

In 1983, the founders of Broderbund Software, Gary and Doug Carlston, publicly discussed a plan to make edutainment one of their company's three focus areas. Since its initial release the series has won over 125 awards and accolades.

This series was originally owned by Broderbund, but is now owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Each game of the series has a particular theme and subject, where the player must use their knowledge to find Carmen Sandiego or any of her innumerable henchmen. The game released in 1985, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, started off both the video game series and the franchise as a whole, which has continued up to the present day. Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?Ĭarmen Sandiego is a series of American educational mystery video games that spawned an edutainment franchise of the same name. Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh OS, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Facebook, iOS
