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Latest revision as of 06:24, 3 August 2023

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge cover
Developers
The Learning Company
Publishers
Riverdeep
Release dates
Windows November 12, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) November 12, 2001
macOS (OS X) November 12, 2001
Taxonomy
Series Carmen Sandiego
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge on Wikipedia
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? 1985
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? 1986
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (v2.0) 1988
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? 1988
Where in North Dakota Is Carmen Sandiego? 1989
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? 1989
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced) 1990
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced) 1990
Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego? 1991
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe 1992
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe 1993
Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe 1993
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (CD-ROM) 1995
Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective 1995
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996) 1996
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996) 1996
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?/Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase through Time 1997
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective 1997
Carmen Sandiego Math Detective 1998
Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge 1999
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge 2001
Carmen Sandiego Returns 2015

Key points

Has problems saving on Windows Vista and above. See Issues unresolved.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Copy *.MM files from disc to <path-to-game> for DRM-free
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
The game runs at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
The game runs at 640x480.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse input is required to play.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

The game refuses to save for unknown reasons. Restarting the game wipes the current progress. Each time the game closes, it crashes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Software renderer
[1]
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 8.6
Processor (CPU) 180 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB


References

  1. Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2022-09-20