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Revision as of 22:17, 18 August 2015
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| Developers | |
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| Brøderbund | |
| Publishers | |
| 1997 - 1999 | Brøderbund |
| 1999 - present | The Learning Company |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | 1997 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1997 |
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Key points
- This game was originally released in 1997 as Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?, and is titled as such in-game. It was rebranded by The Learning Company in 1999 as Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time.
- There are issues when attempting to install the game under a 64-bit operating system (see Installing on a 64-bit OS). Even then, the game has issues running under a modern OS (see Issues unresolved).
General information
- Game manual (as Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?)
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Amazon.com | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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| System | Location |
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Save game data location
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| System | Location |
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- Save game file is mostly encrypted; the only parts of the file that are not encrypted are player names.
Video settings
Game options.
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Issues unresolved
Game appears mostly black
- An issue when running the game on a modern OS is that scenes in the game show up in black except in areas where some sprite suddenly shows up or moves over the black area, such as a character, subtiles, the cursor, or the Chronopedia. Using Windows Compatibility Mode settings does not fix the problem.
Players will have to get around this by opening the Chronopedia after every scene change, then clicking and dragging the Time Cuffs around the border where the Chronopedia couldn't reach (since the sprite area of the Time Cuffs is bigger than the cursor). Even then, the Time Cuffs are unavailable in the final case. Since it will happen each time the scene changes, this workaround can quickly get very tedious.
Issues fixed
Installing on a 64-bit OS
- Recommended only if you do not have access to a virtual machine with an older OS. (See Issues unresolved.)
When attempting to install the game on a modern 64-bit OS, the SETUP.EXE Autorun from the CD's base folder does not work, as it is a 16-bit program.
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1, 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 66MHz 486DX or faster | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA video card 640 x 480, 256 colors | DirectX 3.0b compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | Windows compatible | |
| Other | 2X CD-ROM drive or faster | |
| Mac OS | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 7.1.2 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC required | |
| System memory (RAM) | 9.5 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
| Other | 2X CD-ROM drive or faster 13-inch or larger color monitor, 256 colors |
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