- The Chief: Gumshoes, Carmen Sandiego's barbaric batch of baboons have struck again. This time, it was a case of Mexican mayhem in the Gulf of California. Eons ago, the peninsula of Baja California broke loose from what is now Mexico and drifted northwest, leaving a few islands in its wake. One of them is a beachcomber's paradise named Carmen. The island is home to beaches, wildlife, an abandoned saltworks, and only one man. He looks after the deserted town of Salinas. But today, the population doubled when Vic the Slick slithered ashore. His boss' birthday is coming up and he figured an island named Carmen would be the perfect gift. Stealing it was the easy part. Wrapping it will be tough. Your mission, gumshoes: show Vic he's not so slick, return the island of Carmen to Mexico, and then capture Carmen Sandiego.
- Carmen Sandiego: They're on to you, Vic. Hide Carmen Island on Devil's Island in South America.
- Vic the Slick: You mean the famous prison?
- Carmen Sandiego: It's not a prison anymore. Now tourists go there believe it or not, and it's in the same place that the launch site used by the European space program.
- Vic the Slick: I didn't know Europe was puttin' people in orbit.
- Carmen Sandiego: Not people. Satellites. The space program is run as a business. They launch satellites for companies and other nations.
- Vic the Slick: A space business, huh? Geez, those frequent flier miles must really add up.