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Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

Rating:	Your rating: None Average: 4.4 (7 votes)
Category:	Educational
Perspective:	Point & Click
Year released:	1997
Author:	Brøderbund
Publisher:	Brøderbund
Engine:

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us
carmen_word_detective.iso_.sit (298.16 MB)
For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9

[www]_.se [ftp]_.se [mirror]_.us
CS_Word_Detective_guide.pdf

Emulation
This game works with: SheepShaver,

"Word is out! In an unspeakable attempt to turn the English language on its ear, Carmen Sandiego has invented the Babble-On Machine, a diabolical device that transforms language into utter nonsense. As Agent 13, your mission is to free a dozen babbling ACME agents by completing over 60 activities that will further develop your spelling, grammar, and vocabulary skills. Good Luck!"

Compatibility
Architecture: PPC x86 (Windows)

Top DL above (298.16 MB) is a Mac HFS/ISO Hybrid image.

Comments

by SmokelessJoe - 2019, February 10 - 5:40am

I can’t seem to get this working on my G4 MDD with OS 9.2.2. The intro plays fine, then the interface that has options/transport/email appears but the rest of the screen is black and it appears to freeze at this point. Any ideas?

by IIGS_User - 2015, June 12 - 7:19am

Thanks MTT, hopefully readers of this page are no longer confused.
And the page still holds what's neccessary.

by vivalabextor - 2015, June 11 - 7:04am

I am totally confused about which images here have what. I have an original copy of the CD, which is an HFS/ISO hybrid. Shall I image it and upload that image here, and delete the rest?

by IIGS_User - 2013, February 13 - 6:58pm

I own a 'Carmen Math Detective CD-ROM' (English) in HFS Standard format.
Software is copyrighted 1998 (Classic only) , printed on CD is the year 2004.

This one: Carmen Sandiego Math Detective

by MikeTomTom - 2013, February 13 - 1:01pm

This is a 2004 CD after all...

Well... somebody did click a "2004" checkbox on this site...

Googling gets me this, from 1998...

HOMEPC MAGAZINE, January 18, 1998
* CARMEN SANDIEGO, WORD DETECTIVE $39.95. Windows 3.1 / 95 CD-ROM. Macintosh CD-ROM. From Broderbund Software. 800-521-6263.

& this (for sale at Sears), for $6.99...
MAC Requirements-Mac OS 7.1/Hybrid 68040 7MB of RAM Power Macintosh 2X CD-ROM Hard Drive

My guess is it should be HFS (or HFS/ISO 9660 hybrid) - a direct CD to (.cdr or .iso) file would settle this.

Edit: Anyway, I've changed the 'xxx 7' to 'Mac OS 7', sorry. - IIGS User

by mrdav - 2013, February 13 - 12:02pm

Are you sure that the original CD is not HFS+? This is a 2004 CD after all. When making a disk image, doesn't Toast just take a copy of the CD and use the type of file system that is on the CD?

EDIT: Or do all CDs use HFS?

by IIGS_User - 2013, February 13 - 10:45am

The first time I used Toast 11, I was no longer able to find this option,
so I'm still using Toast 10 and try not to use a newer version in the future.
The option "HFS Standard" is hidden in the Options area,
when you create a "Data" type of CD-ROM image.
But what about creating a "Copy" type of CD-ROM image?

by HomeStarRunnerTron - 2013, February 13 - 7:59am

Ohhh, okay! I'll give it a shot... I AM using Toast. Sometimes. I'm running these games on Mac OS 9, myself. *cracks up*

by IIGS_User - 2013, February 12 - 8:35pm

I'm sure, original media must be formatted in HFS Standard, if you're using Toast, there must be an option to tick anywhere in the GUI.

by Ryan Alexander - 2013, February 12 - 4:48pm

HFS+ volumes cannot be read on anything older than Mac OS 8.1.

by HomeStarRunnerTron - 2013, February 12 - 9:30am

Shoot! What's the difference, and how do I change it?!

by IIGS_User - 2013, February 11 - 7:26pm

Be aware, the current "Download (external link)" contains a HFS+ image,
which should be a HFS-only image.