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Mode(s) Single-player Developer Brøderbund Software Genre Educational game | 4.3/5 My Abandonware Initial release date 1986 Publisher Brøderbund Software | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Platforms DOS, MS-DOS, Macintosh operating systems, Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, AmigaOS Similar Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? games, Brøderbund Software games, Educational games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? was a Carmen Sandiego game released by Brøderbund in 1986. The game, which focuses on United States geography, was produced as a sequel to Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, due to the success of the previous game. An "Enhanced" version of the game was released in 1990, and the "Deluxe" expansion pack version was released in 1992, on hybrid Windows/Macintosh in 1994, and on Macintosh in 1996. The game came with, and used facts from, Fodor's Travel Guide to the USA.
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Description
The goal of the game is to track Carmen's henchmen across the U.S.A., arrest them, and ultimately arrest Carmen Sandiego. The player will be given information on the suspect which is used to obtain a warrant on them so as to narrow down the suspect to one of the V.I.L.E. members in the database.
Reception
Computer Gaming World in 1987 complimented the game as a valuable tool for teaching geography, using reference books, map reading, and deductive reasoning. Compute! Gazette called it "so intriguing that players will be drawn to it again and again, learning a little more about logic, common sense, and U.S. geography each time." The New York Times' Thomas L. Friedman described the game as "a wonderful geography-teaching tool".