Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?super

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Your mission: capture Carmen Sandiego and her crooked cronies. It's up to you to preserve the world's historic inheritance. Begin your search in the tombs of Egypt and finish over 3,000 years later!

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? Reviews

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful Where In Time is Carmen = an AWESOME game, August 12, 2004 By  ilove25or6to4 - See all my reviews There's no comparison. This is by FAR the best Carmen Sandiego game there is. It is much, much different from the others (not that the others were bad; I liked them very much) in that you need to know very little about history in order to complete the game. In the others, you need to know your USA or world facts in order to catch the criminals. But in Where In Time, you use abstract thinking, just like a game in the adventure genre, but way easier. While you are figuring out each puzzle for each mission, you can't help but learn some valuable history lessons. It is also so cool that you get to "meet" historical characters such as Ceasar, Beethoven, Yuri Gagarin, Mansa Musa, Hatshepsut, Edison, Jefferson, Franklin, Leif Erikson, and many, many more. Do YOU know who Murasaki Shikibu is? (PS- She wrote the world's first novel, The Tale Of Genji) Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Great game!, August 25, 2009 By  megmusic "music mom" (Stratford, CT United States) - See all my reviews    = Fun:  Amazon Verified Purchase( What's this?) This review is from: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) This is a great game! It's a fun way to learn history and the jokes are great whether you're a parent or a kid. We owned this game a long time ago and had lost it, and bought this copy because we'd liked it. It's even better and funnier than we'd remembered it! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful What in the world happened to the real Carmen San Diego games?, January 18, 2011 By  fl3railrunner - See all my reviews = Fun:  Amazon Verified Purchase( What's this?) This review is from: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (Video Game) I used to play this game in the early 90s, and had fond memories of it. I now have a daughter and tried to introduce it to her. The game is now totally different. The progress through the cases is not based on knowledge anymore but on guesses. It was not interesting to my daughter, and she gave up after about 5 minutes. I stuck to it a little longer to see if it got more interesting with more difficult cases, but eventually gave up as well. This new version is boring at best. It seems it is a dumbed down version of the original. I tried to identify what had happened to the original games. The truth came out on Wikipedia. The company that produced the original series of game, all multiple prize winners, sold the games to another company, who rewrote what they are today and did not bother to change the names. That is pathetic marketing!!!! Another major issue with the program is that it does not install easily. Out of 4 computers, all updated XPs, only one took it... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment

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