History VideoGame / WhereInSpaceIsCarmenSandiego

* TokenHuman: Carmen herself. The Chief, the witnesses, and the crooks are all wacky aliens in this version.

** "Jailhouse Rock" is a reference to the Music/ElvisPresley song. In addition, it's referred to as "the Rock" for short, referencing the nickname for Alcatraz.

''Space'' was the last MS-DOS game in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' franchise. Starting with ''Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective'', the series transitioned to [=CD-ROMs.=]

* ImpossibleTheft: As usual. Thefts include the sunspots from the Sun and [[IntangibleTheft the belt buckle from the Asteroid Belt]].

''Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?'' follows the same basic format as the earlier ''Carmen'' games, except now you chase V.I.L.E. villains across the [[ScienceMarchesOn nine]] planets and various moons of UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem. This time, Carmen's crooks are all aliens, so the warrants now require you to specify the suspect's number of eyes and other such details.

** "Jailhouse Rock" is a reference to the Music/ElvisPresley song. In addition, it's referred to as "the Rock" for short, referencing the nickname for Alcatraz.
** Time is measured with "[[Franchise/StarTrek star dates]]".

''Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?'' follows the same basic format as the earlier ''Carmen'' games, except now you chase V.I.L.E. villains across the [[ScienceMarchesOn nine]] planets and various moons of UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem. This time, you're given an in-game database, and chances are you're going to need it. No matter how much of an astronomy geek you are, you probably haven't memorized the names of all the craters on [[UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfSaturn Enceladus]]. Another difference from earlier entries is that Carmen's crooks are now aliens, so the warrants require you to specify the suspect's number of eyes and other such details.

*** One of the animations that play when you arrive at the correct location shows a floating ''2001''-style [[TheMonolith monolith]], complete with ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra''... but then it turns into some alien's surfboard.

*** One of the animations that play when you arrive at the correct location shows a floating ''2001''-style monolith, complete with ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra''... but then it turns into some alien's surfboard.

** Your A.I. is the [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey VAL 9000]]. Additionally, one of the animations that play when you arrive at the correct location shows a floating ''2001''-style monolith, complete with ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra''... but then it turns into some alien's surfboard.

** Your A.I. is the [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey VAL 9000]]. Additionally, one of the animations that play when you arrive at the correct location shows a floating ''2001''-style monolith accompanied by ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra''... but then it turns into some alien's surfboard.

** Your A.I. is the [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey VAL 9000]].

* {{Planetville}}: Just knowing that the crook went to, say, {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} is enough to get you to another location with more clues. At the same time, you're screwed if you had the gall to go to Phobos when the game was directing you to Deimos.

''Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?'' follows the same basic format as the earlier ''Carmen'' games, except now you chase V.I.L.E. villains across the [[ScienceMarchesOn nine]] planets and various moons of UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem. This time, you're given an in-game database, and chances are you're going to need it. No matter how much of an astronomy geek you are, you probably haven't memorized the names of all the craters on [[UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfSaturn Enceladus]]. Another difference from earlier entries is that Carmen's crooks are now aliens, so your warrant requires you to specify the suspect's number of eyes and other such details.

* {{Planetville}}: Just knowing that the crook went to, say, {{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} is enough to get you to another location with more clues.

** "Jailhouse Rock" is a reference to the Music/ElvisPresley song. In addition, it's referred to as "the Rock" for short, referencing the nickname for Alcatraz.

** Your A.I. in ''Where in Space'' is the [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey VAL 9000]].

* RecycledINSPACE: Naturally. Thankfully, this game is a positive example of this trope because it was one of the best in the series.

* ShoutOut: "Jailhouse Rock" is a reference to the Music/ElvisPresley song. In addition, it's referred to as "the Rock" for short, referencing the nickname for Alcatraz.

''Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego?'' follows the same basic format as the earlier ''Carmen'' games, except now you chase V.I.L.E. villains across the [[ScienceMarchesOn nine]] planets and various moons of UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem. This time, you're given an in-game database, and chances are you're going to need it. No matter how much of an astronomy geek you are, you probably haven't memorized the names of all the craters on [[UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfSaturn Enceladus]]. Another difference from earlier entries is that Carmen's crooks are now aliens, so your warrant requires you to specify the suspect's number of eyes and other such details.

''Space'' was the last MS-DOS game in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' franchise. Starting with ''Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective'', the series transitioned to CD-ROMs.