History VideoGame / WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego

* FailedFutureForecast:
** Of course, the 1985 version was made before the UsefulNotes/HoleInFlag revolutions, so it features the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] still being a country, etc. The 1992 deluxe edition has a reunited Germany alongside an existent Soviet Union, the game having fallen victim to the same period of short map shelf life as the game show's first season. The 1994 revamped version of the '92 game was the first to feature Russia instead of the Soviet Union.
** While the 1996 version came out late enough to have cleared the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, it was nonetheless caught off guard by [[UsefulNotes/TheCongoWars the fall of Zaire]]. In the 1998 revamped version of that game, the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo is still called "Zaire" for the most part, but its entry in the in-game database has been rewritten so that it awkwardly explains that "Zaire" is now technically the country's ''former'' name.
** All three versions give population statistics that are, of course, outdated now.
** All three versions predate the introduction of the euro, so they're all dated when they give as a clue the name of a European currency that has since been replaced by the euro.
** In the 1996 version, your location for {{UsefulNotes/Afghanistan}} is one of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, both of which were dynamited by the Taliban in 2001.[[note]]Incidentally, Afghanistan's flag in the in-game database is that of the pre-Taliban government, which was undoubtedly still in power when the game was in development. Around the time of the game's release in 1996, the Taliban took over, and the previous regime became the Northern Alliance resistance. However, the Northern Alliance continued to be internationally recognized as Afghanistan's ''de jure'' government, so it is technically correct that the Northern Alliance flag was the official flag of Afghanistan in the late '90s. A new Afghan flag was adopted following the defeat of the Taliban in 2002, so the flag does date the game to before that.[[/note]]

** Carmen’s appearance in the DOS version isn’t quite the same as what most people would recognize as her trademark look. Her profile picture in the game shows her wearing her iconic hat and trench coat, but instead of red they are both brown.

* SquashedFlat: Rock Solid captures crooks by log-rolling over them to flatten them thin as paper. He then holds up the crook's flattened body to the camera.

** The 1992 deluxe edition has an updated 1994 version, which most notably added in the blonde-haired travel agent. Confusingly, this is often referred to as the "classic edition," presumably a {{Retronym}} intended to distinguish it from the 1996 version. So yes, the deluxe edition is ''older'' than the classic edition, and the enhanced version is older still. Got all that?

* SquashedFlat: Rock Solid captures crooks by log-rolling over them, which flattens them paper thin. He then holds up the crook's flattened body to the camera.

** The names of some of the characters in the very first game are only "punny" in the sense that they refer to Brøderbund staffers. For example, Fast Eddie B ([[NamesTheSame not to be confused with]] [[Tropers/FastEddie our Fast Eddie]]) is named after then-director of product development Edward Bernstein and Katherine Drib's name is an anagram of Brøderbund employee Katherine Bird.[[invoked]]

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp:

->-- The original game's intro

In the game, you must travel around the world to pursue and capture Carmen’s henchmen and, ultimately, Carmen herself. Each location has witnesses and clues that provide information about the culprit’s appearance and location. Your task is to piece together the clues and arrest the correct suspect before the in-game deadline.

** In the 1996 version, your location for {{UsefulNotes/Afghanistan}} is one of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, both of which were dynamited by the Taliban in 2001.[[note]]Incidentally, Afghanistan's flag in the in-game database is that of the pre-Taliban government, which was undoubtedly still in power when the game was in development. Around the time of the game's release in 1996, the Taliban took over, and the previous regime became the Northern Alliance resistance. However, the Northern Alliance continued to be internationally recognized as Afghanistan's ''de jure'' government, so it is technically correct that the Northern Alliance flag was the official flag of Afghanistan in the late '90s.[[/note]]

** In the 1996 version, your location for {{UsefulNotes/Afghanistan}} is one of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, both of which were dynamited by the Taliban in 2001.

** The 1992 deluxe edition has an updated 1994 version, which most notably added in the blonde-haired travel agent. Confusingly, this is often referred to as the "classic edition," presumably a retroactive name intended to distinguish it from the 1996 version. So yes, the deluxe edition is ''older'' than the classic edition, and the enhanced version is older still. Got all that?

The game was remade twice. The first remake was the 1992 deluxe edition, which featured digitized photographs and spoken dialogue. It was followed by the 1996 version, which further updated the graphics and added in Lynne Thigpen as the Chief from [[Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego the game show of the same name]]. The 1996 version also reworked the gameplay somewhat, particularly the warrant aspect, and changed the in-game time limit to a fuel limit.