Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time

by The Learning Company

Product Features

• Carmen Sandiego Great Chase Through Time

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• ASIN: B000021YW8
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,601 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

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The infamous Carmen and her creeps have messed up history and it's your child's job to set it straight. To do so, kids have to travel back in time to 18 historical adventures focusing on "periods of history emphasizing cultural achievement." On one case, we had to help prepare a mummy for burial in Ancient Egypt, learning about pharaohs and their customs along the way. In Ancient Rome, we had to uncover the mystery of why the city's water system ran dry. We talked at length to Julius Caesar, learned about the Forum, and more. The program is fun and very educational. The scenery and characters are realistically created and the mystery component keeps kids coming back over time. Note: This title was formerly called Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Teaches: history
Age Range: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Product Description

Your mission: capture Carmen Sandiego and her crooked cronies. It's up to you to preserve the world's historic inheritance. Begin your search in the tombs of Egypt and finish over 3,000 years later!

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Educational, January 5, 2009

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D Mulligan "mulliganstew" (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (CD-ROM)

This game is so much fun!!! I wouldn't trade it for anything. Some cases are finding the Book of the Dead in ancient Egypt so Queen Hatshepsut may bury her husband properly. Another one involves going to the 60's and fixing the launch problems of the original Sputnik space shuttle. There are so many fun parts of this game, it's hard to stop playing!! It also teaches a little trivia about Roman architecture, the Norse gods, and countless other things. IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS GAME YOU HAVE NOT LIVED!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, April 4, 2011

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Kid at heart (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (CD-ROM)

This was undoubtedly one of my favorite PC games as a child. Now, as a sophomore in college, I still remember the things I learned through this game. My history professor questioned us about the Silk Road in class today, and I was the only one that knew the answer to the question. All because of this game. Unfortunately my copy (from when it was still called Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego) doesn't work on my laptop and I am stuck without the educational fun D:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun but tricky, July 4, 2011

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Molly Moon "jazzykid1-bookworm" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (CD-ROM)

I last played this when I was a kid, and I found some cases easy and some hard. The first was in ancient Egypt, which was fairly easy, just mummifying a pharoh correctly and decoding Carmen's note to her associate. The second was in Rome, and included fixing the plumbing. I had the most trouble with that! It continued with getting the Vikings their ship back, bringing the moon's light to a Japanese writer's room, doing errands for William the Conqeror, etc. They get harder and harder. I lost the discs before I could get any further than the sixth mission, but I'd really like to have it back and see if I could complete the missions now. I advise you to buy it and while you don't really use your history skills, you do have to think outside the box and use logic! All that and it's fun!