Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (Full Walkthrough, No Commentary)
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Published 2023-05-24
The game begins in the present day when Carmen Sandiego breaks into ACME Timenet headquarters in San Francisco and steals a time travel device called the ACME Chronoskimmer. Carmen sends her V.I.L.E. villains Sir Vile, Dr. Belljar, Baron Grinnit, Medeva, General Mayhem, Jacqueline Hyde, Buggs Zapper, Jane Reaction, and Dee Cryption to travel through time and steal historical treasures, thereby altering the course of history. She also provides them with a note detailing where to hide before she picks them up.
After the theft, the Chief greets the player and explains the importance of recovering the device and restoring history, as well as the Chronoskimmer's safeguard mechanic of leaving time tunnels behind. The Chief sends the player on a series of missions to stop Carmen and her crooks. Each mission has the players paired up with a Good Guide like Ann Tickwittee, Ivan Idea, Rock Solid, Renee Santz, and Polly Tix.
After the eighth case is solved and all the crooks are incarcerated, Carmen Sandiego uses the Chronoskimmer to bail them out and commit more thefts in history. After reinforcing the prison with "laser bars", the Chief sends the player to recapture the crooks and catch Carmen once and for all. After the player finishes recapturing the crooks and restoring history while capturing the final crook Dee Cryption, Carmen Sandiego lets the player retrieve the Chronoskimmer and then goes through time, until she returns to the present to steal her personal dossier from ACME HQ. After a chase by all five Good Guides, Carmen Sandiego is caught and incarcerated.
Once the player is successful, the Chief lets them in on top secret information: Carmen Sandiego was once an ACME agent but she felt the challenge of catching crooks was too easy, so she became a villain to outsmart her former colleagues. She aimed to delete a detailed dossier about her transition, which is thematically linked to her desire to delete the memory of history's greatest figures and achievements (dubbed "Project: History Sweep"), under the pretense of simply "stealing history's greatest treasures". While incarcerated, Carmen tells the players that they won't be able to hold on to her for long.
Though unstated in the game, it is implied that Carmen Sandiego only ordered her henchmen to steal these items as a decoy to ensure the ACME headquarters was completely empty while all agents were cleaning up her trail of historical messes.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:07 Queen Hatshepsut in Ancient Egypt (1490 BC)
0:23:18 Julius Caesar in Rome (50 BC)
0:39:40 Vikings in Vinland (1002)
1:01:04 Murasaki Shikibu in Japan (1015)
1:19:06 William the Conqueror in Feudal England (1086)
1:47:03 Kublai Khan in Mongol China (1271)
2:03:26 Musa and the Mali Empire (1324)
2:22:59 Gutenberg in Germany (1454)
2:45:25 Pachacuti and the Inca Empire (1460)
3:09:07 Columbus and the New World (1493)
3:44:19 Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance (1505)
3:59:09 Montezuma and the Aztec Empire (1519)
4:13:40 Shakespeare in Elizabethan England (1599)
4:36:49 Thirteen American Colonies (1776)
5:06:40 Lewis and Clark in the Pacific Northwest (1805)
5:19:29 Beethoven in Vienna (1808)
5:43:32 Edison in the Industrial Era (1879)
5:59:36 Yuri Gagarin and the Space Race (1961)
6:15:13 Chasing Down Carmen Sandiego (Present Day, 1997)
Start Time: 14:43 PHT
End Time: 21:23 PHT
Date of Playing: May 23, 2023
All Comments (18)
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I really appreciate having this out there, it was a good watch without having to do all the clicking myself, and it showed a lot of stuff I didn't know about. I enjoyed the random dialogue possibilities the game developers took the effort to specifically write and record, like "thief on the NOOSE.. ach, no, no, that's only if we catch the scoundrel" (2:35:29), and all the puns on incorrect hiding spots "Burbage may steal a scene or two, but he's not our suspect" (4:34:52) There was one notable interaction this video missed. If you play Edison's recording to Joe, he says something like "Edison is that you? I'm not giving you any more free cotton!"
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This game was such a HUGE part of my childhood!!!! Seeing it is so soothing
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I've been looking for a video that doesn't just speed through the game but actually stop to examine everything because it's supposed to be an entertainment game. So for a guy who's curious about history, cultural geography and the people, it's nice that you take the time to examine everything and not just simply try to solve the puzzles asap.
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This is a BLAST from the past indeed. This was one of my favorite Carmen Sandiego games (along with a few others). These were so fun to play ❤❤❤
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RIP Lynne Thigpen aka the Chief.
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Great job foiling Carmen’s plot to change history, Time Sleuth.
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Made back when people took making games seriously, fun and educational. Love this game and thanks for uploading!
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Great tv show and awesome game!!!! I loved this stuff so much when i was a kid!
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thank you for posting this! i miss this game so much and this video will now be a comfort watch for me ☺️☺️
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This game was one of my favorites as a child. I'm so glad my parents let me play it because I wouldn't have heard of some of the people mentioned without it (Mansa Musa, Murasaki Shikibu, and more. I loved every bit (ok, that Columbus level was SO HARD and it turns out Columbus wasn't a great guy). I would love go try and play again but I can't find my CDs! Fun fact: the emperor mentioned in the Inca level is the same Pachacuti from the Horrible Histories sketch/song. I would have never put the two together if not for loving both this game and Horrible Histories.
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would love to figure out how to get this on my computer again miss the old cd rom games
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R I p Lynn thigpen
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There are a few skippable sections where the player does nothing for a few minutes, probably bathroom/snack break as he played the whole game in one go. They're at 43:46-45:56 (Vinland), 3:47:04-3:48:28 (Da Vinci), 4:37:51-4:40:28 (Jefferson), 5:37:31-5:40:18 (Beethoven). There might have been another one.
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😨what is it THIS time???? my ulcer is already aggravated with bad news hrrrrnnnnnggggghhh😖
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Who here played this game when it came out and which mission was the hardest to figure out??? Mine was the Inca empire calendar one. You had to use your math skills, which i still suck at to this day 😂
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I've been trying to find a way to play mine. Do you have an old PC you're playing on? Or is it possible to play on newer software?
