Product Description

Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? challenges kids' knowledge of geography, history and other subjects while taking on a trip around the world. Help the detectives chase down the famous thief!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17953 in Video Games
• Brand: The Learning Company
• Model: 379985
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Mac, Windows 98, Windows 3.1, Windows, Windows 95
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .31 pounds

From the Manufacturer
Get ready to travel the world, encounter exotic sights and sounds, meet unusual people – and arrest them! Carmen Sandiego's international crime ring is 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 a collar, and go to court. But beware! Your evidence must be airtight or your suspect will go free.

Customer Reviews

How to make the program with Windows XP
To run the program in Windows XP without the computer frequently locking up, I have found that this procedure works: Install the program, right-click on the shortcut icon, click Properties, click the Compatibility tab, check the Compatibility Mode box and choose Windows 95, click Apply, and then click Okay. Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego will now run, at least on my Sony Vaio with a Pentium proceesor, and 2 gigs of RAM.

Incompatible with Windows XP
This version, as far as I can tell, does not work with Windows XP, period. I've tried using Windows 95 and 98 compatibility modes, changed the display to thousands of colors instead of millions, and installed the very old Quicktime for Windows (included on the CD), all of which do nothing. There doesn't seem to be a patch available, either. My guess is this won't work with any version of Windows past Windows 98, so if you're running XP, stay away!

Windows XP Instructions
First uninstall the game (if it's installed) then proceed.


- Click Start
- Click My Computer
- Right-click on your CD drive icon
- Click Search
- Type *.exe
- Press Enter then wait for the search to complete

About 18 files should have been found.
For each of those files, perform the following six steps:

1. Right click on the file
2. Click Properties
3. Click on the Compatibility tab
4. Check the box next to "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
5. Choose Windows 95 from the drop-down list
6. Click OK


(Yes, you need to repeat those six steps for every file.)


That's it.
Now the game should install and work fine.
Be sure to install QuickTime when asked to during the installation process.



NOTE:

While playing the game, the video clips are likely to be of lower quality than they would be on an actual Windows 95 computer.

This is because your display is automatically switched to 256-color mode when the game starts, and Windows XP won't allow the video clips to play using 16-bit color while the game is running in 256-color mode.
Windows 95, however, does allow this.

If you discover a way to force XP to show the clips in 16-bit color, please post instructions.