"WHERE IN AMERICA IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?: THE GREAT AMTRAK TRAIN ADVENTURE" 1998 CD-ROM

Here's a bit of software so rare that absolutely nobody online, anywhere, has it available for download.

In 1998, Amtrak was in danger of losing their funding. They decided to take what they dubbed "the McDonald's approach" and get kids interested in their product (namely, wanting to go on trips across the country).

They worked with Broderbund Software to develop this, a "Carmen Sandiego" game wherein the player chases Carmen and her fellow crooks nationwide via - what else - Amtrak trains.

It's surprisingly fun, and I thoroughly enjoyed it as a kid. The game has loads of animations and videos sprinkled throughout, including cameos from the "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" PBS TV game show, most notably Lynne Thigpen reprising her role as "The Chief".

As stated earlier, it appears nobody has uploaded an ISO of this long-OOP title to the 'net. For years I've searched numerous "Carmen" fan sites, old PC game sites, shady torrent sites, you name it. So it looks like this is a great opportunity for "Carmen" fans who didn't get a chance to play this rare gem to finally take a crack at it.

As is the case with all older software, it may take a bit of fiddling/troubleshooting to get it running on modern PCs and Macs.

So are you up to the task, Gumshoe? If so, download the ISO and get to sleuthing!

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