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Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums

Join A.C.M.E. agent-in-training, Cole Gannon, along with Jules Argent and Shadow Hawkins, in an all-new action adventure on the trail of Carmen Sandiego--the world's greatest thief. This case takes Cole around…

1 September 2004

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums is an adventure developed by Artificial Mind & Movement, released 1 September 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums is

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums is an adventure game developed by Artificial Mind & Movement and released in 2004. It was published by BAM! Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Join A.C.M.E. agent-in-training, Cole Gannon, along with Jules Argent and Shadow Hawkins, in an all-new action adventure on the trail of Carmen Sandiego--the world's greatest thief. This case takes Cole around the world: from a museum in New York and the beaches of New Zealand to the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. While on the case, you'll need to use acrobatics, stealth, martial arts, and most of all, your wit, to stop Carmen from unearthing the drums and making off with the lost treasure.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, educational and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Carmen Sandiego series

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums is the 23rd of 36 entries we hold in the Carmen Sandiego series. It arrived 3 years after Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge. The next entry was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? 3: New Carmen Adventure in 2008.

See all 36 Carmen Sandiego games in release order →

What it launched against

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums launched on 1 September 2004, within three weeks of Rome: Total War, Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown and Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

Released around the same time: Rome: Total War, Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

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When did Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums come out?
Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums was released on 1 September 2004 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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