Game Classification

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (À la Poursuite de Carmen Sandiego dans le Monde) Brøderbund Software (U.S.A.), Brøderbund Software (U.S.A.), 1985 Download it Now !

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Detective - Educational - Edugame - Geography - Investigation - Mystery - Retro serious game

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 8 to 11 years old / 12 to 16 years old

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick
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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the title of several edugames that teach geography. The goal of the game is to track Carmen's villains around the world, arrest them and if possible Carmen herself. The player begins the game by first going to the country where the crime took place and then obtaining hints from various sources on where the thief went next, leading to a chase around the world to find the thief before "time" runs out.

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Apple II - Commodore 64 - Genesis (Megadrive) - Macintosh - MSX - NES (Famicom) - PC (Dos) - Sega Master System - Super Nintendo (SNES)

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