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V.I.L.E.
Carmen Isabella Sandiego is a fictional character featured in a long-running edutainment video games series of the same name created by the American software company Broderbund. As an international lady thief, a criminal mastermind, and the elusive nemesis of the ACME Detective Agency, Carmen Sandiego is the principal character of the video game series and the head of ACME's rival organization, V.I.L.E. She is depicted as an extremely intelligent, stylish, fashionable woman whose signature look features a red, matching fedora and trenchcoat. Many of her crimes depicted in the games involve spectacular and often impossible cases of monument theft, which are used as a pretext to teach children geography via the simulated process of tracking down the character, the stolen monuments, and her accomplices all over the world. ''Carmen Sandiego''s authors were Gene Portwood, Lauren Elliott, and Dane Bigham. Writer David Siefkin, who wrote the first script of the project and invented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Sandiego (TV Series)
''Carmen Sandiego'' is an Animated series#Television, animated television series based on the Carmen Sandiego, media franchise by Broderbund. It is the fourth series in the franchise following the PBS game shows ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show), Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1991–1995) and ''Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show), Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1994–1999), and the Fox Kids animated series ''Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (1994–1999). Produced by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and WildBrain, the series presents a "serialized look at Carmen's backstory that is told from her perspective", and features many characters drawn from the franchise's 35-year history: Carmen herself, who debuted in the Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game), original ''World'' video game; The Chief, who took her current form in the ''World'' game show; Player, Zack, and Ivy from the ''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
''Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an American live action/animated television series based on the series of computer games. The show was produced by DIC Productions L.P. and originally aired from February 5, 1994 to January 2, 1999, on Saturday mornings during FOX's Fox Kids Network block. Reruns aired on the Qubo television network from June 9, 2012 (alongside '' Animal Atlas'') to May 26, 2018. The series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 1995, and in the same year was spun-off into a ''Where in the World''-styled video game entitled '' Carmen Sandiego Junior Detective''. Its theme song uses the melody from the chorus "Singt dem großen Bassa Lieder" ("Sing Songs of the Great Pasha") from Mozart's opera ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' (''The Abduction from the Seraglio''). The series is set to broadcast on MeTV Toons for the first time from September 2025, replacing '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated''. History Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985)
''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an educational video game released by Broderbund on April 23, 1985. It is the first product in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' franchise. The game was distributed with ''World Almanac, The World Almanac and Book of Facts'', published by Pharos Books. An enhanced version of the game was released in 1989, which did not have the almanac-based copy protection and instead used disk-based copy protection. A deluxe version was released in 1990, and features additional animation and a reworked interface from the original version. Some of the bonus features include digitized photos from ''National Geographic'', over 3200 clues, music from the Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, 20 villains, 60 Country, countries, and 16 maps. CD-ROM versions for MS-DOS and Mac (computer), Mac were released in 1992. A Windows version was released in 1994. In the game, the player takes the role of a rookie in the ACME Detective Agency, tasked to track down crooks from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |