Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Prodigy video game)

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Screenshot of Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? on Prodigy circa 1988 (Prodigy)
SeriesCarmen Sandiego
Genre(s)Adventure, mystery

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is a game within the Carmen Sandiego franchise made for the Prodigy Interactive online service, a "special edition" and Prodigy service adaptation of the 1985 Broderbund educational game of the same name.[1][2]

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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  2. ^ "THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE PRODIGY SERVICE" (PDF). Ptadata.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ "The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California on October 8, 1988 ยท 52". Newspapers.com. 8 October 1988. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. ^ Lynch, Dennis (26 October 1990). "The pros, cons of buying an IBM PS/1". Chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  5. ^ Lewis, Peter H. (1992-08-02). "Dialing for Data". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  6. ^ Compute! Magazine Issue 134. October 1991 – via Archive.org.
  7. ^ "Ploy gomes with 0 drogon, detective, corporote VP ond over 1.5 million competitors" (PDF). mocagh.org. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ^ Raskin, Robin (1992). Parents, kids & computers : an activity guide for family play and learning. New York: Random House Electronic Pub. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-679-73910-4.
  9. ^ MOCAGH.ORG: Sierra On-Line: sierra prodigy5 – via Archive.org.
  10. ^ Raskin, Robin (1992). Parents, kids & computers : an activity guide for family play and learning. New York: Random House Electronic Pub. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-679-73910-4.
  11. ^ "Finally, what the PC was invented for.SM". paperzz.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  12. ^ Antonio Miguel Parham (1990). Prodigy Business Services--an "instructional case" study of marketing tactics for a computerized electronic information service (MSc thesis). MIT.
  13. ^ "Maximize Your Gaming Adventure!" (PDF). mocagh.org. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Prodigy Service launches in New York." PR Newswire, 17 Apr. 1989.
  15. ^ Guglielmo, Connie. "Just child's play." PC Week, vol. 12, no. 10, 13 Mar. 1995, p. A7. Gale Academic OneFile