<s>
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
educational	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
on	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
in	O
the	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
almanac-based	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
and	O
instead	O
used	O
disk-based	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CD-ROM	B-Device
versions	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
were	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
namesake	O
,	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
menu-driven	O
interface	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
text-driven	O
interface	O
of	O
adventure	B-Application
games	O
like	O
Colossal	B-Application
Cave	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
for	O
graphic-enabled	O
computers	O
like	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1995	O
,	O
over	O
four	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
sold	O
,	O
and	O
established	O
the	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
1996	B-Application
rebooted	I-Application
version	I-Application
sometimes	O
mistakenly	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Deluxe	O
"	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
track	O
down	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
's	O
villains	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
arrest	O
them	O
and	O
later	O
capture	O
Carmen	O
herself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
by	O
first	O
traveling	O
to	O
the	O
scene	O
of	O
the	O
crime	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
given	O
several	O
opportunities	O
to	O
collect	O
clues	O
about	O
the	O
suspect	O
's	O
next	O
location	O
,	O
which	O
come	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
pun-filled	O
word	O
play	O
about	O
the	O
target	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
new	O
rank	O
is	O
granted	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
must	O
correctly	O
answer	O
a	O
geography	O
question	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
a	O
reference	O
book	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
(	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
protection	B-Application
against	I-Application
disk	I-Application
copying	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
culprit	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
case	O
is	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
herself	O
;	O
apprehending	O
her	O
earns	O
the	O
user	O
a	O
spot	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	O
,	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
adds	O
digitized	O
photographs	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Geographic	O
Society	O
and	O
music	O
from	O
Smithsonian/Folkways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	O
in	O
the	O
World	O
was	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Broderbund	O
programmer	O
Dane	O
Bigham	O
had	O
played	O
the	O
text	O
adventure	B-Application
game	O
Colossal	B-Application
Cave	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
but	O
found	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
struggle	O
in	O
trying	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
correct	O
synonyms	B-Application
to	O
use	O
for	O
the	O
commands	O
programmed	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
limitation	O
of	O
computational	O
power	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
gaining	O
popularity	O
,	O
Bigham	O
believed	O
he	O
could	O
write	O
an	O
adventure	B-Application
game	O
for	O
children	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
to	O
provide	O
menu-driven	O
commands	O
to	O
replace	O
text	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Bigham	O
,	O
Portwood	O
,	O
and	O
Elliott	O
worked	O
on	O
this	O
approach	O
,	O
Broderbund	O
co-founder	O
Gary	O
Carlston	O
suggested	O
changing	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
an	O
adventure	B-Application
to	O
one	O
focused	O
on	O
geography	O
,	O
recalling	O
his	O
own	O
travels	O
as	O
a	O
child	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
the	O
1950s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Siefkin	O
was	O
also	O
inspired	O
by	O
Colossal	B-Application
Cave	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
transforming	O
the	O
cavern	O
into	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
rooms	O
of	O
the	O
cavern	O
become	O
countries	O
with	O
real	O
treasures	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
clues	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
languages	O
,	O
culture	O
,	O
and	O
geography	O
of	O
those	O
countries	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
get	O
from	O
the	O
Almanac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Siefkin	O
's	O
script	O
featured	O
several	O
villains	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
whom	O
he	O
named	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
also	O
lent	O
well	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
Where	B-Application
In	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Others	O
were	O
named	O
based	O
on	O
puns	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Ken	O
U	O
.	O
Sparadigm	O
"	O
for	O
"	O
can	O
you	O
spare	O
a	O
dime	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1989	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
"	O
Diamond	O
"	O
certification	O
from	O
the	O
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
for	O
sales	O
above	O
500,000	O
units	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
two	O
best-selling	B-Application
computer	I-Application
games	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
Karate	B-Device
Champ	I-Device
)	O
up	O
until	O
June	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Computers	O
and	O
Education	O
wrote	O
that	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
was	O
"	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
best-selling	O
educational	O
software	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
called	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
an	O
example	O
of	O
Broderbund	O
's	O
"	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
"	O
that	O
it	O
helps	O
teach	O
research	O
skills	O
and	O
fundamentals	O
of	O
geography	O
as	O
well	O
seems	O
almost	O
too	O
good	O
to	O
be	O
true	O
...	O
it	O
's	O
entertaining	O
enough	O
to	O
disguise	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
you	O
might	O
be	O
learning	O
something	O
while	O
you	O
play	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
gave	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
The	O
Strong	O
National	O
Museum	O
of	O
Play	O
inducted	O
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
San	O
Diego	O
Union	O
said	O
the	O
"	O
 '	O
Carmen	B-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
Deluxe	O
 '	O
game	O
is	O
challenging	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
fun	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
"	O
Kids	O
will	O
be	O
anything	O
but	O
bored	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Times	O
said	O
"	O
[	O
Carmen	O
Sandiego's ]	O
creators	O
at	O
Broderbund	O
have	O
remade	O
her	O
bigger	O
and	O
badder	O
than	O
ever	O
in	O
a	O
terrific	O
new	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
release	O
of	O
"	O
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
1992	O
version	O
of	O
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
