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- │ Where Is Carmen Sandiego? │
- │Educational Game by Broderbund Software │
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- by Tony Curro
-
-
- The above name is not a complete title. Carmen Sandiego is a series of
- adventure games for the entire family. Currently there are six titles in
- the series, which are:
- WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?
- WHERE IN EUROPE IN CARMEN SANDIEGO?
- WHERE IN TIME IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?
- WHERE IN THE U.S.A. IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?
- WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? DELUXE EDITION
- (DELUXE requires 640K, VGA, and 6MB of hard disk space)
- (Deluxe is also available on CD ROM)
- WHERE IN AMERICA'S PAST IN CARMEN SANDIEGO?
-
- Carmen is a villain or villainess. She and a handful of her cohorts go
- around stealing different things. You, as a detective for the ACME
- Detective Agency, must apprehend her, or whichever of her cronies that did
- the deed.
-
- You start out at the scene of the crime. You interview people each
- step of the way and can search buildings. While you do not visibly
- see the search, it is still enjoying. A person may tell you that the
- culprit had red hair, or likes Babe Ruth for example.
- You then bring up your trusty computer and KEY in the information.
- Then you're presented with a list of possible suspects. If you have enough
- information, a warrant's issued to arrest said offender.
-
- At the outset you are given a day and time by which you must
- complete your task.
-
- For example in the version TIME, you may be told that the villain
- was seen in California panning for Gold; so you would set your travel log
- to 1849. Next you can be told that you were at Lincoln's inauguration; so
- you now go to 1861, etc. Each one of these games comes with a different
- book to aid you. You travel around by looking up the clues and finding the
- correct time or place to go. You get Fodors USA GUIDE for the USA edition.
- Other include World Almanac, Desk Encyclopedia, etc.
-
- The last two in the series, DELUXE and AMERICA'S PAST have really
- been enhanced. Both of these have superb graphics; and if you have an
- AdLib, SoundBlaster, or Roland MT-32, you also get sound and special
- effects. In the DELUXE edition, if you have a SoundBlaster, you will here
- the 'Chief' talking to you, explaining your case. When you KEY into the
- computer, you hear the robot asks 'What can I do for you?' I have found
- these games located in the Educational section of the software aisles which
- to me associates them with students and young children. They are not only
- for youngsters. Adults can play along and help their children to learn
- history while playing a game, and maybe even the adults will learn a few
- things along the way.
-
- The list price for these games is $49.95. DELUXE edition is $79.95.
- When shopping in the store you should expect to pay $29.95-39.95; DELUXE
- about $45-49, with a street price for the CD ROM version of about $69.
-
- Copyright (c) 1992 by Tony Curro. All Rights Reserved.