Prodigy was a computer service from a partnership of IBM and Sears.[3]World was one of three games available on the extra audio card, alongside Silpheed and Cakewalk Apprentice.[4] It was an on-line version of the popular PC title, written specifically for Prodigy.[5] This version had a new adventure each week,[6][7] each Carmen Sandiego episode sponsored by the Prodigy online.[8]
The game was pitted to teach geography in an "exciting new way".[9] 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".[10]
It was often used as a major selling point of the Prodigy service to parents,[11] and advertised as "your kids' personal tutor'[12] and for "adventure and role-playing enthusiasts".[13] It was highlighted as part of Prodigy's "Education and entertainment spanning school subjects".[14] Other kid-friendly programming included Sesame Street and Nickelodeon.[15]
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