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Relive 'Carmen Sandiego' With Lufthansa's 'Virtual Pilot II' Game

November 3, 2009 at 3:59 PM | by JetSetCD | 4 Comments

Were you a huge fan of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Or maybe you just have a thing for geography? Well, Lufthansa totally understands and they're rekindling a bit of the Carmen Sandiago adrenaline with their second version of the geography trivia web game "Virtual Pilot."

In Virtual Pilot 1, you'd be given a city name and you'd have to click on a map in order to "land your plane" as close to there as possible. The first round showed city dots and country borders, the second round only had country borders, and the third round only gave you land masses to go by. We fared pretty well on it, but Virtual Pilot II is kicking our butt hardcore.

In Virtual Pilot II, the map is further than Europe; it's the world and it's antique complete with coffee rings. Instead of being told cities outright and finding them on the map, you are given clues for where you must land the Lufthansa plane. The first theme just released a few days ago for Virtual Pilot II, and with it, the focus is on wine-producing regions. Hopefully the game will get easier when they debut "Sightseeing Favorites" on November 8, "Taste Trek" on November 15, and "Artifacts and Ruins" on November 22.

If you want to show off your geographical knowledge and compete for prizes like Lufthansa economy tickets, then play the game via Facebook. There however, the theme is "Sand and Sun," so you'll have to stick to the original game site for the wine fun.

Related Stories:
· Virtual Pilot 1 and 2 [Lufthansa]
· Lufthansa coverage [Jaunted]

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  1. Omri

    Jaunted Member

    Childhood geek nostalgia ftw

    "Were you a huge fan of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" Is there anyone who *wasn't*? Awesome.
    November 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM
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  1. philadelphiaguy

    Jaunted Member

    high score!

    19,021...beat that :)
    November 4, 2009 at 1:58 PM
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  1. juliana

    Jaunted Contributing Editor

    i can top you on this

    my friend was ON the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego show and our entire class went to the taping in NYC. it was fantastic. i was sitting in the front row and the camera panned my face. haha
    November 4, 2009 at 5:52 PM
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  1. JetSetCD

    Jaunted Member

    ok you got me

    Well my Carmen Sandiego story is good, but not that good. The host did a mall tour, signing autographs if you can believe it. I went and I totally have a signed headshot of that dude somewhere in the crap from my youth.
    November 8, 2009 at 3:47 PM
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