Atlantis: The Lost Tales (1997)
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a 1997 adventure video game made by Cryo Interactive.
Atlantis is a civilization of machines and rituals at the height of its power, governed by Queen Rhea from an island continent of strange beauty. Seth, a young hero drawn into the city's hidden tensions, must travel across five distinct continents to uncover what threatens Rhea's reign. Cryo Interactive's 1997 point-and-click adventure constructs an original mythology, filling each region with intricate architecture and enigmatic characters. Its pace is contemplative, rewarding curiosity over speed.
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What is Atlantis: The Lost Tales about?
Atlantis is a civilization of machines and rituals at the height of its power, governed by Queen Rhea from an island continent of strange beauty. Seth, a young hero drawn into the city's hidden tensions, must travel across five distinct continents to uncover what threatens Rhea's reign. Cryo Interactive's 1997 point-and-click adventure constructs an original mythology, filling each region with intricate architecture and enigmatic characters. Its pace is contemplative, rewarding curiosity over speed.
When was Atlantis: The Lost Tales released?
Atlantis: The Lost Tales was released on 30 September 1997.
Who made Atlantis: The Lost Tales?
Atlantis: The Lost Tales was made by Cryo Interactive.
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A few thoughts on Atlantis: The Lost Tales
The lost-civilization premise finds its warmest film companion in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney's 2001 take on the same myth, which shares Seth's wide-eyed journey into an advanced hidden world. For a grander myth-driven adventure in book form, The Xanadu Adventure (Vesper Holly #6) follows a similarly resourceful young protagonist through ancient mysteries.
The myth on film
Atlantis has been reimagined as a utopia, a warning, and a conspiracy across a century of films. The Cryo game treats it as a living civilization with real politics; these films approach the myth with similar seriousness, or at least comparable spectacle.
Point-and-click adventures built on mystery
The Lost Tales is a classic inventory-puzzle adventure, the kind where every conversation and every object is a potential key. If the genre hooked you here, these are the benchmarks it was measured against.