<s>
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
Word	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
franchise	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
sees	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
inventing	O
a	O
machine	O
called	O
the	O
Babble-On	O
Machine	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Agent	O
13	O
,	O
thwarting	O
her	O
plans	O
by	O
freeing	O
all	O
the	O
other	O
agents	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
captured	O
by	O
Carmen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
in	O
format	O
to	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
Math	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Laurie	O
Strand	O
,	O
Vice	O
president	O
of	O
Broderbund	O
,	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
Word	I-Application
Detective	I-Application
"	O
began	O
as	O
an	O
educational	O
game	O
called	O
"	O
Word	O
Workshop	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
language-learning	O
companion	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
popular	O
"	O
Math	O
Workshop	O
[	O
released	O
in	O
1994 ]	O
""	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
undergone	O
an	O
intense	O
six	O
months	O
of	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
and	O
was	O
near	O
completion	O
,	O
when	O
management	O
approached	O
the	O
team	O
and	O
ordered	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
be	O
redesigned	O
as	O
a	O
line	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
franchise	O
to	O
improve	O
its	O
chance	O
in	O
the	O
stores	O
where	O
shelf	O
space	O
was	O
being	O
fought	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mrs	O
Strand	O
called	O
the	O
team	O
into	O
the	O
room	O
and	O
explained	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
redo	O
all	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
assets	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
proceeded	O
to	O
do	O
without	O
objection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
THE	O
Journal	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
interface	O
,	O
like	O
all	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
is	O
intuitive	O
and	O
highly	O
imaginative	O
,	O
setting	O
just	O
the	O
right	O
atmosphere	O
for	O
a	O
would-be	O
detective	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
