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Carmen Sandiego Series

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

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Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             Carmen Sandiego series (2 titles)
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Broderbund/Electronic Arts
RELEASED:         various
TYPE:             Edutainment
LANGUAGE:         Multilanguage

PREMISE:          You are one of the top sleuths of the ACME Detective
                  Agency who has been called in on an alarming case.  The
                  notorious art thief Carmen Sandiego is on the loose
                  again, and its your job to stop her.

IMPRESSIONS:      A well-written and immensely popular series of games
                  that first made their appearance on the venerable
                  Commodore 64 and have been kicking around in one form
                  or another ever since.  Only the first and third in the
                  the series were ported to the Genesis; it is unclear
                  why the second (Where in the USA...) was not.

VARIATIONS:       Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1992, Carmen
                    and her game are stealing the world's great art
                    treasures - originally packaged with the 1992 New
                    World Almanac)
                  Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (1992, Carmen and her
                    gang have stolen a time machine and are stealing the
                    great historical treasures from around the world -
                    originally packaged with the 1992 New American Desk
                    Encyclopedia)

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Re: Carmen Sandiego Series (Score: 1)
by Samurai_John on Thursday, November 15 @ 08:33:42 EST
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Pretty cool game, gets you thinks. Gotta solve clues to capture Sandiago. (Dose anyone remeber the TV show? I do) A great game.

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Re: Carmen Sandiego Series (Score: 1)
by deaddudegod on Thursday, August 08 @ 21:49:32 EDT
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I loved the Time Travelling game. I played it for years and now my head is packed full of RANDOM POINTLESS TRIVIA!!!

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