Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?
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| Developer(s) | Brøderbund Software |
| Publisher(s) | Brøderbund Software |
| Series | Carmen Sandiego |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, MS-DOS, Mac OS |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score |
| Computist |   |
| Computer Play | 9.1/10 |
| The House of Games | 8/10 |
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? is a 1988 European geography-based educational video game in the detective mystery franchise Carmen Sandiego. It was originally published by Brøderbund in 1988 for the Apple II , Commodore 64 and MS-DOS , and ported to the Apple IIGS , Amiga and Mac OS in 1989. It is the third Carmen Sandiego title, after world-based Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985) and US-based Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986). Under the guidance of The Acme Agency's chief, the player completes cases to catch Carmen's henchmen; they accomplish this by traveling to European locations to investigate clues relating to the crook's last known whereabouts, and by gaining enough character data to issue a warrant of arrest. Once the player has captured all 15 thieves, they are able to chase after Carmen herself.
Critics noted that the game followed in the design footsteps of its Carmen Sandiego predecessors, and gave it generally favourable reviews.
The game intended to improve players' skills in map-reading, research, and problem solving. It was developed and published by Brøderbund Software, Inc., and released on the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Apple II, Macintosh, and IBM PC.; special editions of the program were made for use in classrooms. The Apple II version was released on a double-sided 5-1/2 inch disk, while the IBM version was available in either a 3-1/2 or 5-1/2 format. The disks were written using Apple ProDOS.
The third in the series after Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985) and Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986), it would be was followed by state-specific video game Where in North Dakota Is Carmen Sandiego? in February 1989 and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? in August of that year.
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