Talk:Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game)

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There is insufficient information given on this game's level of radness. Suggest someone rad it up by a factor of rad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.8.19.101 (talk) 04:09, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

lol. Also, I took a look at the list of games in the info box and I'm not sure where other versions of the game should fit. For instance, I own the 1986 Sega Master System "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" video game. It wouldn't seem to fit in this article, nor any others. Perhaps it needs its own article? --Robthepiper (talk) 04:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Floppy release of the deluxe version

The article doesn't mention that the deluxe edition was also available on floppy disks. The box contained eight 720K 3.5" floppy disks, five 1.2MB 5.25" floppy disks, and the World Almanac and Book of Facts 1992 for copy protection, and had a cut down set of voice samples, such as "Here are the details of your new case", and no music outside of the intro.

(Not only is it nostalgic for me, it's actually what I intend to seek out for my collection because I find the CD-ROM version annoying.)

Here are example recordings from the two versions for comparison:

Floppy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQgMlhvYvCI
CD-ROM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdpd3ox5fXg

(I don't know why YouTube claims a release year of 1990. Every other source I've found makes no mention of deluxe editions predating 1990 and every complete copy I've seen photographed had the 1992 fact book for copy protection which AbeBooks listed as being released in 1991 when I was price-comparing complete copies vs. incomplete copies plus buying the book separately.)

-- Deitarion (talk) 12:31, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

When I was a kid, we got our first PC in August of 1991, and we bought the Deluxe Edition with it, so a release date of 1992 is impossible. I'm afraid I no longer have the copy from back then so I can't check the copyright date on it, but if you look this game up on MobyGames, you can see a scan of a 3.5" floppy disk of the game which is very clearly labeled "Copyright 1990, 1993", indicating that the Deluxe Edition was first released in 1990. 80.78.182.13 (talk) 11:24, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Episode list for TV series

This diff introduced an episode list for the TV game show, which of course does not belong at an article about the video game. If the content can be sourced and is not a copyvio, then presumably it can go there or in a standalone article. I'm leaving this note here for the ability to provide attribution if that happens. --Kinu ^t/_c 19:50, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]