quasimodem
12-28-2009, 09:10 PM
Hi, I'm new.
And I found a new game for my C64 cartridge collection at a thrift. The game is called "Light-waves," and it's made by CBS Software. I was pretty excited about the game because the description on the box is quite elaborate and techno-nerdy and made in cooperation with the Children's Television Workshop, and I've always liked their other games.
The digital press online rarity guide has no listing for this game. Googling for the game provides virtually no information. It's as if Light-waves is the game time forgot.
When I got the game home, I carefully removed the thrift store tape that had sealed the box shut. To my great dismay, the Light-waves game cartridge I thought I had purchased was not inside the box. There was a game cartridge for "Time bound" inside the box instead. Both the instruction manuals for Time bound and for Light-waves were inside the box as well. So, my $1.99 wasn't completely wasted, because "Time bound" was a game I did not have before, and it's always a thrill to add another title to the collection.
Here, now, is my question:
Since the Light-waves cartridge was not inside the box, I have to wonder whether or not it ever really existed in cartridge format. The evidence I have for it's existence is the instruction manual I have in my possession, which includes specific instructions for the Disk Version and separate specific instructions for the Cartridge Version. The evidence I have for its non-existence in cartridge format is the absence of the game from digital press's well researched cartridge rarity list, as well as the dearth of information on the game available on the Net.
Do any of you C64 cartridge collectors know what the story is? I'm dying to know.
And I found a new game for my C64 cartridge collection at a thrift. The game is called "Light-waves," and it's made by CBS Software. I was pretty excited about the game because the description on the box is quite elaborate and techno-nerdy and made in cooperation with the Children's Television Workshop, and I've always liked their other games.
The digital press online rarity guide has no listing for this game. Googling for the game provides virtually no information. It's as if Light-waves is the game time forgot.
When I got the game home, I carefully removed the thrift store tape that had sealed the box shut. To my great dismay, the Light-waves game cartridge I thought I had purchased was not inside the box. There was a game cartridge for "Time bound" inside the box instead. Both the instruction manuals for Time bound and for Light-waves were inside the box as well. So, my $1.99 wasn't completely wasted, because "Time bound" was a game I did not have before, and it's always a thrill to add another title to the collection.
Here, now, is my question:
Since the Light-waves cartridge was not inside the box, I have to wonder whether or not it ever really existed in cartridge format. The evidence I have for it's existence is the instruction manual I have in my possession, which includes specific instructions for the Disk Version and separate specific instructions for the Cartridge Version. The evidence I have for its non-existence in cartridge format is the absence of the game from digital press's well researched cartridge rarity list, as well as the dearth of information on the game available on the Net.
Do any of you C64 cartridge collectors know what the story is? I'm dying to know.