America's Past (1991)

Suspects

The gang of Where in America's Past (1991)Fifteen henchmen and Carmen, filed on sixteen illustrated cards whose jokes double as the evidence.

Mechanics

Five regions, nine time bands: the America's Past mapHow the Chronoskimmer 450SL turns American history into a grid of 45 stops, and lets you jump to any of them at any time.

Versions

Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? (1991)The 1991 game that turned the time-travel formula onto United States history, bundled with the What Happened When reference.

History

Making America's Past: the team, the box and the reviewsWho Brøderbund credited for its 1991 history game, what came in the box, and how the magazines took it.