[[File:POPstation review (PSP Rip off)|thumb|right|335 px]] [[File:Pop.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A POP Station.]]
[[File:POPstation review (PSP Rip off)|thumb|right|335 px]] [[File:Pop.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A POP Station.]]
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The '''''POP Station''''' is a series of chinese electronic handheld games with a shape similar to the one of the Sony PlayStation Portable. The technology is the same as the Nintendo's Game & Watch Super Color series, where the LCD panel is covered by strips of coloured plastic, but with illumination added. Because of the poor animations (even by the electronic games standard) and the overall bad design, it's often difficult to understand what's happening in the various games.
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The '''''POP Station''''' is a portable color LCD game console based on Sony's PSP. This console is one of the more infamous LCD consoles and is notorious for having games that are difficult to understand..
Many other electronic handhelds using the same game selection of the POP Station exist. Although one is made by the same manifacturer of the POP Starion (the Neo Double Games, a clone of the Nintendo DS that has 2 games instead of 1) most are made by different Chinese companies with different shapes: some have an original appearance, others instead mocks other famous handhelds or consoles. For example, the PCP Station is another PSP clone, the Polystation 3 has the shape of a little PS3 and the WLL resembles a Wii Remote. They are often built with less sturdy materials than the original POP Station.
Many clones of the POP Station exist. Although one is official (the Neo Double Games, a clone of the DS that has 2 games instead of 1, most are made by different Chinese manufacturersand some areevenbasedoffofpopular handhelds or consoles. Someof these include the PCP Station (another PSP clone), the Polystation 3 (Playstation3clone), and the W.L.L.(Wii clone). They are often considered to bepoorerinqualitycomparedto the original POP Station.
*'''''Brick Games''''' (basically a '''''Tetris''''' clone but with many gameplay variations, even racing games or tank games portrayed using the brick grid)
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*''''''''''[[File:Popstation_brick_multigames_tetris_clone.jpg|thumb|The Popstation equipped with a Tetris clone screen, probably the same of "Brick Games 9999 in 1", another famous chinese electronic game.]]'''''Soccer'' '''(crude soccer game with players moving horizontally)
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*'''''Soccer'''''
*'''''Submarine Invasion''''' (A clone of Casio's CG-330 '''''Submarine Battle''''' from 1985. shooting game involving a submarine gunning down planes)
*'''''Submarine Invasion''''' (A clone of Casio's CG-330 '''''Submarine Battle''''' from 1985. shooting game involving a submarine gunning down planes)
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*Certain POP Station clones allows to play different games changing the screen cartridge. This is the same method used by electronic handheld systems of the 80's like the Vtech Variety or the Bandai Digi Casse, and in the 90's by the Tiger R-Zone. The cartridge contains the LCD display and all the electronic needed for the game, while the console itself provides only the physical controls, the batteries and the speaker, all wired to the socket where the cartridge is inserted. For instance, if all the various cartridges that comes with the various POP Station clones had all the same sizes and connector shape, those would be interchangeable with each other.
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*Certain POP stations have multiple games which require you to switch the screens around. It's possible that when switching games, it attempts to boot up a completely different game than that screen that's currently used.
[[Category:LCD games]]
[[Category:LCD games]]
Revision as of 23:31, 1 October 2014
POPstation review (PSP Rip off)
A POP Station.
The POP Station is a series of chinese electronic handheld games with a shape similar to the one of the Sony PlayStation Portable. The technology is the same as the Nintendo's Game & Watch Super Color series, where the LCD panel is covered by strips of coloured plastic, but with illumination added. Because of the poor animations (even by the electronic games standard) and the overall bad design, it's often difficult to understand what's happening in the various games.
Similar designs
Many other electronic handhelds using the same game selection of the POP Station exist. Although one is made by the same manifacturer of the POP Starion (the Neo Double Games, a clone of the Nintendo DS that has 2 games instead of 1) most are made by different Chinese companies with different shapes: some have an original appearance, others instead mocks other famous handhelds or consoles. For example, the PCP Station is another PSP clone, the Polystation 3 has the shape of a little PS3 and the WLL resembles a Wii Remote. They are often built with less sturdy materials than the original POP Station.
Known Games
City Fighter (Street Fighter clone)
Brick Games (basically a Tetris clone but with many gameplay variations, even racing games or tank games portrayed using the brick grid)
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The Popstation equipped with a Tetris clone screen, probably the same of "Brick Games 9999 in 1", another famous chinese electronic game.
Soccer '(crude soccer game with players moving horizontally)
Submarine Invasion (A clone of Casio's CG-330 Submarine Battle from 1985. shooting game involving a submarine gunning down planes)
Fortress Guardian (A clone of Casio's CG-370 Heli-Battle from 1987. a shooting game involving trying to keep your bases safe)
Basketball (appears to be based off of Soccer)
Space Guardian (a clone of Bandai's Space Hawk 50 from 1985)
Super Mary (Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch clone)
Anti Terrorism (game that tries to imitate a first-person shooter)
Racing Car, Motorcycle Match, Supreme Skiing, and Boat Race (all of them are Pole Position clones and function the same)
Munch Time and PirahnaMan (Pac-Man clones except one has Pac-Man himself and the other features a Pirahna)
Angry Birds (clone of the mobile phone game of the same name)
Plants VS. Zombies (clone of the mobile phone game of the same name)
Loader and Porter (both the same Mario Bros. Game & Watch clone except one has Mario and Luigi and the other has 2 Popeye the Sailors)
Eagle Catch Chick (Green House Game & Watch clone)
Counter Strike (clone of the game of the same name)
Contra - Snow Field (unconfirmed, but assumed to be a Contra clone)
Trivia
Certain POP Station clones allows to play different games changing the screen cartridge. This is the same method used by electronic handheld systems of the 80's like the Vtech Variety or the Bandai Digi Casse, and in the 90's by the Tiger R-Zone. The cartridge contains the LCD display and all the electronic needed for the game, while the console itself provides only the physical controls, the batteries and the speaker, all wired to the socket where the cartridge is inserted. For instance, if all the various cartridges that comes with the various POP Station clones had all the same sizes and connector shape, those would be interchangeable with each other.
