


agent, trying to solve cases and track down the elusive Carmen Sandiego and her henchmen. In the game, players take on the role of a globetrotting A.C.M.E. If you are somehow not familiar with Carmen Sandiego…then all I can imagine is that some Villains’ International League of Evil (aka V.I.L.E.) agent like Vic the Slick must have pilfered your memories. Now 30 years later (has it really been that long?), educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has revived the series with an all-new mobile version of Carmen Sandiego, appropriately called Carmen Sandiego Returns.

The year was 1985 and Brøderbund Software (makers of Apple II staples like Choplifter, Lode Runner and Karateka) released a ground-breaking geography-focused educational game called “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” which would grow to become its own media franchise spawning video game sequels, board games, a cartoon series and even its very own kids game show (which was AMAZING).
