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Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? may refer to the following: * ''Carmen Sandiego ''Carmen Sandiego'' (sometimes referred to as ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'') is a media franchise based on a series of computer games created by the American software company Broderbund. While the original 1985 '' Where in the World ...'', a series of educational mystery video games, most of which have been titled ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' ** ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1985 video game), the first game in the series ** ''Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' (Prodigy video game), a 1988 online game ** '' Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe'', a 1990 video game ** ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1996 video game), based in part on the TV game show ** ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (Gameloft), a 2008 video game ** '' Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3 - New Carmen Adventure'', a 2009 French video game ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Sandiego (video Game Series)
''Carmen Sandiego'' is a series of American educational software, educational mystery video games that spawned an Carmen Sandiego (franchise), edutainment franchise of the same name. The game released in 1985, ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game), Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'', started off both the video game series and the franchise as a whole, which has continued up to the present day. Each game of the series has a particular theme and subject, where the player must use their knowledge to find Carmen Sandiego (character), Carmen Sandiego or any of her innumerable henchmen. This series was originally owned by Broderbund, but is now owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since its initial release the series has won over 125 awards and accolades. Design Background In 1983, the founders of Broderbund, Broderbund Software, Gary and Doug Carlston, publicly discussed a plan to make edutainment one of their company's three focus areas. The character of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 Video Game)
''Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an educational video game released by Broderbund on April 23, 1985. It is the first product in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' franchise. The game was distributed with ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts'', published by Pharos Books. An enhanced version of the game was released in 1989, which did not have the almanac-based copy protection and instead used disk-based copy protection. A deluxe version was released in 1992, and featured additional animation and a reworked interface from the original version. Some of the bonus features included digitized photos from ''National Geographic'', over 3200 clues, music from the Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, 20 villains, 60 countries, and 16 maps. CD-ROM versions for DOS and Macintosh were released in 1992, and a Windows version was released in 1994. In the game, the player takes the role of a rookie in the fictional ACME Detective Agency, tasked to track down crooks from the V.I.L.E. organization w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Prodigy Video Game)
''Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' is a game within the Carmen Sandiego (video game series), Carmen Sandiego franchise made for the Prodigy (online service), Prodigy Interactive online service, a "special edition" and Prodigy service adaptation of the 1985 Broderbund educational Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game), game of the same name. Prodigy was a computer service from a partnership of IBM and Sears. ''World'' was one of three games available on the extra audio card, alongside ''Silpheed'' and ''Cakewalk Apprentice''. It was an on-line version of the popular PC title, written specifically for Prodigy. This version had a new adventure each week, each Carmen Sandiego episode sponsored by the Prodigy online. The game was pitted to teach geography in an "exciting new way". The book ''Parents, kids & computers'' describes Prodigy s version of Carmen Sandiego as "a sort of online Carmen miniseries that changes from time to time". It was often used as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |