Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?
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Developer(s)	Broderbund
Publisher(s)	Broderbund
Series	Carmen Sandiego
Platform(s)	Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Macintosh
Release	1986 (Apple II, MS-DOS) 1987 (C64) 1989 (Amiga,GS, Mac)
Genre(s)	Educational
Mode(s)	Single-player

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
Developer(s)	Brøderbund
Publisher(s)	Brøderbund
Series	Carmen Sandiego
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows
Release	1992
Genre(s)	Educational
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? is a video game released by Broderbund in 1986, and is part of the Carmen Sandiego series. The game is a sequel to 1985's Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. A Deluxe version was released in 1992 with updated graphics and interface, while a rebooted version was released a decade later in 1996. The goal of the game is to track Carmen's henchmen across the United States, arrest them, and ultimately arrest Carmen Sandiego. In general the game received positive reviews, but some critics compared it unfavourably to its predecessor game which had a global perspective.

Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?, which focuses on United States geography, was produced as a sequel to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, due to the success of the previous game. It became the second entry in the Carmen Sandiego franchise, and would be followed by Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? three years later in 1988. In designing the game, Carmen Sandiego co-developer Doug Carlston followed a design philosophy that avoided explicit education throughout the experience. Instead, he wanted the game to feel more like an explorational detective mystery, which surreptitiously schooled the players on facts and figures, while they chased Carmen and tried to capture her. This prevented the young demographic from writing off the game as boring or insincere.

A "VGA enhanced version" entitled Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced) was released in 1989. A "Deluxe" expansion pack version was released in 1992, on hybrid Windows/Macintosh in 1994, and on Macintosh in 1996. The Deluxe extended edition – an "upgrade" – of the 1985 version had CD-ROM versions released for MS-DOS and Macintosh were released in 1992, and a Windows version was released in 1994. The game featured additional animation and a reworked interface from the 1985 version.