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Great but need to update the software

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this for my 9 and 10 year olds as a supplement to help with their homeschool geography lessons. They absolutely love it. I have to tear them away to get them to do their other work. The only issue is that it does not seem to be compatible with later versions of Windows (XP - in our case), so the program frequently freezes and requires a restart which is very frustrating for the children.

Your CD cover image is incorrect!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this product under the pretense it was the Carmen Sandiego game from 1996, simply based on the description and jewel case cover photo. I was sent a copy of the game made in 2001.

The updated version is a perfectly workable game. I just wanted the one I played back in middle school!

Windows XP Instructions

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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.

Where in the World is the old Carmen Sandiego Game?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I prefer playing the old game that came out in the 80s/90s. This game was too cartoonish.

My inner child

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Used to play this game when I was little, so I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane. It's not as exciting as I used to remember it, but it still brings out my inner child.

Garbage

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not the original Broderbund version. The learning company sux. It isn't worth the dollar. These nice guys sent me 2 separate disc's(same day) so they could soak me for 2 shippings of 6 bucks each. Absolute garbage. Never deal with these guys again. Anyone know where to get the version I had 12 years ago. Broderbund's site no good...

Carmen

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game would have been better if it came with directions so you would at least know how to play it and not have to guess at everything. I finally figured it out though.

Game use as an Educational Tool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A classic game that has been updated with video portions. My fifth grader really enjoyed the game and has spent several enjoyable hours learning how to get around the world on his mission as a gumshoe. This game can be used educationally to teach about Geography and good information about various places around the globe.

Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Jewel Case)

Service from Electronjon's

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Amazon referred my order for this game to Electronjon's. The game disk would not load onto a home computer. It was very difficiult to get Electronjon's to issue a returns authorization number. They finally did, and I returned the disk over a month ago. I have heard nothing since! The post office confirms delivery of the return to Electronjon's on April 23. The company will not respond to email or fax. I think I have lost my money. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ELECTRONJON'S!

Why isn't this game working?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I used to play this game on my family's Windows 95 Plus (which is long gone), but when I tried to install it on my mom's XP, it refused because I did't have "up to date" quicktime. Really, quicktime was too up to date, and nothing was fixed even when I installed the quicktime that came with it. I then used my OS X mac to go into classic (OS 9) mode and it STILL is not working, this time I'm just getting the mysterious file error -49. I don't know what's with this game, it doesn't seem to want to work on anything. (I also have the old Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego game, which works perfectly on my mac in classic mode)

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