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Bigham developed the game to a point where it contained enough locations and concepts to take it to Broderbund's "Rubber Room", the offices of Gene Portwood, a former Disney artist, and Lauren Elliott, as to start developing a more complete story and art for the game.
In 2003, Computers and Education wrote that Carmen Sandiego was "by far the best-selling educational software in North America".
Roy Wagner reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "The graphics are nice and the manual is well written with a dossier on each thief.
In April 1994 Computer Gaming World said that the Deluxe CD version "adds substantial value to an already excellent game".
The San Diego Union said the "'Carmen Sandiego Deluxe' game is challenging, but still fun", adding that "Kids will be anything but bored".
Boston Globe said it was "for older children".
The Los Angeles Times said "[Carmen Sandiego's] creators at Broderbund have remade her bigger and badder than ever in a terrific new CD-ROM release of "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
It was Broderbund's third best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987.
In April 1989, the game was awarded a "Diamond" certification from the Software Publishers Association for sales above 500,000 units, making it one of the top two best-selling computer games in the United States (along with Karate Champ) up until June 1989.
In 2003, Computers and Education wrote that Carmen Sandiego was "by far the best-selling educational software in North America".
They described it as identical to the earlier PC and Genesis versions, and praised the graphics and the strong edutainment value.
In April 1989, the game was awarded a "Diamond" certification from the Software Publishers Association for sales above 500,000 units, making it one of the top two best-selling computer games in the United States (along with Karate Champ) up until June 1989.
It went on to achieve sales above 800,000 units by December 1989.
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? was the first product developed within Broderbund, which had only published externally developed software.
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