PSX - Running total and Last release

[portnoyd]

Maybe contact them and tell them you are trying to home school your kids and you'd like to purchase one of every title.

Looking around, I found out that you'd have to fork over $12,000 to enroll yourself into this program. (Remember, this is a school funded endeavor)

dave

[Raedon]

I got mine from kids who stole them from school and then traded them in.

They also swipped the PSX unit itself with looks different than the released PSX.

Adam

You lock subjects about psx modchips but buy stolen psx equipment and games.. Your an odd one Buyatari.

[autobotracing]

I got mine from kids who stole them from school and then traded them in.

They also swipped the PSX unit itself with looks different than the released PSX.

Adam

You lock subjects about psx modchips but buy stolen psx equipment and games.. Your an odd one Buyatari.

[den68]

1252?????? well then I've just got about 900 more to find!

[Six Switch]

I thought my collection of about 60 games was big.This could take a while to get..... x_x

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'm not even going to try to get the complete collection on this one. Just the ones I want (I've got right around 50 right now). So many of those 1200+ releases do nothing for me - 1200 fighting games, driving games, RPGs and sports games? Noooo thanks. But that's just my opinion.

Some machines I actively collect for...others, I just want to play.

[Sothy]

I assume Buyatari means he thinks they are stolen.

Sometimes a customer comes in with something so fishy that you know something is up.

But as long as you asked for I.D. and they didnt actually tell you they are stolen you are clean.

But then again maybe he was like "Hey kids jack me that there playstation games and Ill give ya money!"

[Buyatari]

The first Lightspan disk I ever got was traded into my store.

I'd never heard of them before. Here it was. An Official US black bottom PSX education game that I'd never seen or heard of before.
What the heck is that !!

Well I didn't offer alot. Barely anything as it didn't have the original case or instructions. The kid refused the offer and took his stuff back.

It started to weigh on my mind and I just had to have it. Maybee it wasn't anything special after all there was no PSX list which was 100% complete at the time. Next time I saw that kid I told him to bring that game back and I'd give him more for it. He took the offer this time and it sat in my closet. No big deal just a rarer educational game that sat there.

Then I saw a boxed set of Lightspan disks on eBay. 40 some disks. All sealed and from the pictures looked just like the educational disk I told you about. I won the auction for under 100 bucks and was pretty excitied. Now, no one that I knew collected PSX at that time and when I told some of the other collectors about the set I didn't find anyone who was the slight bit interested.

Thats why I let the other boxed sets, yes he had at least 2 others, go. When I got the box it seemed like there were disks missing and I emailed the seller. He worked for some school district and the sets were never used. I don't remember where he worked but it was out of state. He explained that all the boxes had the same contents so either the missing disks weren't ever produced or the boxes were custom packed for that target school audience. To this day I don't know how many disks Lightspan produced though I know how many they were licensed for. Over 80 and thats more than any other company.

So in truth, only 1 lightspan disk was ever traded in to my store and its my only double. It just sounds funnier to say that legions of children take these disks from their schools and turn them over for cash at their local game store.

I did recently get a PSX traded in. It had a strange sticker underneath and had property of Cleveland Public School System stickers on it. The guy who traded it in was there with his younger kids and he wore a uniform of the Cleveland Public School system. Janitor maybee I dunno? I asked if he had any of the educational disks and if he did to bring them in as he would get good trade for them. He said he did but hasn't been back. I did take his info from the drivers license (as I do with all systems) and spoke with him about the Cleveland Public School system sticker. I didn't push the issue as I secretly didn't want to hear he had stolen it, but he pretty much led me to believe it wasn't stolen and in truth I did believe him. Anyway, the PSX unit could have been stolen, yes its possible, but the Lightspan project is pretty old at this point. Anything that comes through our doors could be stolen.

I have had stolen items traded in to the store before and its not pretty. Parents and children crying over stolen items and bringing the cops in right behind them. Kids who steal from other kids and even break into other houses isn't something I've condoned or ever will. Once I find out it is happening the kid is required to have a parent present from then on and adults are banned.

To be honest though, if I bellieve a child had swipped a few of these PSX disks I Would consider it as bad as stealing from another child or someone home. To me its an obsolete project and while Lightspan would have you believe it was a viable learning tool I doubt any kid learned anything from a PSX. Attempts to make "learning fun" with the sole use of a game console have failed before and will again. The value of these disks to the Educational system at this point is pretty much nil.

So yeah I guess I'm not a morally straight arrow in all respects but I never said I was nor do I expect others to be so either. My number one rule is to try to get through life without hurting people. Its not always easy but as anyone who knows me will testify, its one I do strive for.

The mod chip thing had NOTHING to do with morals or my personal opionion. It had to do with the rules of this message board and the job I was set with as forum moderator. Maybee I should have posted "This isn't allowed here" instead of "Mod Chips are illegal" but then I guess I should edit posts when I'm drunk either. hehe

This is a good thread. Please don't ruin it. If you want to address anything I've said so far about this then do it in one of the 5 or 6 other threads you have already started on this.

BTW That double I have is up for trade. But *warning* it does come from questionable orgins.

Adam

[Raedon]

I added the for a reason. Don't let this weigh so heavily on your soul.


There is a huge difference from a mod chip and a OMG! rare that "might" be stolen..

[kevincure]

Adam,

I was wondering, if you have it, if you could post a list of known Lightspan titles? Thanks.

Interesting story about them too. I'd also not heard of them.

[Buyatari]

I emailed a friend of mine who had a contact at Lightspan for a complete list sometime ago.

The list came directly from a Lightspan employee (who might have one time worked at Atari or Activision in the 80's) Anyway they sent me an Excel file with all the titles.

Problem is, the disks I have on hand contridict the list they sent me. So who knows at this point.

I do know that they have more liceneses with Sony than any other publisher which makes it all the more suprizing that no one has heard of them. Agian you could send them $12,000 or whatever it costs to obtain the disks BUT then you'd still only get the disks for the age group of your child. (K-2),( 3-4), (5-6)

Ok so if you have 3 kids and $36,000 then it looks like you can complete the set.

What a deal !!

Adam

Below is a the excel file they sent me. Please note that I believe there are several errors in this listing based on the games I have on hand.


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The Lightspan Partnership, Inc.


Reading/Language Arts Grades K-2
Disk Title Disk # Description
Mars Moose 1 Cosmic Quest 1/City Sights
Mars Moose 1 Stay & Play 1/In the Clubhouse
Mars Moose 1 Walkabout 1/The Natural History Museum
Mars Moose 2 Stay & Play 2/In Mars' Bedroom
Mars Moose 2 Cosmic Quest 2/Fairy Tale Island
Mars Moose 2 WalkAbout 2/The Shakespeare Festival
Mars Moose 3 Stay & Play 3/In Lonnie's Classroom
Mars Moose 3 WalkAbout 3/World Sports Day
Mars Moose 3 Cosmic Quest 3/Race through France
Liquid Books 1 Lety's Favorite Stories
Liquid Books 2 Amrita's Trees, Cerdito and the Coyote
Liquid Books 3 Far-Fetched Frontier Tales
Liquid Books 4 The Adventures of Adelita and Bo
Creative Camp 1 Creative Camp

Mathematics Grades K-2
The Secret of Googol 2a Reshaping Googol/Castle
The Secret of Googol 2b Reshaping Googol/Under the Ocean
The Secret of Googol 1a Reshaping Googol/Submarine
The Secret of Googol 1b Reshaping Googol/Tower
The Secret of Googol 3 The Googol Counting Fair/Midways
The Secret of Googol 4 The Googol Counting Fair/ Corral * Fun House
The Secret of Googol 5 Googolfest/Party Isle * Toy Isle
The Secret of Googol 6 Googolfest/Arcade Isle * Moon Feast Isle
The Secret of Googol 7 Eggs All Around/Egg Trek * Balloon Picnic
The Secret of Googol 8 High Noon/General Store * Math Arcade
Math Tools 1 Cali's Geo Tools
Math Tools 2 TBD
Math Tools 3 TBD
Creative Isle 1 Creative Isle

Reading/Language Arts Grades 3-4
Disk Title Disk # Description
Mona & Moki 1 Drive Me Wild!
Mona & Moki 2 Drive Me Wilder!
Calamity 1 The Natural World
Calamity 2 People & Traditions
Calamity 3 Around the World
K9.5 1 Live in Airedale
K9.5 2 We Are the Dogs
K9.5 3 WebTunes
K9.5 4 The Tail-Wag Tour
KazMania 1 Trail of Gems
Kazmania 2 Chaos in KazMania
Creative Journey 1 Creative Journey




Mathematics Grades 3-4
The Quaddle Family Mysteries 1 The Case of the Scarce Scarab/Lobby
The Quaddle Family Mysteries 2 The Case of the Scarce Scarab/Garden
The Quaddle Family Mysteries 3 The Case of the Scarce Scarab/Parlor
P.K.'s Place 1 Party on the Patio!
P.K.'s Place 2 Hoopo at Sea!
P.K.'s Place 3 Carlos at the Races!
P.K.'s Place 4 Daphne and the Seventh Wonder!
Math Tools 1 P.K.'s Math Studio
Math Tools 2 TBD
Math Tools 3 TBD
Math on the Move! 1 Addition & Subtraction/Intermediate
Math on the Move! 2 Multiplication & Division/Intermediate


Reading/Language Arts Grades 5-6
Disk Title Disk # Description
str.at.e.s 1 Match a Batch!
str.at.e.s 2 Matchamania!
str.at.e.s 3 Title This! Title That!
str.at.e.s 4 Titlerama!
str.at.e.s 5 Parallel Lives!
str.at.e.s 6 Analogy-ology!
str.at.e.s 7 Riddle Roundup!
str.at.e.s 8 Riddle Wrangler!
KazMania 1 3 TBD
KazMania 2 4 TBD
Creative Voyage 1 Creative Voyage

Mathematics Grades 5-6
Timeless Math 1 Maya, Search & Rescue
Timeless Math 2 Maya, Observatory
Timeless Math 3 Maya, King Jaguar's Village
Timeless Math 4 Lunar Base
Timeless Math 5 TBD
Timeless Math 6 TBD
Timeless Math 7 TBD
Math Tools 1 Timeless Jade Trade
Math Tools 2 TBD
Math Tools 3 TBD
Math on the Move! 1 Addition & Subtraction/Advanced
Math on the Move! 2 Multiplication & Division/Advanced

[IGotTheDot]

Damn, I never knew there was still cool new stories to hear about stuff I had never heard of. Thanks BA.