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The classic series, 1985–2001. Entries marked Playable boot in your browser through js-dos — nothing to install and nothing to insert.

Case zero — where it began

The case that started it all. A treasure goes missing, a V.I.L.E. operative bolts, and you follow the trail across 30 cities with the World Almanac open on the desk — reading witnesses for where the crook ran and who they are, then filing the warrant before the week runs out.

  • PlatformMS-DOS
  • DeveloperBroderbund
  • Cities30
  • Suspects10
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? — screenshot
File № 1986-UMS-DOS
Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? — screenshot

Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?

Fifty states, one fugitive. State capitals, landmarks and regional trivia turn the manhunt into a tour of the United States.

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File № 1988-EMS-DOS
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? — screenshot

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

Europe in close-up. The first entry with a searchable flags-currencies-languages database wired into the crime computer.

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File № 1989-TMS-DOS
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? — screenshot

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

The Chronoskimmer is fuelled. Chase the gang through the centuries, reading clues for both the era and the address.

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File № 1990-DMS-DOS · VGA
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition — screenshot

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition

The founding case remade for VGA. The CD-ROM edition played here covers sixty countries, with National Geographic photographs and Smithsonian Folkways music.

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File № 1991-PMS-DOS
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? — screenshot

Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?

A U.S.-history edition — the trail runs through the eras of the American past, packed with over 1,200 clues.

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File № 1991-UEMS-DOS · VGA
Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced — screenshot

Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced

The 1986 U.S.A. chase in 256 colours, with a menu bar, a mouse pointer and sound-card support, and the original gang still at large.

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File № 1992-UDMS-DOS CD-ROM
Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition — screenshot

Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition

The U.S.A. remake: a brand-new V.I.L.E. gang, photographs and a relief map for every state, and state music licensed from folk and blues labels like Arhoolie and Rounder.

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File № 1993-SMS-DOS
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? — screenshot

Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego?

Off-world. A rocket, a wise-cracking computer and a fuel gauge replace the map as the chase crosses the Solar System.

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File № 1994-UCWindows CD-ROM
Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? CD-ROM — screenshot

Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? CD-ROM

The U.S.A. Deluxe for Windows 3.1: the same gang and fifty-one stops, with Windows MIDI music and a separate browser for every state's songs and photographs.

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File № 1995-JWindows · Mac CD-ROM
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Junior Detective Edition — screenshot

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Junior Detective Edition

The pre-reader edition. Spoken clues, picture-icon detective work and a talking GizmoTapper, built for ages 5–8, with Zack, Ivy and Stretch the crime-dog along for the chase.

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File № 1996-W3Windows · Mac CD-ROM
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1996) — screenshot

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1996)

Version 3.0: fifty countries as scrolling painted panoramas, Lynne Thigpen as the Chief on the videophone, and a warrant built from what bystanders saw.

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File № 2001-KWindows · Mac CD-ROM
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge — screenshot

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge

The series' final bow on PC: a full point-and-click adventure. Chase a stolen Marco Polo book through eight missions on all seven continents with agents Jules and Shadow, cracking fifteen puzzles along the way.

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