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* TimeMachine: You travel through time using a device called the Chronoskimmer.
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* TimeMachine: You travel through time using a device called the Chronoskimmer.Chronoskimmer.
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* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: As usual. For example, clues about [[Literature/TheVinlandSagas Leif Erikson]] are supposed to direct you to the U.S.A. in the years 400-1300, but when you actually go there, you end up in a Pueblo village in the Southwest.
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* CasualTimeTravel: Time travel is evidently commonplace enough that it's regulated by a "Federal Time Travel Commission." Moreover, the fact that Carmen and her thieves can travel in time is not regarded as anything special.
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* CasualTimeTravel: Time travel is evidently commonplace enough that it's regulated by a "Federal Time Travel Commission." Moreover, the fact that Carmen and her thieves can travel in time is not doesn't seem to be regarded as anything special.noteworthy in-universe.
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* CasualTimeTravel: Time travel is evidently commonplace enough that it's regulated by a "Federal Time Travel Commission." Moreover, the fact that Carmen and her thieves can travel in time is not regarded as anything special.
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* PresentDay: The game is cleverly programmed to use the current year according to your computer's clock as the in-game present year.
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* PrettyInMink: Carmen wears a red fur coat in the game's box art.
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* PrettyInMink: Carmen wears a red fur coat in the game's box art. She was also shown wearing a fur coat in the box art for earlier games, and this entry marks the last instance of that particular piece of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
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From a WorldBuilding perspective, this is notable as the first game in the series to establish that ACME headquarters is in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco.
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* PrettyInMink: Carmen wears a red fur coat on the game's box art.
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* PrettyInMink: Carmen wears a red fur coat on in the game's box art.
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* CopyProtection: As with other early ''Carmen'' games, it came with a book that you were expected to use as reference, but which also doubled as copy protection. In this case, it was a hefty paperback ''desk encyclopedia''.
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* PrettyInMink: Carmen wears a red fur coat on the game's box art.
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* TheMiddleAges: The earliest time period you can visit is the years 400-1300. That is, essentially, the Middle Ages.
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* TheMiddleAges: The earliest time period you can visit is the years 400-1300. That is, essentially, 400-1300, which roughly corresponds to the Middle Ages.
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The original version of ''Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an EdutainmentGame released by Creator/BroderbundSoftware in 1989. Unlike its [[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 1997 remake]], it follows the same format as the earlier ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'' games.
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The original version of ''Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an EdutainmentGame released by Creator/BroderbundSoftware in 1989. Unlike its [[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 1997 remake]], it follows the same strategy-based format as the earlier ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'' games.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/where_in_time_is_carmen_sandiego_25_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/ArmyOfDarkness "All right, you primitive screwheads, listen up!"]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/ArmyOfDarkness "All right, you primitive screwheads, listen up!"]]]]
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* ImperialChina: When China is visited in any time period other than the 20th century.
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The original version of ''Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?'' is an EdutainmentGame released by Creator/BroderbundSoftware in 1989. Unlike its [[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 1997 remake]], it follows the same format as the earlier ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'' games.
As the title suggests, Carmen and her gang are now stealing from history, and you have to chase them through a series of different places and times. There are twelve countries you can visit across four time periods, giving you forty-eight possible destinations in total.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* TheMiddleAges: The earliest time period you can visit is the years 400-1300. That is, essentially, the Middle Ages.
* TimePolice: You, the player, are working as this. Though unlike in [[Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego the game show]] and [[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 the 1997 version]], no mention is made of the possibility that these thefts will MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight.
* TimeMachine: You travel through time using a device called the Chronoskimmer.
As the title suggests, Carmen and her gang are now stealing from history, and you have to chase them through a series of different places and times. There are twelve countries you can visit across four time periods, giving you forty-eight possible destinations in total.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* TheMiddleAges: The earliest time period you can visit is the years 400-1300. That is, essentially, the Middle Ages.
* TimePolice: You, the player, are working as this. Though unlike in [[Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego the game show]] and [[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 the 1997 version]], no mention is made of the possibility that these thefts will MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight.
* TimeMachine: You travel through time using a device called the Chronoskimmer.
