Software : Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
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from: The Learning Company
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: The Learning Company
EAN: 0772040811822
Format: CD-ROM
Label: The Learning Company
Manufacturer: The Learning Company
Model: 380862
Publisher: The Learning Company
Release Date: October 25, 2001
Sales Rank: 425
Studio: The Learning Company
Features:- The infamous Carmen Isabela Sandiego has run off with a rare edition of The Travels of Marco Polo worth millions. You'll work with crack detectives to uncover clues that will help find her!
- Interact with two crack detectives as you use incredible gadgets to uncover important clues
- Use your talking translator to make your way through 13 countries, with as many different languages
- Travel around the globe without a passport as you collect clues in 50 countries
- Solve puzzles and brainteasers from around the world while studying journal notes and sketches for clues
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Product Description:
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? 2002 Edition takes young people on a thrilling adventure around the world as they chase the famous criminal! Skills taught include - geography, cultures, landmarks, foreign languages, history, reasoning & map reading Ages 8 to 12
Amazon.com Review:
Carmen Sandiego is a thorn in the ACME Detective Agency's side. A brilliant globe-trotting thief, she learned all of her best tricks in her days as ACME's greatest operative. Now, she has used those skills to steal a rare book about Marco Polo. It is up to her former partner, an untested rookie, and--most importantly--you, the player, to stop her.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? has been around for over a decade in various incarnations, and one look at its successful mix of educational content and mystery role-playing is enough to explain why it has endured. Focusing on geography and world cultures, the game pursues Carmen through Earth's major cities, introducing players to the languages, customs, and landmarks of their peoples along the way.
Like most mystery games, this one has a sedate pace, requiring players to look hard at each new cityscape and search out clues that will help the story unfold. This does not mean it is impossibly difficult--there is plenty of help on offer for whenever a detective is stuck. The clues themselves are generally based on true facts about the nations Carmen is visiting on her crime spree, reinforcing the lessons learned as the point-and-click world tour progresses.
By combining varied and beautiful landscapes with the thrill of the chase, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? teaches and entertains, seamlessly combining its educational content with its adventure component, and offering--if you keep your wits--the satisfaction of thwarting one of computer gaming's most notorious thieves. --Alyx Dellamonica
Amazon.com Product Description:
Get on the case! The world has lost all the salt from the Dead Sea, the gargoyles from Notre Dame, even the steps to the tango. As a detective, the player's job is to interrogate informants, track clues, and arrest the thief--all before their battery meter runs out. Advance through eight ranks and 40 challenging cases while becoming immersed in different cultures and locations rich with history, art, music, and more than 200 animated characters.
Expand kids' knowledge of world geography and cultures as they travel to 50 countries, gather clues, and take guided tours through scrolling landscapes filled with music. To solve cases or gather information for school assignments, a rich electronic database is included, featuring essays, spectacular color photos, and video clips from the National Geographic Society.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great but need to update the software
I purchased this for my 9 and 10 year olds as a supplement to help with their homeschool geography lessons. They absolutely love it. I have to tear them away to get them to do their other work. The only issue is that it does not seem to be compatible with later versions of Windows (XP - in our case), so the program frequently freezes and requires a restart which is very frustrating for the children.
Rating:  - My inner child
Used to play this game when I was little, so I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane. It's not as exciting as I used to remember it, but it still brings out my inner child.
Rating:  - Garbage
Not the original Broderbund version. The learning company sux. It isn't worth the dollar. These nice guys sent me 2 separate disc's(same day) so they could soak me for 2 shippings of 6 bucks each. Absolute garbage. Never deal with these guys again. Anyone know where to get the version I had 12 years ago. Broderbund's site no good...
Rating:  - Carmen
This game would have been better if it came with directions so you would at least know how to play it and not have to guess at everything. I finally figured it out though.
Rating: - Carmen takes the cake
The graphics aren't fancy, but the educational opportunities with this game are great. My 7 year old daughter loves this game- she likes to speak words in all different languages and she knows now where Crete is! I like the kinds of games that teach my kids while they are having fun and this one does just that. (I'm learning a few things as well!)
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