Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced)

Genre:

Other

Year:

1990

Developer:

Brøderbund Software

Publisher:

Brøderbund Software

Perspective:

Other

Theme:

Educational, Detective / Mystery, Spy / Espionage

Releases:

Macintosh (1988), Amiga (1989), Apple II (1989), DOS (1990), Amstrad CPC (1990), Atari ST (1991), Genesis (1992), SMS (1992), SNES (1993)

Carmen Sandiego is a former spy who has reddish-brown hair, likes to play tennis, wear a ruby necklace and rides a stylish old convertible, but mostly she is a criminal that you need to capture. In the game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? you become a detective and you walk around the world and hunt criminals. But do not expect any big action, like shooting, chases in cars, etc. This game is designed especially for children and in entertaining way it teaches geographical knowledge and to track down criminals, you have to link all parts together. In the beginning you know just what sex is a criminal and you have to start asking questions around the area to get more information. You don't get direct answers tho, but only indications and hints where criminal could go (eg hotel staff will tell you that he changed money to forints, so you already know that apparently he flew to Budapest, Hungary) and you need to follow him/her. Although the game has poor graphics, it is really a lot of fun and I highly recommend it for everyone.