Play Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego on sms Online

Game Overview

This Sega Master System version of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? takes the classic detective chase and turns it into a side-scrolling adventure. Instead of typing commands, you actually run through pixelated cities, ducking into buildings to grill locals for clues or hitting up phone booths to log suspect details (though good luck remembering if they drove a convertible or a motorcycle—no eye colors here).

What’s weirdly fun? When you’re closing in on a lead, the suspect might pop up and take a potshot at you. Suddenly, you’re jumping over bullets like some kind of globe-trotting action hero. Mess up, and you lose precious seconds while Carmen’s crew gets farther away. It’s a neat twist that keeps the tension high between all the clue-digging.

Definitely one of the more hands-on takes on the Carmen Sandiego formula—just don’t expect the depth of the computer versions.