| Return to Mysterious Island | |
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| Developer(s) | Kheops Studio |
| Publisher(s) | The Adventure Company |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OSX, iPhone |
| Release date(s) | November 19, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T PEGI: 3+ |
| Media/distribution | CDROM or download |
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Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh based on Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island. The game was released in 2004 for Microsoft Windows and updated and released for Mac OSX in 2008. It was developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company. Coladia, founded in 2005, teamed up with Kheops Studio to update and port the Kheops adventure games to the Apple Macintosh and iPhone systems[1]. Similar games include Destination Treasure Island and ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern.
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A port of the game to Apple's iPhone was released on the iTunes app store on 15 June 2009.
A port of the game to the iPad is also due.
Return to Mysterious Island follows Mina, a strong young woman alone on a round-the-world sailing expedition. Caught in a tremendous storm, she becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. As she explores her new surroundings, she uncovers artifacts, living spaces and technologies left behind by the people who came before her to this uncharted island.
Creating a new life, Mina builds a home from the remains of the previous settlements and uses her survival skills against the wilds of the jungle. She soon becomes aware of a figure in the shadows who, seemingly aware of her troubles, offers her assistance. She eventually identifies this figure as the unsettled ghost of Captain Nemo, whose body is located in a cave on the island. Piecing together the hints and clues he provides, Mina must retrieve his body and give him a proper burial in order to free his tortured soul, and then travel to the Nautilus deep below the island shore to unlock a way to escape the island.
On November 25, 2008 Microïds announced that a sequel was being made, Return to Mysterious Island II. It has been in development by Kheops Studio since April 2008, and was released on PC and Apple iPhone on August 14, 2009.