Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is one of those cultural touchstones that tends to be fondly remembered by the valuable 18-34 demographic, and has inspired countless nostalgia-based Facebook groups to that end: It was one of the first computer games that was any fun, and one of the rare “edutainment” games of all time that wasn’t desperately snore-inducing.

Sure, you were forced to learn about geography from puzzlingly unhelpful townspeople, (they knew obscure landmarks in cities, but not the names of the cities themselves?) but you were also up against one of the most ingenious thieves of all time. She even managed to steal the game-winning puck from the Stanley Cup, the Strait of Magellan (how is that possible? –Ed.) and even a monkey-eating eagle. If you’ve got to learn that Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland to stop that sort of ruthless criminal, it’s worth it.

Here, via Wikipedia, is a complete list of fifty things that Carmen Sandiego stole in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?:



The Khyber Pass The Steps To The Tango Uluru The Baton Used To Lead The Vienna Boys Choir The Fish From Half Of Lake Titicaca The Plans For This Year’s Carnival The Silver Pagoda The Game Winning Puck From The First Stanley Cup Championship The Strait Of Magellan The Keys To The Forbidden City Havana’s Best Cigars Hans Christian Andersen’s Writing Desk The Nile River Delta The Gargoyles From Notre Dame Cathedral The Keys From Beethoven’s First Piano The Olympic Flame The Best Coffee All The Goulash Geysir Gandhi’s Glasses The Island Of Bali The Presidential Palace’s Finest Rug The Salt From The Dead Sea The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling The Snow From Atop Mt Fuji Nairobi International Airport Every Last Drop Of Salsa Casablanca The Abominable Snowman The Dykes All The Kiwi Birds The Delta Of The Niger River K2 The Controls For The Panama Canal The Headwaters Of The Amazon River A Monkey-Eating Eagle The Trans-Siberian Railroad The Middle Of The Trans Arabian Pipeline The Statue Of Sir Stamford Raffles The Cape Of Good Hope The Secret Recipe For Kimchee The Bulls From Pamplona The Court Stage From Drottingholm Palace The Ngorongoro Crater The King’s Siamese Cat Every Anchovy From The Black Sea The Keys To The Tower Of London The Statue Of Liberty’s Torch The Mekong River The Zaire River Ferry

(via Wikipedia; inspired by this Reddit thread.)

Appendix: In table form, complete with locations stolen from and (spoiler) where you find them:

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