LGR - Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? DOS Game Review

Heading back to 1989 to check out this edutainment game classic. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego off to this time? That's right: TIME. Now she and the V.I.L.E. gang are messing with world history, so hop in your Chronoskimmer and catch them in time, Time Cadets!
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[@LGR]

If you'd like to revisit the game, or play it for the first time, Internet Archive has you covered! They have tons of MS-DOS games you can play in your browser, Where in Time is one of 'em: archive.org/details/msdos_Where_in_Time_is_Carmen_Sandiego_1989

[@billybollockhead5628]

LGR but then, what do we use for encyclopedia? ;)

[@LGR]

There are copy protection codes listed on that page! Otherwise Wikipedia 👍

[@billybollockhead5628]

LGR awesome, cheers man.. love your vids

[@mauer594]

Just so you know, I'm not getting notifications for your videos.

[@screwthenet]

Funny I was just talking to family about Carmen Sandiego a few days ago. I gotta find a way to harness this precognitive power...FOR MONEY! lol

[@PFBM86]

Q: Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? A) Trapped inside the oil pipeline B) Running from a herd of stampeding bison C) Cooking meth in her basement lab

[@krzychuka]

She's in Fargo.

[@Fafushnick]

Lived in ND my whole life. The clues are probably "she's next to a vast flat snowy wasteland of nothing!" Me: .... That's the whole state.

[@ampersand.8888]

I bet she made off like a bandit in the shale oil crude prices by going to North Dakota.

[@joseph_b319]

C

[@Howlingd0g]

That question is a doozy, don'tcha know ?

[@Demilich23]

How could they possibly pass up the chance to call this "When in the World is Carmen Sandiego"?

[@proCaylak]

probably they didn't want customers to be confused. it would be great for wordplay's sake, but it would take more time to tell which is which.

[@NanoMan737400]

If they did it, they would've been this much ahead of their time

[@dowsa1234]

very true but all the games/versions went with Where in the "" is Carmen Sandiego

[@derHutschi]

@@proCaylak I bet one of the developers had this idea but was overruled by marketing ;-)

[@MaxUltimata]

@@dowsa1234 "Where in the fuck is Carmen Sandiego?!"

[@MrMLPfim]

"Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego" looks like its an April Fools joke

[@seanwieland9763]

This was the version I played the most as a kid, and have the most memories of. Paired perfectly with Space Quest IV and the Time Rippers.

[@iaincowell9747]

Never played any of the Carmen Sandiego's games & i've only played Space Quest 6. I played Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island 1 & 2, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis & Rise of the Triad a lot in the 90's.

[@WintrBorn]

I had Where in the World, the original Space Quest, and Gold Rush. Br0derbund and Sierra were my childhood.

[@Azerkeux]

My edutainment was "The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain" "Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets" and "Thinkin' Science: Zap!"

[@amstrad00]

Space Quest IV had better Time Travel graphics though.

[@workethicrecords5901]

The PBS show was so good. The set design was so cool, straight out of a 90's snap or Black Box music video. Last time I checked the whole thing is still on youtube.

[@kakarot1234567891234]

Didn’t even know that Carmen Sandiego existed back in the day! My younger siblings started watching the Netflix Interactive version and because it was on there I assumed it was newer. LGR did educate me, so mission accomplished for the month of April.

[@Spindash54]

The “Where in Time” TV theme song is still a bop all these years later.

[@hannibalcase1100]

STOP HER CRIME AND SOLVE THIS MYS-TER-REEE

[@raziyatheseeker]

Dang, you beat me to it. But it is a bop. So much so.

[@The8bitbeard]

It's one of those songs that still pops into my head at random and refuses to go away. One hell of an earworm.

[@beaniepq]

🎶 Tell me where in time is Carmen Sandiego? / We're on the case and we're chasing her through history! 🎵🎶

[@sandakureva]

The song is now stuck in my head, and probably will be for the rest of the week.

[@spencershortwave3958]

The Chronoskimmer says 2020. Hopefully an ACME agent is coming sometime this year to get us off this damn timeline.

[@lucidnonsense942]

Well... that explains the cartoon villain mucking up this timeline. When, oh when, will ACME save us from Orange McOrangey Face!

[@aidancommenting]

Would explain events of 2020 rapidly descending into chaos.. someone travels to 2020 in an attempt to fix the timeline only to make the problem worse..

[@3D-Ducks]

I played the 1997 version most often with my older siblings. My family is huge history nerds and I have fond memories of my oldest sister detailing historic events and how our family tied into them as she played while I would watch.

[@9a3eedi]

5:00 pretty surprised this game is Y2K compliant

[@richmcgee434]

Well, it *is* a time travel game. :)

[@aidancommenting]

Oh no The date It says 2020AD I n a t i m e t r a v e l g a m e

[@captainviggo4575]

I played "Where in the World" a lot on Amiga and strangely enough, it came in a legit Broderbund compilation (or pack sold with the computer) but without the encyclopedia book... And funny enough, after a lot of frustration from not being able to pass the copy protection after the first mission(s), my brother and I discovered that opening one of the game files into a text editor gave us all the copy protection questions and answers. We felt like real hackers back then. Good times.

[@justinduren95]

I just have to say that your content is keeping me sane through this pandemic. Being locked out at home, my mental state is really not at its best. But your videos are actually helping! Your upbeat, lively, friendly, and personal approach to doing these videos is just the best. Been watching a lot of your videos, and i think i will be in the near future. Kudos to you, LGR!

[@Chaos89P]

I know how frustrating this all is, but you're gonna get through this. I just hope that it won't be too long before the infection rate starts to plateau.

[@MoultrieGeek]

Listening to LGR is like slipping into a warm sweater and slippers, he is that soothing. My favorite KZbin channel to chill with.

[@justinduren95]

@@MoultrieGeek you took the words right out of my mouth! That's the word i was looking for: soothing. Relaxing. Friendly. We thank you, LGR 😊

[@justinduren95]

@@Chaos89P thank you 😊 we'll get through this together 😊

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

@@Chaos89P it already has...

[@Sim_Flix]

I spent a lot of time in hospital as a kid, and this was the only game they had in their “computer room”. Played so much of this... the memories

[@JLE8811]

I had "Where in America's History is Carmin San Diego". I never felt more out of my depth then as a 9 y/o trying to answer questions about the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

[@ashkitt7719]

Sacco and Vanzetti did nothing wrong

[@zhunhui19]

The San Francisco skyline at 3:53 really looks amazing for a game made in 1989.

[@PFBM86]

So does Gandhi's right nipple at 8:17

[@iamsemjaza]

It's the "set temporal distance" method of time travel. Example: You travel 500 years into the past and from there 500 years into the future. A minute on either side moves the "500 years mark" that minute forward. So, you always come back to "the present" at a time shift equal to the time you spent in the other era. The portal always moves you the same time-distance whenever entered. Like covering a mile, but the mile might end up differently if you start in a different spot.

[@coronapapi]

Whoa!

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

Yeah, you might end up teleporting into a mountain rocks and instantly dead.

[@iamsemjaza]

@@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo You're in the gravity well of the planet which preserves location relative to local masses and "pushes" you to the side of possible obstructions.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

My favorite example of this is Harry Turtledove's book "Guns of the South."

[@otaking3582]

Except that nothing's stopping you from traveling to any point _before_ your start position. Hell, Bill & Ted uses the same concept (hence why it's known as "San Dimas Time" on TV Tropes), and yet despite those two almost failing History class, they still use time travel more efficiently!

[@Tunerguy21]

The 325i joke was much appreciated, as that was immediately where my mind went as soon as I saw that.

[@iGrunt]

Thank you for your content LGR. As an "essential" employee stressed out of my mind and underpaid your videos let me escape everything. It's truly appreciated to see something new from you. Hope you're doing well!

[@strain42]

Ah, April. Edutainment Month is always one of the best times of the year, and I'm super psyched to see you covering another Carmen Sandiego game! Fantastic video as always, LGR! Keep it up :)

[@MiloKuroshiro]

The cover looks like a Visual Kei band

[@jupita551]

malice mizer flashbacks

[@sawbonesquad4876]

Jupitaaa

[@sado_3939]

What an odd findings I stumbled upon Didn't expect to find y'all here Fan of Versailles for a long time myself

[@MiloKuroshiro]

@@sado_3939 I mean, if you were into visual Kei in the ocident in the 80s, 90s and early 00s, you're probably into computers too, as you needed to be savvy enough to get your content.

[@K-o-R]

That TV show intro is so _aggressively_ 90s.

[@gregorybentley5192]

Loved this game! Played so much in elementary, love the standee as well lol. Always the best content here. Thanks again 😃

[@Markimark151]

Where in Time is the Carmen Sandiego game I played the most, because of the history subject. Also I find the theme song of Where in Time game show just as catchy as Rockappella!

[@jansenart0]

Carmen was caught.... but the future refused to change.

[@occono3543]

Would you be interested in covering the CD ROM remakes of the sandiego games with live action cutscenes? They're the ones I grow up and have nostalgia for but apparently very few people do!

[@CommodoreFan64]

I grew up playing the originals, but my oldest nice who is now in her early 20's had the CD-ROM of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, and I had a go at it once when I was helping her getting it installed, and it was indeed pure cheesiness but fun, I have the PS 2 game in my collection(found at a GoodWill for $1.01) as well based on the Fox Kids Animated series, and what I could stomach of it was pure early - mid 00's hand holding 3D collectathon, and it in a way makes me sad, that it's not like the games we grew up with.

[@StarshipVGer]

I also grew up with the CD ROM version and have very fond memories of it.

[@linkage432]

The CD-rom ones were my jam!

[@Ernesto87]

I had the 1998 version that came with our Compaq Presario PC. I had fun times playing that back in middle school.

[@billybollockhead5628]

I missed all these, they weren’t so big in Europe.. and I was too old for them (I was in my 20s in 98) would love to find out more about the series

[@luv4tajhanb]

Best thing about being in quarantine is getting to binge LGR videos. Thanks for making them and hope that you’re staying safe, man!

[@cheesythegamer9771]

Just came back to this channel after couple months of not watching, thank god I did.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Everybody asks "Where" is Carmen Sandiego... nobody asks "How" is Carmen Sandiego... 😞

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

She can steal the English alphabet out of existence. I think she's doing fine.

[@glitch200]

@hi there ........Gonna need a link for that bud.

[@kitox062]

Well...now that song is not leaving my head for some time...thank you, Clint! We are in quarantine, you know? Alone with ourselves, but now I'm with that song too.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

"Where in the world is [deep voice] Carmen San Diego"

[@TheBigclay03]

I sung your comment

[@amwmaw37]

I was just watching a play through of the 1997 version of “Where in Time is CS”, I loved that game! Perfect timing

[@PMcDFPV]

I learned so much from those games lol, including this one!

[@otaking3582]

Ah, so this game is obviously running on "San Dimas Time" logic

[@DrDraco]

Me and my wife were talking about old games we played at school back I. The day, and this was one of them. I loved the Carmen Sandiego games as a kid.

[@PixelSlayers]

The Where in Time TV show theme blew my 5-year old mind the first time I heard it. I remember calling my mom into the room because she just NEEDED to hear the new catchiest song in the world.

[@SoleaGalilei]

Yessss Edutainment Month!! I played this game so much when I was a kid. All those sound effects and little animations are making me crazy nostalgic.

[@MarquisdeL3]

That theme song has been seared into my brain since childhood. I loved the show so much and it always felt to me like everyone only knew about Where in the World. (Also, Sir Vile was my favorite of the V.I.L.E. Villains.)

[@zeldads]

Your videos, even more than usual, are keeping us sane. Thanks, Clint.

[@jabobo99]

I remember playing this in junior high school. On rainy days my PE teacher was also a history teacher. He had this on a bunch of macs and everyone would play them on those rainy days. I also remember an NES port of Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego and it was published by Konami. This brings back some memories.

[@iamnotkurtcobain]

Your videos keep me sane in these times. Thanks for that!

[@Slatibartfass1]

Old tech videos are fun but your game reviews always tickle my nostalgia nerve in very special ways

[@wizardpatch9405]

I had the NES version. I still have the encyclopedia and used it a lot as a kid to read about history.

[@TheBattlesword]

Such a shame that we lost Edutainment Month to covid. I'd have loved for you to talk about the other Carmen Sandiego games from my generation (they had hand-drawn fmv cutscenes and everything)

[@misterkefir]

This looks superb. And they gave you a 1300 page book with the game, too.. So 80's/90's. Just Amazing. Thanks for the episode, LGR!

[@GamingMuchTerry]

The council assigned a volunteer to get food and medicine for us during the start of the pandemic and she and her flatmate have become our friends over the past year. They just came over for a doorstep chat and were talking about how much they loved Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? and wished they could play it again. Being an avid viewing of LGR for so many years, I knew exactly where to find it. You've just made my two new friends extremely happy. Thank you! :)

[@TheCheat420]

I was a HUGE fan of Carmen Sandiego when I was a kid. I remember watching the show every night with my grandma when she got home from work. Then later I'd play the remake of Where in the USA at her house and constantly ask her for help. I learned a lot about history and geography from Carmen and my Grandma as a team. Grams no longer with me but I'll always have Carmen to remind me of her.

[@OlCrunchy]

I used to play this a lot. Well, I used to play the first case over and over, since we had lost the book forever ago so I could never get a warrant.

[@RikoJAmado]

Oh my Goddess. Clint, you seriously struck me right in the "childhoods" with this one!

[@maxs8966]

Damn this was an amazing nostalgia trip. Thank you for this.

[@zarrg5611]

10:05 - All of the Doctor Who references in this video give some extra meaning to the concept of a blazing furnace next to the vault of records.

[@Cameront9]

This was my first Carmen Sandiego game! I asked my dad for the original and he came back with this instead. I love that bike on the cover!

[@TheWyldehart]

Man... I played this game and I loved it! I never did catch Carmen but I remember traveling through time and all the animations.

[@briangoldberg4439]

MORE! seriously, need more LGR reviews of old games please.

[@rubiksfaq9214]

Carmen’s 2020 CE - Gets a Chronoskipper My 2020 CE -Gets Coronavirus FML

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Carmen Sandiego stole the timeline where coronavirus doesn't break out.

[@BG_NC]

This is the first notification I've gotten from you in a while, but I'm glad it started back in time for edutainment April!

[@jimbox114]

I remember my dad borrowing the original Carmen Sandiego from a friend for our Tandy 1000. I remember playing the crap out of it and constantly reading through the manual with my parents to figure it out. Great memories.

[@dakotaboy80]

I am one of the few who enjoyed Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego. My grade school teacher considered it an educational tool. Yes, I live in North Dakota.

[@swissmediastuff]

“Educationally smooth jazz plays”

[@zackrose6019]

I was hoping this day would come. This was my familys favorite game growing up.

[@retropuffer2986]

Thank you so much LGR for all the recent IBM AT footage! :D

[@Jeffmetal42]

I used to watch 'Where in the World..' on PBS as a kid. Was a really fun show, especially considering it was educational. That theme song is burned in my brain for all time.

[@prestonhoppers6662]

Experiencing major flashbacks from that TV theme. Thanks for that!

[@Charlesb88]

I remember playing the original Carman Sandiego game on a C64 back in the mid 80s when I was a kid. I half to track down the C64 version and refresh my memory on my RetroPi machine.

[@RiderLeangle2]

Seeing those lab fails (and even that coffee machine and keeping the records next to the open furnace) really explains why you had to sign a waiver to even work there...

[@mattb154]

While I never encountered any of the Carmen Sandiego games as a child, I have fond memories of Bushbuck, a game with a fairly similar premise.

[@LeaoraRanica]

I watched the show and played the '97 version. Really cool to see the 80s one! Fun note, the 97 CD ROM would play the theme song in a CD player.

[@TheJonathanc82]

One of my favorite series of games ever as a kid

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

The Sweetest of things as always! Thanks for the continuing entertainement!

[@PixelatedH2O]

I never had the opportunity to play any of the Carmen Sandiego games in color when they were still considered new-ish. We had an Apple II with a monochrome green monitor. I barely even knew games like Carmen Sandiego or Oregon Trail could be played in color till much later but still didn't feel like I missed much.

[@peaboy55]

Very fond memories of playing this game on my old 8086 CGA screen. It's nice to see how good it looks in VGA/EGA!

[@Trusteft]

First time in my life I want to play this type of game. Well done Clint.

[@troy2000me]

This was one of my favorite games on the NES.

[@RacinJason302]

This was my first PC game, got it for Christmas of '89. It was the only software I had for our Tandy 1000 before we got a 486.

[@Tony52488]

i love the 1997 where in Time is Carmen! AKA Great Chase through Time I still go back and play it to this day. so many memorable and annoyingly difficult levels

[@billy5642]

I had this for the Sega Genesis back in the day.

[@IRWPD]

Remember getting to play one of these Carmen Sandiego games in the school computer labs back in the day.

[@HPad2]

I played the 1997 version, It came with my Radioshack Brand new Compaq Presario 5032. Still have all 3 of the CD-Roms.

[@danandtab7463]

I didn't get my hands on a lot of PC games during this era, but I did get a hold of this one! Great video.

[@initial_C]

The "Where in Time" TV show was pretty much my only access to the Carmen Sandiego universe as a kid. I loved that show though. I'm pretty sure my local PBS aired it back to back with Wishbone.

[@roland985]

I played this constantly as a kid! Fantastic game. (The point and click version)

[@Yusuke_Denton]

Absolutely Amazing Alliteration As Always, LGR!

[@dude208099]

I loved this game as a child. I used to play Solar Winds: The Escape too.

[@PowerfullPC]

Ah man, Carmen Sandiego. I had the "Great Chase Through Time" version growing up. Fond memories.

[@SundayBoy72]

Enjoy your review very much. Keep it up. Singapore.

[@benhardacre588]

Great video, such nostalgia, thank you!!!

[@Scorpious187]

Rockapella's original Carmen Sandiego intro is so ingrained in my childhood memories that I will occasionally start singing it at random times completely unprompted.

[@realtundratrash]

I live in North Dakota. She wouldn't be able to hide here. You can stand on a tuna can and see halfway across the state.

[@jamesknight3834]

This game was great and never got boring as the cases where always something different to do, much more fun than just clicking answers or typing stuff in (comparing to other games of the time).

[@mikeoyler2983]

Oh Man! Thanks for doing this. When I was a boy my family had "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego" and actually the Encyclopedia that came with it helped me on more than one school report!

[@bigandyt-man3010]

I grew up on Carmen games, classic!! Thank you LGR, this was one of the games that made me fall in love with the computer, along with tex murphy lol

[@mikelehmann]

I don't remember anything about it, but I do remember playing "Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego." It was pretty great for an elementary school kid growing up in Fargo!

[@stefanolugli1461]

Thank you for accompanying me in this sad quarantine. You're the best internet thingy thing

[@ChrisFu7]

I love how the Chronoskimmer utilizes vacuum tubes

[@bullethelldemon]

i have two bmw 325i e30s and the one you showed the picture of is the exact same spec as my convertible, tripped me out for a second as i thought it was a photo of mine!

[@dqroto8681]

I was playing this game again about a week ago (I was in a "Carmen Sandiego Marathon", so to speak...) and I actually searched a review of it on your channel. It's nice that now there is one. I love educational games and this is, in my opinion, one of the best (along with Oregon Trail). I actually improved my history and geography knowledge a lot by playing it again (as a kid, I just wanted to arrest the crooks and didn't care about the "learning" part, I would forget everything I read in one day, but now I was somehow more interested in learning, I've read a lot of Wikipedia articles this time lol). And yes, the game show opening song is VERY catchy. There's a high quality version of it included in the "Great Chase Through Time" CD (I can upload it if anyone is interested) but unfortunately it is a short version (1 minute long), not the full one.

[@MatriarchBritarnya]

I would love if you would continue your coverage of Carmen Sandiego games. I played the remakes of USA and World as a kid and I've adored the world of Sandiego ever since.

[@retromtg1834]

The theme song for the old cartoon was a banger

[@nicksterwixter]

This version came out just before I was born, so I never played it. But I LOVED the 1997 version on Windows 95, and was a huge, HUGE fan of the TV show!

[@MD4564]

Where in the World is Carmen I played at High School endlessly, as well as Sim City.

[@MightyMarven]

This is nostalgic, before anyone I knew had a computer we got to play a lot of Where In Time at my old Primary school since it was educational. Much better than class. Clint you don't do retro game reviews or game retrospectives that often lately and I miss that, so thanks for this it was a good watch.