In the TV and computer game franchise, ACME detective agency members are always asking the question "Where in the World/Time/Earth is" who?
Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986 video game) is the 2015 title "Carmen Sandiego Returns", and the fourth television series (after "World", "Earth", and "Time") is set to air on Netflix in 2019. The gameplay is similar to its predecessor, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?". The goal of the game is to track Carmen's henchmen across the United States, arrest them, and ultimately arrest Carmen Sandiego. Carmen has escaped from a European prison, and has gone to the US to assemble a gang of V.I.L.E. members to steal the country's valuable treasures. The player, an agent at the ACME Detective Agency, will need to gather information
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game) include: "digitized photos from National Geographic, over 3200 clues, music from the Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, 20 villains, 60 countries, and 16 maps". CD-ROM versions for MS-DOS and Macintosh were released in 1992, and a Windows version was released in 1994. In the game, the player takes the role of a rookie in the ACME Detective Agency, tasked to track down crooks from the V.I.L.E. organization that have stolen famous works from around the world. They do this by using their knowledge of geography (aided by the "Almanac") to question witnesses or investigate clues to track down where the crook has gone.