________________________ | | | Carmen Word Detictive | | FAQ/Walkthrough | | _______ | | | | | | | | | | -------- | | | | | ------------------------- -Game Name: Carmen Word Detective -Developer: Broderbund Software -Platform: PC -Author: Locke130 -Author's E-mail: Locke130@yahoo.com -Last Updated: 5/15/02 -Version: 1.0 THIS DOCUMENT COPYRIGHT 2002 LOCKE130. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO SECTION III, LEGAL INFO Before you enter, you must agree to two things: 1. I do not own an illegal version of this game, nor do I know anyone who does and I will not help you find it. 2. Everything I know about the PC game, Carmen Word Detective, is in this FAQ or will be inserted later. IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH EITHER OF THOSE THINGS, PLEASE RETURN TO THE SITE YOU CAME FROM. __________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS __________________________________________________________________ I. Introduction II. Credits/FAQ Information III. Legal Info IV. Games V. Walkthrough VI. FAQs VII. Codes VIII. Future Versions IX. Closure __________________________________________________________________ I. INTRODUCTION __________________________________________________________________ Welcome to my Carmen Sandiego: Word Detective FAQ/Walkthrough! I first played this game while I was visiting my friend and loved it. Later, I bought a cereal box with this game in it and was very happy. When I surfed through the numerous PC games that needed FAQs at GameFAQs, I was surprised to see this game on it. After I got off the internet, I immediately got to work on this FAQ and here you are. __________________________________________________________________ II. CREDITS/FAQ INFORMATION __________________________________________________________________ Thanks to: *CJayC for posting my FAQs and reviews and also maintaining GameFAQs, even when the stars fade from the sky. *Broderbund for making a great game. BEFORE E-MAILING ME, READ THE FOLLOWING RULES TO SEE IF YOUR E-MAIL WILL BE READ OR NOT: 1. No spamming (sending me or anyone in the credits junk mail). 2. Don't send me something thats in the FAQ already. 3. Place CWD FAQ in the subject somewhere. Previous Versions: *Version 1.0 (5/15/02): Created the FAQ and 9 of the sections. They'll be done in the future if they aren't now. __________________________________________________________________ III. LEGAL INFO __________________________________________________________________ Carmen Sandiego: Word Detective copyright Broderbund Inc. All Rights Reserved. This FAQ copyright 2002 by Locke130. You may use this FAQ only for personal use. You may not sell this FAQ or reproduce it. You may not use any information, in whole or in part, without the consent of the author. You may not use this FAQ on your own website without the consent of the author. I am in no way affiliated with Broderbund or any companies that made this game. MODERN ENGLISH: This FAQ copyright 2002 by Locke130. You may only use this FAQ for helping you or your friends with CWD. You can't sell this FAQ or make copies of it. You may not use any information, not even one sentence, without my permission. You may not use this FAQ on your website without my permission. I didn't make CWD and I don't know anyone that did. __________________________________________________________________ IV. GAMES __________________________________________________________________ -Game: Codebreaker -Object: Eliminate all the hexagons -How to Play: The object of this game is to find all the words in the list in the hexagons. There are 3 levels. The first is level 1, which consists of small, easier words such as age, tea and vinyl. Level 2 consists of harder words, yet it doesn't get much bigger. The last level is level 3, which consists of the hardest words in the game. These still aren't that hard though. The buttons above the difficulty are dictionary and rules. The dictionary button, well, brings out a window that you can look up word definitons with. The rules button brings up a window with the rules of the game in it. The check button is used later and the reset button will clear all your progress and start you from the beggining. To eliminate hexagons, they must spell out a word in your word list, be in order and be one after the other. Click on them in the order that would spell the word you are trying to remove from the list and then click check. If all goes well, it should remove the word from the list and the hexagons from the play area. -Game: Spellanyzer (#1) -Object: Rearrange the Word -How to play: In this puzzle, you'll need to rearrange the word until it looks like it should be spelled. In order to help you, this game also says the word they way it should be spelled. The other way they try to help you is the lights above the letters. After you click "Check", they will light either green (means that letter is in the right spot) or red (means that letter is not in the right spot). Change around the letters with red lights to get the word. If it helps, you can click the ear button to hear the word again. If you earn magnifying glasses, you can place them on a letter and the computer will automatically place the right letter there. -Game: Spellanyzer (#2) -Object: Fill in the Word -How to play: This puzzle is exactly the same as #1, except instead of rearranging the word, you have to fill in the words. In order to help you out, they included the correct letter of some spaces in gray in the background. -Game: Spellanyzer (#3) -Object: Fill in the Word -How to play: This puzzle is exactly the same as #2, except it doesn't have the correct letter in the background to help you out. MORE TO COME __________________________________________________________________ V. WALKTHROUGH __________________________________________________________________ When you boot up the game, you have the option of choosing a name already created (continue a game) or creating a new name (new game). Let's start a new game. After the message from Chase, you'll see a screen. Let's explore: *Options: Here, you can change save files, check your status, practice the games, find out about more about the game and exit the game. *Transport: Brings up a screen with locations you can go to. *E-Mail: Video messages from Chase. Those are the only things you need to know for now. Right now, click on transport and select the coordinates "29 N, 31 E" and then click launch. Since objects are random and games are sometimes too, I'll list random objects and games you play in each area. If any information isn't accurate, please let me know. Also, if i've forgotten a random object, please e-mail it to me. I'll put the location of the key stashers at certain levels too. For info on the games, go to section IV (games). -Egypt (29 N, 31 E): *Random Objects: Pillar Coffin Pots Vase *Games you play: Codebreaker Spellanayzer (#1) -Otto's Library (40 N, 73 W): *Random Objects: Large Book Computer Trash Can *Games you play: Spellanayzer (#2) Fusion Chamber *Key Stasher Location: File Cabinet -Ill Will's Playhouse (53 N, 6W) *Random Objects: Bucket Light *Games you play: Spellanyzer (#2) Micropix -Esther Odious' Estate, Monaco (43 N, 7 E) *Random Objects: Tea Cup Tall Picuture *Games you play: Power Pack Spellanyzer (#3) *Key Stasher Location: Pillar Support with "VILE" on it. MORE COMING SOON __________________________________________________________________ VI. FAQS __________________________________________________________________ -Q: I've solved four puzzles and got the jigsaw puzzle piece, but now I don't know what to do! What do I do? -A: Return to your hideout. When you get there, the cover of the jigsaw piece will open. See all the agents lined up? Select the one that you want by clicking the right or left arrows on the control panel and place the jigsaw puzzle in the indentation inbetween the buttons. __________________________________________________________________ VII. CODES __________________________________________________________________ There are no codes right now. __________________________________________________________________ VIII. FUTURE VERSIONS __________________________________________________________________ In the future, I would like: *A complete walkthrough *A complete games section *More codes __________________________________________________________________ IX. CLOSURE __________________________________________________________________ In conclusion, I believe this game was really fun, and deserved a walkthrough (which you have just read). I hope you enjoyed this walkthrough and I thank you for reading it. If you like this game, try these other games: *Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? *Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? *Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? OTHER FAQs by Locke130: *Dogz II FAQ (PC) *G-NOME FAQ/Walkthrough (PC) *Caveman Games FAQ (NES)