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From: drv@cbnewsj.att.com (dennis.r.vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Carmin San Diego ? anyone ?
Summary: Commerial software
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.220148.1787@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 22:01:48 GMT
References: <2782@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <2782@shodha.enet.dec.com>, b_egan@levers.enet.dec.com (Bob Egan) writes:
> 
> Hi..my wife asked me to post a query as a software package known as
> Carmin San Diego...
> 
There are several Carmen San Diego games on the market by Broderbund.
Where in [Time|The World|The US|Europe] I believe is the complete set.
These are games where the player is given geographic or historic clues
and attempts to track down a villain within a specified time.  My
10 year old liked it very much even though he needed help deciphering
all the clues with the reference material provided with the game (almanac
or desk encyclopedia-type book).  Now that he's 12, he doesn't play it
too much.  Other video games seem to provide more action than the
Carmen games.

Anyway, since they are commercial products, I doubt (hope!) you don't
find them on any system for distribution.  Check your local software
house or mail order distributor for them.  I seem to recall they run
in the $40-50 neighborhood.

Dennis R. Vogel
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lincroft, NJ