Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
Developer(s)Broderbund Software
Publisher(s)Broderbund Software
SeriesCarmen Sandiego
Platform(s)DOS, FM Towns, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Release1992
Genre(s)Educational/strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe is a video game within the Carmen Sandiego franchise. It is the first remake of the 1985 title Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and follows the Enhanced Version. It is sometimes referred to as Version 2.0 along with USA and Space. The Deluxe version 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.[1] CD-ROM versions for DOS and Macintosh were released in 1992, and a Windows version was released in 1994.

International music from Smithsonian Folkways was approved for use in this game.[2]

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe, released on CD-ROM, adds digitized photographs from the National Geographic Society and music from Smithsonian/Folkways.[3] Each location contains three sources of clues: The user can question a bystander, search the area, or call "Crime Net".[4] Bystanders and "Crime Net" provide clues as to the suspect's location and, on occasion, additionally state something about the suspect. Searching an area along the perpetrator's path turns up an object that provides a clue as to the suspect's location. The Deluxe edition is the first in the series to feature dialogue spoken aloud, although most information still appears in written form and the dialogue of bystanders is not spoken but rather contained in speech balloons.

A Windows version, simply titled "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?", missing the "Deluxe" nomenclature release was also released in 1994. This version features gameplay that is visually similar to that of the "Deluxe" CD-ROM based variant, but further improved the graphics, video, and audio of the previous version. This can usually be identified by yellow and green split box design, as well as text specifically referencing Windows compatibility.

  1. ^ "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition) for PC - G4tv". Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? From Smithsonian Folkways".
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  4. ^ In later games, "Crime Net" would be written as "Crimenet".