Carmen Sandiego is a game in which you must travel the world in order to capture various criminals in Carmen San Diego's gang. During the game many references are made to things like cities, currency, and monuments around the world, and many places you have never heard of, so it would help to have an Almanac, Fact Book, or an Encyclopedia, this will help you a lot. Many of the cases that you will have to solve in the beginning are not very hard, so you wont really need any reference book. After you have solved quite a few, it gets pretty hard without reference. But dont worry, you dont lose any points or anything if you fail to solve a case. When the game begins, you are asked to identify yourself. Then, it presents the case to you. Pay close attention to every piece of info that you can get. Little things often make the difference. You will be able to choose from the following options which I will explain in a moment. See Connections Depart by Plane Investigate Visit Interpol The option "See Connections" allows you to see all of the possible locations that you can fly to which by the way is also the only places that the criminal can go. You should keep track of these locations so that you dont go to the same place twice, because the criminal wont. The option "Depart by Plane" does just that. You will depart to any of your "connections" specified. One very helpful thing to remember is that if you investigate somewhere, dont forget what you have seen there so that you can avoid going to the same place twice by remembering, or writing down, what you saw. How well you can investigate and your ability to pick up little clues is the key to the game. Look for things like "the person that you are looking for was here and changed his money to pounds". Now, pounds is a unit of money (duh??) and is used in England, Egypt and other countries. Now what you have to do is figure out in which one of your connections pounds are used. Another thing to look for is "she wanted to see The Statue of Liberty". This is a obvious clue that she is already in New York (thats where the statue is(duh?) so you should leave right away (unless you dont have a warrant yet, Ill explain that next). Also look for references to polar bears, rivers, The Parthenon or other such monuments, dictionaries for countries, ancient tribes, and stuff like that. Try to familiarize yourself with the cities, because for many of the african and asian cities it is close to impossible to know what country the city is in. Also familiarize yourself with what kind of money is used where. The kinds of currency often used are rupees, pounds, dollars(note that dollars are not used in the USA alone, they are also used in Australia and other countries). Oh ya, I almost forgot this one. Look for things like "the person that you are looking for left here holding a red, white and blue flag". This is a dead giveaway to the country the criminal is going to. Note that a the USA is not the only country with a red, white and blue flag. You should also be familiar with the flags and thier respective countries. One minor thing to look for is something like "he wanted to visit the old city of Constinouple". The city of Constantinouple is no longer in existance, but it is now called Istanbul (thats in Turkey, stupid). Dont pay that much attention to things like "he said he was a stamp collector", or things of the sort, they USUALLY dont mean too much. The option "Visit Interpol" will take you to the Interpol crime computer. When you get there, you will see something like this..... SEX : HOBBY : FEATURE : HAIR : AUTO : -COMPUTE- Now, the SEX section is simply male or female (duh??). The HOBBY section includes things like tennis, mountain climbing and others. The FEATURE section includes things like a tattoo, jewelry, and other similar things. The HAIR section is simply the hair color. The AUTO section tells you what kind of car, like a limo, convertable, etc. The last option, -COMPUTE- does just that. It will calculate everything that you have entered and gives you the suspect or suspects. To enter the data, simply move the cursor over the section you want and press the button hard until you get the one that you want. You dont need to have all of the sections filled out in order to get a warrant for the suspect, three or so will do, but make sure you fill in male or female. When you are investigating, make sure that you pick up every little clue like hair color,etc. about the person and as soon as you get two or three, visit Interpol and get a warrant. Don't visit Interpol every time that you pick up a clue, wait until you get a few. Well, I hope that I have covered all of the game play. Now, after you solve cases, you get promoted. You always have a rank. You start out as a Rookie. Here is a list of the ranks (the ones I know about at least) and how many cases you need to solve in order to achieve that rank : Cases Solved Rank 0 Rookie 1 Sleuth 4 Private Eye 7 Investigator 10 Ace Detective As you solve more and more cases, they each get harder and harder. The first few are easy, but by the time that you get to Investigator, the cases get much harder. Note that you do not loose anything for any cases that you do not solve. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that when you must solve the case by 5:00pm on Sunday. Also, here is a list of the commands for Carmen Sandiego, along with the control character commands..... Joystick Mode.... joystick up/down, button 0 to select Keyboard mode.... <-- Up --> Down Note: You can also use the up and down arrow keys if you have them. RETURN Select OTHER COMMANDS ============== Control - R Reset Game, start over Control - L Prints list of current detectives on record Control - Q Joystick / Keyboard Control - Y Flip Y-axis Control - S Sound on / off You should first get yourself a good atlas in order to play "Where in the USA is Carmen SanDiego" because without one you need to really know your US geography. This file will allow you to INVESTIGATE the notorious criminals that are part of Carmen SanDiego's mob. Print it out and use it while play¬ing the game. I compiled it while climbing the rungs of Inspector. Illinois - Abraham Lincoln birthplace - Ronald Reagan birthplace - World Trade Center (largest bldg. in world) - Mercantile Exchange - Chain O'Lakes Park - Cairo - Urbana - Second City - Dan Ryan Expressway - Lake Shore Drive - the Loop - large art museum Iowa - Amana Colonies - Wyatt Earp's birthplace - Dankwardt Park - West Okobaja Lake - Herbert Hoover birthplace - Fort Dodge Minnesota - Twin Cities - International Falls - Boundary Waters - iron mining Nebraska - Boys Town - home of William Jennings Bryan - home of S.A.C. (Strategic Air Command) - Sculpture Gardens - Buffalo Bill Cody's homeplace - Ogallala - Sioux Chief (Crazy Horse) injured here - 1st homestead claim made here Wyoming - Yellowstone National Park - Caspar to Jackson - Laramie North Dakota - Mt. Rushmore - Badlands - De Smet, Little House on the Praire - Jewel Cave National Park - Rough Rider country - Fort Buford - Devils Lake - Theodore Roosevelt ranching - geographic center of USA South Dakota - wooly mammoths Arizona - Hualapai Indians - Hopi Indians - Flagstaff - "Four Corners State" - Colorado River - Hoover Dam - once part of Mexico Missouri - Fort Osage - Tom Sawyer Kansas - "wickedest little city" - Dodge City Virginia - Cornwallis surrendered - Patrick Henry gave famous "Give me Liberty" speech - Roanoke colony - Civil War battles: Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg - Misty of Chincoteague - Univ. of Virginia built by Thomas Jefferson - Monticello (home of TJ) West Virginia - Hatfield & McCoy feud - Mountain State Arts Craft - Wheeling Downs - Harper's Ferry - White Sulphur Spring Arkansas - Ozarks - Blanchard Caverns - Eureka Springs - "Texarkana" - largest bauxite producer in USA - Land of Opportunity - Dogpatch U.S.A. Alabama - Mobile Bay Florida - Ponce de Leon discovered "Fountain of Youth" - Everglades National Park - oldest city in USA (St. Augustine) Tennessee - "Athens of the South" - surrounded by 8 states - Country Music Capital of World - Chattanooga Choo Choo - Grand Ole Opry - Cumberland Gap (although technically in Kentucky Mississippi - French settlement by Sieur d'Iberville - Jefferson Davis home - Choctaw Indians - Vicksburg National Park - William Faulkner birthplace - near Gulf of Mexico Georgia - Okefenokke Swamp - Sea Island - F.D.R. "Little White House" - Peach State - home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. North Carolina - tobacco industry - "Tar Heal State" South Carolina - Cypress Gardens Maryland - U.S. Naval Academy - home of Star Spangled Banner - Chesapeake Bay Utah - Hovenweap National Monument - Dinosaur National Monument - Monument Valley - Bryce Canyon Park - Beehive Horse - largest inland lake in USA (Great Salt Lake) - home of the Mormons (Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saint) - Arches National Park - Provo Ohio - Johnny Appleseed - "plain folk" - Marble Head - Zoarites - iron/steel producer - Wright/Patterson Airbase Oklahoma - Cherokee Indians - Will Rogers Turnpike - birthplace of Will Rogers - largest oil producer - "Trail of Tears" march - Home of Indians - Softball Home of Fame Pennsylvania - Carnegie Institute - largest steel producer Texas - Alamo - Pecos River New Hampshire - Strawberry Banke - Lake Winnipesaukie - "Old Man" rock formation - Portsmouth - Dixville Notch - White Mountain National Forest - Green Mountain Boys - Mount Washington (largest mt. in ne USA) Maine - Winslow Homer birthplace - Acadia National Park - Aroostook County - Boothbay - Missouri Compromise northern boundary Nevada - Hoover Dam - silver - Comestock Lode Michigan - breakfast cereal - Saginaw Bay Idaho - Hells Canyon - Salmon River - Lune Museum - Clearwater Mountains - sheep industry - large wool trade - largest Basque community in USA - Bitteroot Mountains - Ketcham National Park - Craters of the Moon - National Forest Kentucky - Bluegrass Parkway Wisconsin - Dairy Land - Apostle Island - Circus Museum - Chippeau Lake - Oshkosh - brewery capital of world Washington, DC - Lafayette Square - 2nd largest equestrian statue - Georgetown - 300 miles of books - Bill of Rights home - largest # of patented devices - statue of Thaddeus Kosiusko Montana - Custer's Last Stand - Mountain's Gorge - Williamsburg of the West - Anacanda State Park - Glacier National Park - mining - Big Horn River Indiana - James Witcomb Riley's homeplace - Notre Dame Univ. - Hoosier State - Terre Haute - "Covered Bridge" capital Massachusetts - Woods Hole - home of "Old Ironsides" - Battle of Bunker Hill Connecticut - New Haven - Comestock Bridge - Danbury - Harriet Beecher Stowe birthplace - Thames River - Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens - Yale University Oregon - Elizabethean theater - Coos Bay - Williamette Valley - "City of Roses" - Rose Festival held here - Three Sisters - Klamot Falls Vermont - St. Albans to Bennington - Lake Bomussen - maple syrup producer Delaware - Prime Hook National Park - Old Swedish Church New York - Great White Way - Finger Lakes - Ausable Chasm - United Nations homeplace - Peter Stuyvesant New Jersey - Garden State - Sandy Hook State Park - Cape May - largest manufacturing state - Princeton University Alaska - Mt. McKinley - largest Russian settlement - Glacier Bay Hawaii - volcanic island - settled by Captain James Cook - Koku Head - southernmost state of USA California - Mother Lode country Washington State - Grand Coulee Dam - Hub of Island Empire - Pioneer Square - Pike Place - Colorado River - Puget Sound New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns - Taos - Truth of Consequences - Wind Sands National Park - Billy the Kid - largest # of Indian tribes in USA