Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

  1. Otto Readmore was featured in Carmen Sandiego Word Detective, and Gnash was featured in Carmen Sandiego's Think Quick Challenge as one of Carmen's six Master Thieves. Queen Notalotenkammen — Notalotenkammen is an Egyptian queen who resides in a treasure filled crypt in Cairo.
  2. Carmen Sandiego: Word Detective displays the following tropes. 13 Is Unlucky: Inverted.The player as Agent 13 is the only one to successfully take Carmen down. Adaptational Villainy: Carmen is normally a thief that doesn't care about the moral hazard of her heists, but she would never hurt people directly.
  3. Carmen Sandiego, international fugitive and head of V.I.L.E., has hatched a brand new scheme. Using her latest invention, the Babble-On Laser, Carmen seeks to destroy communication by rendering languages into incoherent gibberish. The ACME Detective Agency, once again attempts to stop Carmen Sandieg.

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Last updated: July 28, 2019

All of the downloads on this page were compiled by me. There are three types of releases:

  • Game extracts include music that was extracted from the game files. Extracts from the CD-ROM games don’t sound very good as the sound files were so compressed. Extracts from console games sound good.
  • CD extracts include music that was extracted from the audio section of the game CD. They sound flawless.
  • Library compilations include music that was downloaded from the production music libraries (think stock photo libraries but for music) that Brøderbund used for the games. As a result, the songs appear in full, whereas they were often excerpted for the games, and they have good to flawless sound quality, depending upon what library they came from.

Contents:

Carmen Sandiego Math Detective

Current release: 2.0

Release type: Library compilation (+3 game extracts)

Status: Completed. I’ve collected all of the BGM in its original form from the production libraries used by Brøderbund, except for the Power Plex BGM, which appears to be original; likewise the end credit music. One piece is actually a composite of three different pieces, so I’ve included the original of the most audible/recognizable one, as well as the composite from the game.

Download:Math Detective

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

Current release: 2.0

Release type: Library compilation (+4 game extracts)

Status: Completed as much as possible. I’ve collected all of the BGM in its original form from the production libraries used by Brøderbund, except for four pieces that couldn’t be identified. Those four pieces are included as extracted from the game files.

Download:Word Detective

Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums

Current release: None

Release type: Game extracts

Status: Music files extracted but not compiled. I have to figure out what's what.

Download: Coming eventually

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994)

Current release: 1.0

Release type: Library compilation

Status: Completed. Unlike later games, the music from this game is comprised of short excerpts of recordings not from production libraries, but rather from the library of Smithsonian-Folkway Records, so this collection pulls together the full version of each and every goddamn one. As a result, it runs to a sprawling 7 hours and 44 minutes, so I’ve organized it into seven CD-length batches, based roughly on continent and region.

Note: The sound quality is generally poor. Most of the recordings date from the 1950s – the most recent one is from 1975 – so while the sound files are HQ, the quality of the recordings themselves is pretty crap.

Download:World 1994

Where in the World Is
Carmen Sandiego? 3.0 (1996)

Current release: 3.1

Release type: Library compilation (+6 game extracts)

Status: Close to completed. I’ve collected 45 of the pieces of music used as BGM in the game, but so far haven’t found five of the countries (Argentina, Iceland, Nigeria, and the Philippines) nor the World Wiz Database BGM (which could even be original). Those five pieces, along with the opening theme, are included as extras in abridged, low-quality form as ripped from the game. The BGM from the USA video in the database is also included.

Download:World 3.0

Where in the World Is
Carmen Sandiego? (PC Engine)

Current release: 1.1

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective Play

Release type: CD extract

Status: Completed. Music extracted from the audio CD portion of the disc and compiled.

Download:World (PC Engine)

Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? 3.0 (1997)

Current release: 2.0

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective Online Game

Release type: Library compilation (+1 CD extract)

Status: Completed as much as possible. I couldn’t locate four of the pieces of music used in the game, and it seems unlikely that I’ll be able to.

The opening theme song from season 2 of the TV show, included as an audio CD track, is also included here.

Download:Time 3.0

CD-ROM games

The table below shows whether each game can run seamlessly on modern PCs and Macs, and links the seamless downloads. The original disc images are also included for use with virtual machine emulators like VirtualBox or SheepShaver, as well as scans and videos.

GameWindows statusMac statusRelated downloads
Adventures in MathUnknown
Use Wii version in VILECube
Not possible
Use Wii version in VILECube
n/a
Junior Detective EditionIncluded in VILEBoxDisc image
Packaging scans
More scans at MobyGames
Math DetectiveIndividual downloadNot possible
Use VirtualBox
Disc image
Packaging scans
Mystère au bout du mondeIndividual downloadNot possible
Use VirtualBox (WinXP)
or a DS emulator
Packaging scans and promo art
Video walkthrough
Official trailer
ReturnsRuns natively —
only with Intel RealSense camera
Not possiblen/a
ThinkQuick ChallengeIndividual downloadNot possible
Use VirtualBox
Disc image
Packaging scans
Video walkthrough
Where in Time 3.0
(Great Chase Through Time)
Included in VILEBoxDisc image
Packaging scans
Video walkthrough
Where in Time 3.0 DemoIndividual downloadNot possible
Use VirtualBox
Download demo pack
Where in the USA (1994)Included in VILEBoxDisc image
Packaging scans
Where in the USA 3.0/3.5Included in VILEBox (v3.0)v3.0/3.5 Disc images
v4.0 Disc images
Packaging scans
Gameplay videos
Where in the USA 4.0Runs natively
v3.0 in VILEBox recommended
Not possible
Use v3.0 in VILEBox
Word DetectiveIncluded in VILEBoxDisc image
Packaging scans
Morescans at MobyGames
Gameplay video
Where in the World (1994)Included in VILEBoxDisc image
Packaging scans
More scans at MobyGames
Where in the World 3.0/3.5Included in VILEBox (v3.5)Disc images
Packaging scans
v3.5 Teacher’s Guide at Archive.org
Gameplay videos
Where in the World 4.0Runs natively
v3.5 in VILEBox recommended
Not possible
Use v3.5 in VILEBox
Where in the World/USA 3.0 DemosIncluded in VILEBoxDownload demo pack
Where in the World:
Treasures of Knowledge
Individual downloadNot possible
Use VirtualBox or SheepShaver
Disc images
Packaging scans
Trailer and video walkthrough
ClueFinders
Mystery Mansion Arcade
(features Carmen cameo)
Individual downloadNot possible
Use VirtualBox or SheepShaver
Disc image
Video walkthrough
Carmen’s cameo (game ending)