| Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129285] |
Sat, 04 October 2008 23:43  |
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Crossposted for what I hope are good reasons. Long ago I had a pristine,
barely played copy of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for the
Genesis. Box, manual, cart, and the outer cardboard package that held the
plastic box and a copy of the 1985 World Almanac that served as the
hintbook for the game. Foolishly, I traded the thing away and now I'm
trying to put it all back together again.
Does anybody happen to know any identifying features of the almanac that
shipped with the game? I can draw the cart, the box and the manual from
various sources online, but nobody seems to have the complete package. I
don't mind getting the other book separately, but I'm obsessively hunting
after a matching edition (if not an authentic accessory.)
-KKC, enjoying GTA2 on the Dreamcast.
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129286 is a reply to message #129285] |
Sun, 05 October 2008 08:58  |
BelPowerslave
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> Crossposted for what I hope are good reasons. Long ago I had a pristine,
> barely played copy of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for the
> Genesis. Box, manual, cart, and the outer cardboard package that held the
> plastic box and a copy of the 1985 World Almanac that served as the
> hintbook for the game. Foolishly, I traded the thing away and now I'm
> trying to put it all back together again.
>
> Does anybody happen to know any identifying features of the almanac that
> shipped with the game? I can draw the cart, the box and the manual from
> various sources online, but nobody seems to have the complete package. I
> don't mind getting the other book separately, but I'm obsessively hunting
> after a matching edition (if not an authentic accessory.)
I actually picked up that game for Benstylus a long while back, it was
complete with the original almanac. I'll shoot him a PM on the WAG
Forums, see if he'll stop by with any info he may have on it. :)
Bel
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129288 is a reply to message #129286] |
Sun, 05 October 2008 09:03 |
BelPowerslave
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BelPowerslave wrote:
>> Crossposted for what I hope are good reasons. Long ago I had a
>> pristine, barely played copy of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
>> for the Genesis. Box, manual, cart, and the outer cardboard package
>> that held the plastic box and a copy of the 1985 World Almanac that
>> served as the hintbook for the game. Foolishly, I traded the thing
>> away and now I'm trying to put it all back together again.
>>
>> Does anybody happen to know any identifying features of the almanac
>> that shipped with the game? I can draw the cart, the box and the
>> manual from various sources online, but nobody seems to have the
>> complete package. I don't mind getting the other book separately, but
>> I'm obsessively hunting after a matching edition (if not an authentic
>> accessory.)
>
> I actually picked up that game for Benstylus a long while back, it was
> complete with the original almanac. I'll shoot him a PM on the WAG
> Forums, see if he'll stop by with any info he may have on it. :)
Dammit, I meant to post this ebay auction as well, showing the original
almanac:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sega-Where-in-Time-is-Carmen-Sandiego-Co mplete-VG-7-10_W0QQitemZ120312926253QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 120312926253&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|2 40%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
From what I remember, it wasn't anything official, it didn't say
"Carmen... edition" or anything like that. It'll just be an older
version of the "Desk Encyclopedia".
Bel
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129289 is a reply to message #129288] |
Sun, 05 October 2008 13:40 |
BelPowerslave
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BelPowerslave wrote:
> BelPowerslave wrote:
>>> Crossposted for what I hope are good reasons. Long ago I had a
>>> pristine, barely played copy of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
>>> for the Genesis. Box, manual, cart, and the outer cardboard package
>>> that held the plastic box and a copy of the 1985 World Almanac that
>>> served as the hintbook for the game. Foolishly, I traded the thing
>>> away and now I'm trying to put it all back together again.
>>>
>>> Does anybody happen to know any identifying features of the almanac
>>> that shipped with the game? I can draw the cart, the box and the
>>> manual from various sources online, but nobody seems to have the
>>> complete package. I don't mind getting the other book separately, but
>>> I'm obsessively hunting after a matching edition (if not an authentic
>>> accessory.)
>>
>> I actually picked up that game for Benstylus a long while back, it was
>> complete with the original almanac. I'll shoot him a PM on the WAG
>> Forums, see if he'll stop by with any info he may have on it. :)
Here's his reply:
http://bensega.com/misc/IMG_7335.JPG
"The only one I had was Where in Time was Carmen Sandiego...
it had the new american desk almanac.
not sure if it's the same one that is supposed to come with "world", but
it's a start."
Hope that helps. :)
Bel
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129290 is a reply to message #129289] |
Mon, 06 October 2008 12:45 |
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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In article <gcau6a$9p9$1@registered.motzarella.org>,
BelPowerslave <bel@whipassgaming.com> wrote:
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> http://bensega.com/misc/IMG_7335.JPG
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> "The only one I had was Where in Time was Carmen Sandiego...
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> it had the new american desk almanac.
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> not sure if it's the same one that is supposed to come with "world", but
> it's a start."
Fish and Bel, thanks for checking. Looks like for playing purposes, I can
get away with ordering a standard copy of the 1985 Almanac. For reasons
that are obvious in retrospect, there seem to be more copies of that
year's edition on the market. I may still hold out for a complete copy in
the slipcover box if I can find one. I appreciate the assist.
-KKC, hacking up Bel's old Nomad.
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129291 is a reply to message #129285] |
Tue, 07 October 2008 19:53 |
Brandon Taylor
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On Oct 4, 10:43 pm, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendr...@nospam.io> wrote:
> Crossposted for what I hope are good reasons. Long ago I had a pristine,
> barely played copy of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for the
> Genesis. Box, manual, cart, and the outer cardboard package that held the
> plastic box and a copy of the 1985 World Almanac that served as the
> hintbook for the game. Foolishly, I traded the thing away and now I'm
> trying to put it all back together again.
>
> Does anybody happen to know any identifying features of the almanac that
> shipped with the game? I can draw the cart, the box and the manual from
> various sources online, but nobody seems to have the complete package. I
> don't mind getting the other book separately, but I'm obsessively hunting
> after a matching edition (if not an authentic accessory.)
>
> -KKC, enjoying GTA2 on the Dreamcast.
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Dude... just use the current version of the World Almanac. It's
basically all the same.
-- B.D.T.
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129320 is a reply to message #129290] |
Tue, 07 October 2008 21:22 |
BelPowerslave
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> Fish and Bel, thanks for checking. Looks like for playing purposes, I can
> get away with ordering a standard copy of the 1985 Almanac. For reasons
> that are obvious in retrospect, there seem to be more copies of that
> year's edition on the market. I may still hold out for a complete copy in
> the slipcover box if I can find one. I appreciate the assist.
I'm not sure if Ben is selling, or has already sold his copy...but I can
ask him, if you want. It's complete, IIRC.
> -KKC, hacking up Bel's old Nomad.
Ah man!
Bel
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| Re: Carmen Sandiego - Almanac? [message #129321 is a reply to message #129291] |
Wed, 08 October 2008 03:39 |
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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In article <47de3b7c-3da9-44e1-8620-eff7e526e324@1g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
DMn2004404@gmail.com <DMn2004404@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 4, 10:43?pm, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendr...@nospam.io> wrote:
>>
>> Does anybody happen to know any identifying features of the almanac that
>> shipped with the game? I can draw the cart, the box and the manual from
>> various sources online, but nobody seems to have the complete package. I
>> don't mind getting the other book separately, but I'm obsessively hunting
>> after a matching edition (if not an authentic accessory.)
>
> Dude... just use the current version of the World Almanac. It's
> basically all the same.
That'll be handy when Carmen goes to Yugoslavia. Or Burma. Or Zaire. Or
Kampuchea. :)
The world has changed a lot in 23 years. One of the reasons I'm interested
in the game is that there are a lot of virtual artifacts to be found in
it. In the middle of the 80s, we all assumed that peace in the Middle East
was within reach, that the cold war was a permanent state of hostility,
and that the ethnic relocation scars of World War II would never heal.
Carmen Sandiego (and Ryo Hazuki) can still go to Kowloon, but for us that
place is gone forever.
-KKC, whose magical nostalgia tour will be complete if Sega puts Michael
Jackson into another game.
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