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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game)
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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is a 1985 educational computer game released by Brøderbund Software and the first entry in the Carmen Sandiego franchise.In the game, you must travel around the world to pursue and capture Carmen's henchmen and, ultimately, Carmen herself. Each location has witnesses and clues that provide information about the culprit's appearance and location. Your task is to piece together the clues and arrest the correct suspect before the in-game deadline.The game was remade twice. The first remake was the 1992 deluxe edition, which featured digitized photographs and spoken dialogue. It was followed by the 1996 version, which further updated the graphics and added in Lynne Thigpen as the Chief from the game show of the same name. The 1996 version also reworked the gameplay somewhat, particularly the warrant aspect, and changed the in-game time limit to a fuel limit. | |
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Dropped link to CarmenSandiegoJuniorDetectiveEdition: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to CarmenSandiegoTreasuresOfKnowledge: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to PunnyNames: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to RogerRabbitEffect: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1686e91 | type |
Live-Action Cutscene | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1686e91 | comment |
Live-Action Cutscene: The footage of Lynne Thigpen. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1686e91 | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1686e91 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_16995d90 | type |
Right-Hand Cat | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_16995d90 | comment |
Right-Hand Cat: This version has Carmen's cat Carmine, who originally appeared in Junior Detective. Considering Junior Detective featured the Where on Earth cast, this makes for some confusing continuity. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_16995d90 | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_16995d90 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_191a3673 | type |
Graceful Loser | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_191a3673 | comment |
Graceful Loser: When you've finally caught Carmen, she makes one last call to you congragulating you for it and remarking that she's been impressed by you as a detective, though also using the opportunity to let you knows she plans on breaking out and already has an idea for her next great heist. | |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_191a3673 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1aa08f77 | type |
Multiple Endings | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1aa08f77 | comment |
Multiple Endings: If you run out of time or, in the 1996 version, fuel, the case is summarily ended with the crook getting away. Issue an incorrect warrant, fail to even send one, or in the 1996 version, trying to arrest the wrong person, gives you the bad ending where the jury rules the crook innocent. Not running out of time (or fuel) and correctly filing a warrant will give you the good ending. The crook is found guilty and sent to jail. In the 1996 version, an ACME Good Guide captures the crook, usually in a comedic fashion, followed by the newspaper reporting on the capture of the crook with the sounds of applause. | |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf | type |
Unwinnable by Design | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf | comment |
Unwinnable by Design: If you spend too much time going to the wrong places, before you figure out some of the more obscure hints (Especially in the later cases where there is almost no room for errors), you'll run out of time or battery power. Can easily veer into the Cruel version of this trope. While there may be ample clues to show where the crook is going, you still have to figure out who the crook is via investigating clues and getting a warrant. You might find yourself questioning multiple witnesses, eating up valuable time, and lose the case because you took too long. See Luck-Based Mission above. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_2472f326 | type |
VictoryDance | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_2472f326 | comment |
Victory Dance: After you capture Carmen, a marching band parade plays Stars and Stripes Forever. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_2472f326 | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_2472f326 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0 | type |
It Will Never Catch On | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0 | comment |
It Will Never Catch On: The tour of Moscow has Dee Plomassy singing the praises of the dawning era of democracy in Russia. In retrospect, her optimism about The New Russia seems just a bit premature. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_318d4432 | type |
Tropical Island Adventure | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_318d4432 | comment |
Tropical Island Adventure: Two of the locations in the game are Singapore and Sri Lanka.note While it's included in the 1985 and 1992 versions, note that Sri Lanka is not a location in the 1996 version. | |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_318d4432 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_391aa30b | type |
You ALL Look Familiar | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_391aa30b | comment |
You ALL Look Familiar: The bystanders reuse the same character models on occasion. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_391aa30b | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_391aa30b | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3bc22d58 | type |
Art Initiates Life | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3bc22d58 | comment |
Art Initiates Life: Renee Santz captures thieves by painting ropes on them, which become real ropes because cartoon logic. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3bc22d58 | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3bc22d58 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3cd71723 | type |
Acme Products | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3cd71723 | comment |
Acme Products: You are a sleuth at the ACME Detective Agency in the 1992 and 1996 versions. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3cd71723 | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_3cd71723 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4156b553 | type |
Copy Protection | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4156b553 | comment |
Copy Protection: Horrible, horrible copy protection. Arguably some of the most frustrating of all time. You can play all you want, but to get promoted and even have a chance to capture Carmen, you have to enter certain words from certain pages of the included travel guides every few cases. Sound easy enough? Then remember that these games were incredibly common in schools... where the manuals would often get lost. And even the teachers couldn't exactly summon new copies of a travel guide (now often several years, if not a decade out of date) at will. This is, of course, averted in the 1996 version, since it's a product of the CD-ROM era. | |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4156b553 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4604fd4d | type |
Worthy Opponent | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4604fd4d | comment |
Worthy Opponent: Carmen acknowledges the player as such in one of her brief video calls. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4604fd4d | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4604fd4d | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4856ac40 | type |
Stock Footage | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4856ac40 | comment |
Stock Footage: The in-game database includes some video clips, all composed of footage from old National Geographic specials. This includes footage from: Australia's Aborigines (1988) - "Australia" video Born of Fire (1983) - "Greece" and "Iceland" videos Egypt: Quest for Eternity (1982) - "Egypt" video Great Lakes, Fragile Seas (1991) - "Canada" video Inside the Soviet Circus (1988) - "Russia" video Last Stand in Eden (1979) - "Kenya" video Living Treasures of Japan (1981) - "Japan" video Return to Everest (1984) - "Nepal" video Serengeti Diary (1989) - "Tanzania" video Those Wonderful Dogs (1989) - "New Zealand" video | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4856ac40 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4856ac40 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4eb5691c | type |
Squashed Flat | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4eb5691c | comment |
Squashed Flat: Rock Solid captures crooks by log-rolling over them to flatten them thin as paper. He then holds up the crook's flattened body to the camera. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4eb5691c | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4eb5691c | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: Being the first game in the Carmen franchise, the 1985 version has a lot of this. You work for Interpol instead of the fictional ACME Detective Agency, the crooks don't have Punny Names, the thefts aren't humorously impossible, and there are more violent animations. In general, the 1985 game plays its Police Procedural premise somewhat straight, whereas its successors treat it in a more wacky and comical fashion. Carmen’s appearance in the DOS version isn’t quite the same as what most people would recognize as her trademark look. Her profile picture in the game shows her wearing her iconic hat and trench coat, but instead of red they are both brown. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_51923571 | type |
Spinning Paper | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_51923571 | comment |
Spinning Paper: This occurs at the end of every case. There are three variations: If you run out of fuel: "Babble-Link batteries bottom out: [player's name] left in the dark in [last country you were in]." If you apprehend the wrong person and/or make a mistake with your warrant: "[player's name] attacks friendly tourist: 'I've never been to [country stolen from],' says innocent victim." If you complete the case successfully: "[crook's name] captured: [country stolen from] thanks [player's name] for the return of [loot]." | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_51923571 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_51923571 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_56b53152 | type |
Green Aesop | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_56b53152 | comment |
Green Aesop: Often delivered by Rock Solid. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_56b53152 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_56b53152 | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_56b53152 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_59b9f4df | type |
You Are Fat | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_59b9f4df | comment |
You Are Fat: If the suspect is "heavy", bystanders will use descriptions such as "If pounds were dollars, s/he'd be a millionaire!" | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_59b9f4df | featureApplicability |
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_59b9f4df | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_61e3b6ae | type |
It's a Small World, After All | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_61e3b6ae | comment |
It's a Small World, After All: The clues you are given are about the entire country the crook went to rather than any specific place. Fortunately, knowing just the country is always enough to get you to another destination with more clues. In the older games, clues intended to direct you to Moscow will sometimes mention places that were part of the U.S.S.R. at the time, but which are now independent of Russia. Hand Waved at one point in the 1996 version where you have to find the torch from the Statue of Liberty, even though you investigate San Francisco. The Chief mentions that it 'appeared seconds after the theft' in San Francisco. Okay then... | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_61e3b6ae | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_61e3b6ae | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_61e3b6ae | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62259825 | type |
Nintendo Hard | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62259825 | comment |
Nintendo Hard: After you get to "Private Eye" level, the game gets much harder. The interviewees are far less likely to give suspect identification clues, the suspects hop around much quicker, and the overall location clues get more and more vague. Plus, the crime computer needs even more data to identify your suspect. At the highest levels, you must hop to the next location after interviewing one person, and pray that you stumble upon enough ID clues to get the warrant. There is no margin for error and significant luck is required. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62259825 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62259825 | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62259825 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62624dc2 | type |
Interpol Special Agent | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62624dc2 | comment |
Interpol Special Agent: You are an Interpol agent in the original 1985 version. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62624dc2 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62624dc2 | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_62624dc2 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_6b12fcfb | type |
Bumbling Henchmen Duo | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_6b12fcfb | comment |
Bumbling Henchmen Duo: The two klutzy janitors working for Carmen. According to the user's manual, they're named Rick and Nick ICK. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_6b12fcfb | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_6b12fcfb | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_6b12fcfb | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_70321789 | type |
Video Game Remake | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_70321789 | comment |
Video Game Remake: As noted in the description, the game was remade twice, in 1992 and 1996. Carmen Sandiego: Treasures of Knowledge has sometimes been counted as a (loose) fourth version, since its full onscreen title is Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge. Plus, its in-game database is cribbed from the 1996 version. Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition is essentially a version of World, just aimed at a younger audience. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_70321789 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_70321789 | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_70321789 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: This version has one in the form of the battery-powered translator. With no spare batteries. Or, say, a charger. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: Implied if you arrest the wrong person. The Spinning Paper will indicate that you attacked a friendly tourist, and said tourist will say they've never been to the country where the loot was stolen. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_744e3311 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_744e3311 | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_744e3311 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_75eb8771 | type |
Mad Libs Dialogue | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_75eb8771 | comment |
Mad Libs Dialogue: This version features Warren the Warrant Robot. He helps you with issuing warrants and always talks in Mad Libs Dialogue. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_75eb8771 | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_75eb8771 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_984763bb | type |
555 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_984763bb | comment |
555: The phone numbers given are all prefixed with 555. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_984763bb | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_984763bb | featureConfidence |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_984763bb | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | type |
Luck-Based Mission | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | comment |
Can easily veer into the Cruel version of this trope. While there may be ample clues to show where the crook is going, you still have to figure out who the crook is via investigating clues and getting a warrant. You might find yourself questioning multiple witnesses, eating up valuable time, and lose the case because you took too long. See Luck-Based Mission above. | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | featureApplicability |
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| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | featureConfidence |
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This Is Gonna Suck | |
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This Is Gonna Suck: If the people you question haven't seen the suspect, that means you picked the wrong country. You need to fly back to the last place and pick up the trail again, which will blow at least a full day. You may be able to recover at "Rookie" level, but above that, the case is blown (unless you get extremely lucky). | |
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In-Universe Game Clock | |
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In-Universe Game Clock: Depending on the in-game clock (and time zone), if you stay long enough in a location you can watch the sky go from day to night and vice versa. | |
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Da Chief | |
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Da Chief: Your boss in the 1992 and 1996 versions. In the 1992 version, the Chief is a white-haired man with a British accent, and in the 1996 version, the Chief is... well, Lynne Thigpen. In the original 1985 version, you simply receive anonymous texts from Interpol, and there is no mention of any "chief" character. | |
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Kitchen Sink Included | |
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Kitchen Sink Included: When the culprit is tackled, several random items go flying through the air, occasionally including, yes, a kitchen sink. | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Hypocritical Humor: Completely unintentional, but a handful of times when you ask a passerby "what does the suspect look like?", they will give a descriptive statement that also applies to his or her own self. | |
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Failed Future Forecast | |
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Failed Future Forecast: Of course, the 1985 version was made before the Hole in Flag revolutions, so it features the Soviet Union still being a country, etc. The 1992 deluxe edition has a reunited Germany alongside an existent Soviet Union, the game having fallen victim to the same period of short map shelf life as the game show's first season. The 1994 revamped version of the '92 game was the first to feature Russia instead of the Soviet Union. While the 1996 version came out late enough to have cleared the end of the Cold War, it was nonetheless caught off guard by the fall of Zaire. In the 1998 revamped version of that game, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still called "Zaire" for the most part, but its entry in the in-game database has been rewritten so that it awkwardly explains that "Zaire" is now technically the country's former name. All three versions give population statistics that are, of course, outdated now. All three versions predate the introduction of the euro, so they're all dated when they give as a clue the name of a European currency that has since been replaced by the euro. In the 1996 version, your location for Afghanistan is one of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, both of which were dynamited by the Taliban in 2001.note Incidentally, Afghanistan's flag in the in-game database is that of the pre-Taliban government, which was undoubtedly still in power when the game was in development. Around the time of the game's release in 1996, the Taliban took over, and the previous regime became the Northern Alliance resistance. However, the Northern Alliance continued to be internationally recognized as Afghanistan's de jure government, so it is technically correct that the Northern Alliance flag was the official flag of Afghanistan in the late '90s. A new Afghan flag was adopted following the defeat of the Taliban in 2002, so the flag does date the game to before that. | |
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Mooks | |
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Mooks: Many street-level thugs can be detected to show you are on the right trail! In the '96 version, they're replaced with the two bumbling janitors cleaning up after the thief and Carmen's pet cat Carmine. | |
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Retronym | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_c9263989 | comment |
The 1992 deluxe edition has an updated 1994 version, which most notably added in the blonde-haired travel agent Shirley Eugest. Confusingly, this is often referred to as the "classic edition," presumably a Retronym intended to distinguish it from the 1996 version. So yes, the deluxe edition is older than the classic edition, and the enhanced version is older still. Got all that? | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
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Lighter and Softer: The 1992 and 1996 versions are more light-hearted and humorous than the original 1985 game, which is no surprise considering that's the direction that the franchise as a whole went in between the mid-80s and mid-90s. The tone of the PBS game show was probably an influence in that process. | |
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World Tour | |
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World Tour: Obviously. You visit various famous locales around the globe. | |
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Hand Wave | |
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Hand Waved at one point in the 1996 version where you have to find the torch from the Statue of Liberty, even though you investigate San Francisco. The Chief mentions that it 'appeared seconds after the theft' in San Francisco. Okay then... | |
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Updated Re-release | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) / int_df1793de | comment |
Updated Re-release: It's not as simple as there being the 1985, 1992, and 1996 versions. The 1985 game has an "enhanced" version, released in 1990, with added color and whatnot. The screenshot on this page is taken from that version. The 1992 deluxe edition has an updated 1994 version, which most notably added in the blonde-haired travel agent Shirley Eugest. Confusingly, this is often referred to as the "classic edition," presumably a Retronym intended to distinguish it from the 1996 version. So yes, the deluxe edition is older than the classic edition, and the enhanced version is older still. Got all that? The 3.5 version, released in 1998, is the '96 version with some added features, such as the "talking translator." | |
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Canon Immigrant | |
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Canon Immigrant: As noted above, this version features Lynne Thigpen's Chief from the game show. | |
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