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Each location provided clues in the form of several bystanders and scraps of paper lying on the ground. Each location had an elaborately painted backdrop that could be scrolled around a full 360 degrees. Unlike in the previous games, the image of the locations took up most of the screen, with the game options only taking up the bottom third of the screen. Īccording to the BOX: TOP SOFTWARE CALENDAR YEAR, Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego was the second best-selling title of 1996 after Disney's Toy Story Animated Storybook The searchable database within the game contains: 'video clips essays on each area's economics, politics and culture maps and photographs. The game uses 'geopolitical maps from National Geographic for more than 50 countries'. Upgraded features include: 'guided tours of various locales and beautifully painted 360-degree panoramas'. This 'upgrade of the classic detective program', in which players 'take on the role of gumshoe and explore the globe tracking down crafty criminals' remains the same as the original version. Players also received a spy watch and 'an introduction to 12 foreign languages'.

The Deluxe Edition released in 1998 (also sometimes subtitled as 'version 3.5') added speech welcoming the player to each country and an ' ACME Global Language Link-Up' satellite which quizzed the user on the local language. This was the last version of the game to follow the 'classic' formula of the series (until the Facebook version), but much of the game, especially the 'warrant' portion, was heavily redesigned. The game's release coincided on the heels of the end of the PBS game show, and features QuickTime videos of Lynne Thigpen reprising her role as 'The Chief'. It was the third version of the game, after the 1985 original title of the same name and a 1992 Deluxe version of said game.

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (sometimes referred to as Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? v3.0) is a 1996 video game part of the Carmen Sandiego franchise.

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