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Carmen Sandiego: Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: September 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Carmen Sandiego is a very good learnig game, because the player must find out where certain cities are in certain countries. The game provents you from geussing, because there is a time-limmit.
The game also test your skills: based upon knowing alternitive words, for the basic words a child would know.
The game also teaches a child different langueges to play the game, it really isn't hard to do that. The basics to the game is that you fly to different places over the world asking where the crook might be, and what they look like. Once the player has issued a warrent, they must areest the crook. Good Luck!!

Edu-tainment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: October 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game really tests your skills as a geographist! Learning about cultures, history, locations all while trying to hunt down the bad guy. If you don't know your facts, look it up. But becareful, because you only have a certain amount of time before your translater loses it's battery! And when you don't feel like chasing the crooks you can travel the world with a guide to show you around the neighborhood! Bon Voyage!

very educational game not only for kids but for adults alike

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: December 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

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!

Software Review for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 87 / 90
Date: March 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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!!

Great fun!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I had the original version several years ago--hours of great fun--highly recommended

Carmen you did it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: October 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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.

FUN AND LEARNING!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Fun game that also sneaks in alot of interesting geographical information while playing.

Okay but.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was disappointed. We bought this because we first had Where in the USA is Carmen. Unlike that one, this one ends and there are no alternate missions...

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"On account of there ain't no zeros, I give you a one."

I hope the software technogeeks had a good time designing this monster, because neither I nor my grandchildren (ages 8 and 12) had any fun trying to make it go. It is not very interactive: one has to spend a lot of time listening to the characters recite their lines with no ability for the user to click out. And the subject matter the characters talk about is often rather uninteresting as well.

The real killer, though, is that the clues for catching the criminals are so sketchy that we could not follow them. The software developers were so absorbed with their technical abilities to make a slick and cool format for this latest edition they forgot this is a children's program. They took a great educational game that kids really enjoyed and destroyed it.

I wish I had not spent my money on this software.

Great family fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My son and I played this together. He is only six and was able to follow along and when he needed help I was there. It was great to learn about geography without it being a text book. He really enjoyed and didn't want the game to end.

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