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CD-ROM games

The table below shows whether each game can run seamlessly on modern PCs and Macs, and links the seamless downloads. The original disc images are also included for use with virtual machine emulators like VirtualBox or SheepShaver, as well as scans and videos.

Game	Windows status	Mac status	Related downloads
Adventures in Math	Unknown Use a Wii emulator	Not possible Use a Wii emulator	n/a
Junior Detective Edition	Included in VILEBox		Disc image Packaging scans More scans at MobyGames
Math Detective	Individual download	Not possible Use VirtualBox	Disc image Packaging scans
Mystère au bout du monde	Individual download	Not possible Use VirtualBox (WinXP) or a DS emulator	Packaging scans and promo art Video walkthrough Official trailer
Returns	Runs natively — only with Intel RealSense camera	Not possible	n/a
ThinkQuick Challenge	Not possible — Use VirtualBox		Disc image Packaging scans Video walkthrough
Where in Time 3.0 (Great Chase Through Time)	Included in VILEBox		Disc image Packaging scans Video walkthrough
Where in Time 3.0 Demo	Individual download	Not possible Use VirtualBox	Download demo pack
Where in the USA (1994)	Included in VILEBox		Disc image Packaging scans
Where in the USA 3.0/3.5	Included in VILEBox (v3.5)		v3.0/3.5 Disc images v4.0 Disc images Packaging scans Gameplay videos
Where in the USA 4.0	Runs natively v3.5 in VILEBox recommended	Not possible Use v3.5 in VILEBox
Word Detective	Included in VILEBox		Disc image Packaging scans Morescans at MobyGames Gameplay video
Where in the World (1994)	Included in VILEBox		Disc image Packaging scans More scans at MobyGames
Where in the World 3.0/3.5	Included in VILEBox (v3.5)		Disc images Packaging scans v3.5 Teacher’s Guide at Archive.org Gameplay videos
Where in the World 4.0	Runs natively v3.5 in VILEBox recommended	Not possible Use v3.5 in VILEBox
Where in the World/USA 3.0 Demos	Not yet implemented Use DOSBox (Win3.1) or VirtualBox		Download demo pack
Where in the World: Treasures of Knowledge	Individual download	Not possible Use VirtualBox or SheepShaver	Disc images Packaging scans Trailer and video walkthrough
ClueFinders Mystery Mansion Arcade (features Carmen cameo)	Individual download	Not possible Use VirtualBox or SheepShaver	Disc image Video walkthrough Carmen’s cameo (game ending)

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? / Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time
Developers
Publishers
1997 - 1999
1999 - present
Engines
Release dates
Windows	1997
Mac OS (Classic)	1997
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Educational
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Sci-fi, Historical
Series	Carmen Sandiego

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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

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Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time is a 1997 point and select educational adventure game in the Carmen Sandiego series developed by Brøderbund. A more traditional game in the genre compared to past franchise entries, the player, an ACME Agent, must travel through time to capture Carmen Sandiego and her V.I.L.E. henchmen before they permanently alter the course of history. The game itself is partially based on the PBS game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? and features its theme song.

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[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game file is mostly encrypted; the only parts of the file that are not encrypted are player names.

Video settings[edit]

Game options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution	The game runs at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS	Full-motion video cutscenes are 10 FPS.
120+ FPS
Color blind mode	The colors of kimono jackets and linings in Case 4 are described on mouseover.

Input settings[edit]

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls	On/off switch for sound and music. Sound only turns off speech, not sound effects, and does not affect the FMV cutscenes.
Surround sound
Subtitles	Is turned on by default. FMV cutscenes do not have subtitles or captions.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues unresolved[edit]

Game appears mostly black[edit]

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, subtitles, 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[edit]

Installing on a 64-bit OS[edit]

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.

Install on 64-bit OS^{[citation needed]}
Insert the (first) disc into your optical disc drive. Open the CD as a folder. Open the Install folder and run `SETUP32.EXE`. When the 32-bit Autorun menu pops up, select 'Install/Uninstall'. If the 32-bit Autorun menu does not work for whatever reason, then try using 7-Zip. Open the 7-Zip File Manager and navigate to the game CD's Install folder through 7-Zip. Run `_SETUP.EXE` (note the underscore) through 7-Zip (see Notes below). Install the game as normal. At some point, you will be prompted to install QuickTime for Windows 2.1.2, which is required to run the game (modern versions of QuickTime won't work). When it asks you to check for existing versions of QuickTime, click 'Skip' and continue installing as normal (you'll want to skip version checking as the QuickTime installer can crash while going though your files, which will cause the game's installer to abort installation). You can now run the game though either the `SETUP32.EXE` Autorun menu or by going to the game's installation folder and running `TIME32.EXE`. Notes This fix method was done using the 1999 (Great Chase Through Time) release of the game. There may be differences with the original 1997 (Where in Time) release. `_SETUP32.EXE` does not work when opened normally through Windows Explorer, as the installer will bring up a severe error that says, 'This product does not support Windows NT.' This is oddly bypassed when it's opened from 7-Zip or using the normal Autorun menu.

Install on 64-bit OS^{[citation needed]}

Insert the (first) disc into your optical disc drive.
Open the CD as a folder.
Open the Install folder and run SETUP32.EXE. When the 32-bit Autorun menu pops up, select 'Install/Uninstall'.
1. If the 32-bit Autorun menu does not work for whatever reason, then try using 7-Zip.
2. Open the 7-Zip File Manager and navigate to the game CD's Install folder through 7-Zip.
3. Run _SETUP.EXE (note the underscore) through 7-Zip (see Notes below).
Install the game as normal.
1. At some point, you will be prompted to install QuickTime for Windows 2.1.2, which is required to run the game (modern versions of QuickTime won't work). When it asks you to check for existing versions of QuickTime, click 'Skip' and continue installing as normal (you'll want to skip version checking as the QuickTime installer can crash while going though your files, which will cause the game's installer to abort installation).
You can now run the game though either the SETUP32.EXE Autorun menu or by going to the game's installation folder and running TIME32.EXE.

Notes

This fix method was done using the 1999 (Great Chase Through Time) release of the game. There may be differences with the original 1997 (Where in Time) release.

_SETUP32.EXE does not work when opened normally through Windows Explorer, as the installer will bring up a severe error that says, 'This product does not support Windows NT.' This is oddly bypassed when it's opened from 7-Zip or using the normal Autorun menu.

Other information[edit]

Hearing-impaired assistance[edit]

Case 16 has a music sheet-reordering puzzle that requires players to listen to parts of the openings to Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth symphonies, which can be difficult for players with hearing problems like that of the composer himself.

Enabling 'Hearing-impaired assistance' in the game options will change the descriptions of the different-colored sheets from their colors (written as '[Color] Score', e.g. 'Blue Score') to their correct ordered positions (written as '[Ordinal Numeral] Sheet', e.g. 'First Sheet'), allowing deaf or hard-of-hearing players to complete the case.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

System requirements[edit]

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Windows
Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	3.1, 95
Processor (CPU)	66 MHz 486DX or faster
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA video card 640x480, 256 colors	DirectX 3.0b compatible
Sound (audio device)	Windows compatible
Other	2X CD-ROM drive or faster

Mac OS
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

Notes

↑ ^1.0^1.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

Carmen Sandiego%27s Great Chase Through Time Play Online

CD-ROM games

Availability[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Input settings[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Localizations

Issues unresolved[edit]

Game appears mostly black[edit]

Issues fixed[edit]

Installing on a 64-bit OS[edit]

Other information[edit]

Hearing-impaired assistance[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

System requirements[edit]

Great Chase Through Time Download

Notes

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