Return to Atlantis (video game)
{{Short description|1988 video game}}
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Return to Atlantis is a 1988 video game published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga.
Gameplay
Return to Atlantis is a game in which the player character goes on missions to help protect the ocean. The player plays the role of Indiana Cousteau, proclaimed as a hero of the oceans.{{Cite book|last=Maher|first=Jimmy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr74DwAAQBAJ&q=%22return+to+atlantis%22+&pg=PA210|title=The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga|date=2018-01-26|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-53569-4|language=en}}
Development
Return to Atlantis was announced for the Commodore Amiga in late 1985.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/1985-10-compute-magazine|title=Compute! Magazine Issue 065|date=October 1985}} It was one of the first titles announced for the platform.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/1987-04-compute-magazine|title=Compute! Magazine Issue 083|date=April 1987}} The game was marked by a long development time and delays.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HkhAQAAIAAJ&q=%22return+to+atlantis%22|title=The Journal of Computer Game Design|date=1990|publisher=Journal of Computer Game Design|language=en}} The art was produced by Mike Wallace.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/1986-12-compute-magazine|title=Compute! Magazine Issue 079|date=December 1986}} It arrived two years after being announced.
Reception
Douglas Seacat reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "All in all, Return to Atlantis is a game which offers mixed signals."{{cite magazine |last=Seacat |first=Douglas |title=Taking a Dive: EA's "Return to Atlantis" |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=June 1988 |volume=1 |issue=48 |pages=26–27}}
Reviews
- The Games Machine - May, 1988{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/The_Games_Machine_Issue_006/page/93/mode/2up|title=The Games Machine Issue 006}}
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Mar, 1988
- Jeux & Stratégie #53{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-53/page/58/mode/2up | title=Jeux & stratégie 53 | date=October 1988 }}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/info-magazine-20/page/n11/mode/2up Review] in Info
- [https://archive.org/details/AmigaWorldIssue023198808IDGCI/page/n79/mode/2up Review] in Amiga World
- [https://archive.org/details/amazing-computing-magazine-1988-09/page/n37/mode/2up Review] in Amazing Computing
- [https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N04.1988.04-kultpower/page/n37/mode/2up Review] in Power Play
- [https://archive.org/details/Commodore_User_Magazine_Issue_057a/page/41/mode/2up Review] in Commodore User
- [https://archive.org/details/Australian_Commodore_and_Amiga_Review_The_Volume_5_Issue_4_1988-04_Saturday_Magazine_AU/page/n41/mode/2up Review] in The Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
- [https://archive.org/details/Your_Amiga_Magazine_Issue_001/page/64/mode/2up Review] in Your Amiga
Category:Action-adventure games
Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Scuba diving video games
Category:Side-scrolling video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States