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Lightspan: Online Connection CD
   
Background Data
Published By: Lightspan Developed By: The Lightspan Partnership Released: 1997
Barcode: No retail version PSRM: 008620 ID Tag: LSP - 150500-0.1
CDs: 1 Players: 1 ESRB: Kids to Adult - Teen
Accessories: LS Mouse Adapter, LS Memory Card, LS Modem Size: 4.11 Megs Digital Press Rarity: Not Available

Description / Review
This was the Planet Web / LightSpan collaboration to bring the PlayStation 1 online in the same way PlanetWeb brought the Dreamcast to the internet. The CD acts as the system’s navigation menu and set-up for onscreen keyboard commands. An official release, with only the Beta Trial Verison 0.1 known, more research is needed on the CD.

The disc is useless without 2 very important things:

  • Lightspan Modem:

    • Would have hooked up to the back of the deck via the Parallell port.


  • Lightspan formatted Memory Card.

    • The memory card acts in the same way the Sony Yaroze Boot Card works; it’s a Rom Check to verify PlanetWeb’s authenticity, and then would store web-site favorites to its battery, as well as modem numbers, etc.

 Trivia
  • Despite being a 'beta', the game is a 100% official Sony release with PSRM and SLUS number.


  • Lightspan had their own SLUS designation, listed as LSP (LightSPan)


  • Although you can use the standard Sony controller for navigation, a special adapter was developed that allowed that allowed you to plug in a standard keyboard and mouse into the controller port.

  • Though not really a game, the Online CD takes the award for smallest sized PlayStation disc, weighing in at only 4.11 Megs.

  • Several schools that used the online connection CD were contacted, but none have returned our inquiries. 

Greatest Hits
Lightspan products were never released to the public, nor sold on the retail level. 		Variations / Misprints
No variation or misprints known.

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