Actual Game

   

Carmen Sandiego
Word Detective

1-Click Install
Windows
11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP

(Broderbund 1997)

MY PROMISE
My games are genuine, install in one step, look, sound and play in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP  like they did in the old days, or your money back. This is my  unconditional guarantee for three years.

WHAT IS INCLUDED
This auction includes the original game CD. The  game box is pictured for reference and not included.  

I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under ALL VERSIONS of  Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP, both 32 and 64 bit. Note that  printing is not supported.

INSTALLATION
One step: Insert my CD and the game will  automatically work on your computer.  Done. Yes, it's that simple.

Want to play? Click the icon. Want the game off your computer? Click Uninstall. Zero hassle.

TECH SUPPORT
Rapid response technical support for three years is always an e-mail or phone call away.

In the extremely rare event I cannot get this title to work on your system I will take it back for a full  refund. All I ask is minimal assistance from you during the  troubleshooting process.

The Game

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 Sandiego by finding the location of the Tower of  Babbel. Already twelve Agents have been lost and only Agent 13 remains to put together clues using Acme's latest interface, the CyberCom 2000.

As Agent 13, your main goal is to rescue the previous 12 agents and stop Carmen Sandiego. You do this by gathering individual keys to rescue each of the agents. These keys in  turn are guarded by several passwords, all of which must be decoded. These passwords are decoded by discovering "clues" in Carmen's hideouts which then launch anyone of 5  mini-game..

These mini-game sequences are:

Code Breaker: Using a series of letter tiles, the player must spell specific words already chosen (Searcher Mode) or create new words that are present inside Word Detective's  dictionary (Builder Mode).

Fusion Chamber: The player must find the meaning of a core word, the meaning of a prefix or suffix, and the meaning of the combined word.

Micropix: The player is given a page of text with several nouns, verbs and adjectives missing. The most logical choices must be placed in these missing areas.

Power Pack: Words must be placed in alphabetical order to form a tower on the right side of the screen

Spellanyzer: The player is given an audio recording of a word, as well as it's usage in a phrase and must either unscramble or spell the indicated word.

Note: My compatibility CD does not alter the retail game or bypass copy protection. It allows the original media to install and run correctly on any modern version of Windows.