Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? (1988) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? is a multiplatform video game where players have to travel through Europe to collect the clue and the warrant necessary to capture Carmen Sandiego or one of her henchmen…

31 December 1988

What Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? is

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? is an adventure game developed by Brøderbund Software and released in 1988. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? is a multiplatform video game where players have to travel through Europe to collect the clue and the warrant necessary to capture Carmen Sandiego or one of her henchmen. The goal of this game is to track Carmen's villains through the continent and arrest them and ultimately arrest Carmen herself. Production of the game was discontinued in 1990 due to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc of European countries, and the consequent major border and government changes that resulted.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Carmen Sandiego series

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? is the fifth of 36 entries we hold in the Carmen Sandiego series. The next entry was Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? in 1989.

See all 36 Carmen Sandiego games in release order →

What it launched against

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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