' * '' Breakout'' * ''

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'' * '' Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars'' * '' Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror'' * '' Chaos Control * '' China: The Forbidden City'' * '' Chronicles of the Sword'' * ''City Bravo!'' * '' Clock Tower: The First Fear'' * ''

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'' * '' 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 2: Viva Las Vegas'' * ''

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'' * '' Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?'' * '' Discworld Noir'' * ''Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten'' * ''Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool'' * '' Dracula: The Resurrection'' * '' Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary'' * ''

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'' * '' Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh'' * ''

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'' * '' MTV Music Generator'' * ''

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'' * '' My Disney Kitchen'' * '' Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness'' * ''Neorude'' * '' Perfect Assassin'' * ''

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'' * ''Player Manager Ninety Nine'' * '' Policenauts'' * '' Premier Manager 98'' * '' Premier Manager: Ninety Nine'' * '' Premier Manager 2000'' * '' Prisoner of Ice * ''Prism Land Story'' * '' Project: Horned Owl'' * '' Puchi Carat'' * ''

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'' * '' Railroad Tycoon II'' * '' Rescue Shot'' * '' Risk'' * '' Riven: The Sequel to Myst'' * ''

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'' * '' Sentinel Returns'' * '' Shanghai: Great Moments * '' Shanghai: True Valor'' * '' SilverLoad'' * ''

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'' * '' Snatcher'' * ''Spin Jam'' * '' Starblade Alpha'' * '' Syndicate Wars'' * '' Tempest X3'' * '' Theme Aquarium'' * ''

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'' * '' Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You'' * '' 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'' * ''

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'' * '' Virtual Pool'' * '' Warhammer: Dark Omen'' * ''

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