Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

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Carmen Sandiego Word Detective
Cover art
Developer(s) Brøderbund
Publisher(s) Brøderbund
Series Carmen Sandiego
Platforms Mac OS, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) 1997
Genre(s) Educational
Mode(s) Single-player

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective is a game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise which was released in 1997. This game is intended to teach language arts for kids age 8-14. LearningVillage describes Word Detective as a "spy adventure".[1] The title is very similar in format to Carmen Sandiego Math Detective, which was released a year later.

In the game Carmen Sandiego has invented a machine called the Babble-On Machine, and the user, playing the role of Agent 13, has to thwart her plans and free all the other agents which have been captured by Carmen.

The game comes with many bonus features, including "3 levels of difficulty, an electronic dictionary, 10,000 spelling words, customizable spelling lists, 50 spelling rules and an on-screen progress reports."[2]

Gameplay

The intro starts off with Agent 12 (Ann Tickwitee), who has found Carmen's hideout. Under the orders of Chase Devineaux (The Chief-type character), she creeps inside, only to find herself trapped and start to babble. Carmen enters and explains that she has invented a "Babble On" machine that turns speech into gibberish.[1]

When the player begins, they are Agent 13, who has just been called into the case. The player must "free all twelve agents in order to stop her grand plan to achieve world illiteracy". They do this by going to enemy hideouts and solving language problems in order to get passwords which allow then to retrieve keys which they use on the machine to free agents.[1]

Critical Reception

The GameFAQs rating average is 7.2, based on 5 user responses.[3]

An analysis by Learning Village explains that the "engaging" game will be enjoyed by people who like a "good sleuthing experience and a good chase". It explains that the 5 minigames "cover...an excellent range of basic and important skills in language arts [and are] visually engaging". It pointed out the "3 dimensional crossword puzzle" game Code Breaker as "a very well designed thinking challenge that very creatively exercises the user's spelling skills and tests their vocabulary knowledge". The fact that difficulty increases throughout gameplay was also praised, as were the vocabulary dictionary and the practice mode. It concluded by saying "this program has significant content both in terms of the duration of the pursuit as well as practice time in the various areas of language arts".[1]

V.I.L.E. henchmens' hideouts

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Further information: V.I.L.E. henchmens

Key Chart

Lairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
New York United States Library Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
Monaco Estate Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN
Austria Music Hall Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY
Flag of Edward England.svg Ship Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN
Illinois United States Office Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
Romania Laboratory Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY
Hungary Graveyard Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN
Nevada United States Cave Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN
Tanzania Treehouse Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN
Peru Space Lab Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Green tickY
Egypt Crypt Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
England United Kingdom Playhouse Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY

References

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