Product Description

Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? 2002 Edition takes young people on a thrilling adventure around the world as they chase the famous criminal! Skills taught include - geography, cultures, landmarks, foreign languages, history, reasoning & map reading Ages 8 to 12

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1418 in Software
• Color: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Classic
• Brand: SoftKey
• Model: WCS3744AE
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Mac OS 9 and below, Windows 2000
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .31 pounds

Features

• The infamous Carmen Isabela Sandiego has run off with a rare edition of The Travels of Marco Polo worth millions. You'll work with crack detectives to uncover clues that will help find her!
• Interact with two crack detectives as you use incredible gadgets to uncover important clues
• Use your talking translator to make your way through 13 countries, with as many different languages
• Travel around the globe without a passport as you collect clues in 50 countries
• Solve puzzles and brainteasers from around the world while studying journal notes and sketches for clues

Amazon.com Product Description
Get ready to travel the world, encounter exotic sights and sounds, meet unusual people--and arrest them! Carmen Sandiego's international crime ring is furiously filching world treasures ordinary thieves wouldn't dare tackle. We're counting on you, Gumshoe. So, when you think you've got the goods on the bad guys, submit your evidence, make the collar, and go to court. But beware! Your evidence must be airtight or your suspect will go free! (Ages 9 and older)

Customer Reviews

Software Review for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
As a teacher, I love to see kids getting an opportunity to play fun educational games on the computer. However, it is difficult to find many edutainment software titles that are age-appropriate for 9 - 12 year olds. Good, learning-focused software for this age group is often competing with the endless world of games - Playstation, X-Box, etc. Programs that will appeal to kids in this age range have to be entertaining and visually sophisticated, as well as provide educational value. "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" does this and does it quite well. Featuring sophisticated graphics and a compelling storyline, Carmen delivers an energetic mix that combines solid, skill-building activities with an intriguing plot.
Carmen offers kids an exceptional method of learning about the world in an educational but entertaining manner. The game will really test their skills as geographers. While trying to hunt down bad guys, they learn about cultures, history, languages, and locations. Because the kids are exposed to geography facts within the framework of adventure, the learning opportunities are fantastic. While kids learn key facts about 50 countries - their geography and history - they also read maps, exercise deductive reasoning, develop reading and research skills, follow directions, and collect data. It is easy to recognize the program exercises their higher-level thinking skills.
I found this program reinforces the very skills I am trying to teach - how to get kids to think and apply the higher-level thinking skills. Beware! They learn to think! They have fun! It is the best of both worlds for them and me, and I love it!!

very educational game not only for kids but for adults alike
i have this software about 7 years ago and my nephew was only 8 years old then but he just loved playing the game. he used to play it everytime he comes home from school that he soon got to learn about the different places in the world, learn about world geography:the peoples, cultures & products of the different countries. and most of all, he just loved catching the crooks and really had a fun time with the game. even his mother and my other sister also enjoyed playing the game with him. two years after that however, a virulent virus "killed" my software of carmen sandiego and so my younger nieces didn't get the chance to enjoy it as much as their older brother did. i've been looking for this kind of software ever since but i guess it was not just available here in our country (or maybe it's just very difficult to look for one here). i've found out that it is available at amazon.com and, boy, i'm so glad!

Carmen you did it!
Little did I know that this game would bring so much fun in many ways. It is the best type of game I have seen for learning. My child keeps coming back for more after he tires of all the other games in his inventory. It is fresh and not competitive. You don't have any guns, weapons or blood. Now that I love. So will you.