GAMEBOOMERS provides you with all the latest PC adventure computer games information, forum, walkthroughs, reviews and news.

GB Reviews

Latest & Upcoming Adventure Games

GB Annual Game Lists

GB Interviews

BAAGS

GB @ acebook

About Us

Walkthroughs

free games galore

Game Publishers & Developers

World of Adventure

Patches

GB @ witter

GameBoomers Store

Print Thread
Remember a game....? #807533
05/09/12 02:17 PM
05/09/12 02:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 195
New Jersey
Joan Offline OP
Settled Boomer
Joan  Offline OP
Settled Boomer

Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 195
New Jersey
I'm trying to remember a game I played several years ago. It was a fantasy, point/click game. The only things I remember are a scene of a big old barn/house and there were symbols or constellations on the ceiling. At the end of the game you make your way to an island and are plunged into a brilliant blue whirlpool/well. Does this sound familiar?


PC Games. Cats. Life is good.
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #807539
05/09/12 02:39 PM
05/09/12 02:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,268
In the Naughty Corner
BrownEyedTigre Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
BrownEyedTigre  Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,268
In the Naughty Corner
Sorry Joan, it's not ringing a bell for me.

Ana wave


Don't feed the Trolls
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #807544
05/09/12 02:45 PM
05/09/12 02:45 PM
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,249
Delaware
Tracy Offline
Addicted Boomer
Tracy  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,249
Delaware
Hmm....it vaguely reminds me of Amber:Journeys Beyond, but am not positive. I'm going to go peek at some screenshots here on the net and see if I can find something that rings a bell. smile

EDIT: Okay, just came back from Moby Games (they are my go-to site for screenshots!) and after looking at everything they had, I didn't see anything that resembled this, unfortunately. Sorry about that, Joan and I hope you find the game you're looking for!

Tracy, who now has the urge to play Amber Journeys Beyond! I can't believe it's been 16 years since that game came out!

Okay, will stop thread-jacking now. lol

Last edited by Tracy; 05/09/12 02:49 PM. Reason: Added Info

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #807597
05/09/12 06:01 PM
05/09/12 06:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,006
New Hampshire
SuMac Offline
Addicted Boomer
SuMac  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,006
New Hampshire
How about Beyond Atlantis? (Sometimes called Atlantis II) You get transported through a book in the monk's abbey to a big "room" in the sky with all kinds of mystical symbols on the ceiling. In another part of the game you ride a white horse across the water to an island and eventually end up going down a well, I think to get a magic crystal or something like that. Anyway, that was one of my favorite games from years gone by.

Re: Remember a game....? [Re: SuMac] #808730
05/14/12 08:50 PM
05/14/12 08:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 195
New Jersey
Joan Offline OP
Settled Boomer
Joan  Offline OP
Settled Boomer

Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 195
New Jersey
YES! Beyond Atlantis! THAT'S IT! I recognize the screenshots.
Don't ask me why I got that game stuck in my head but couldn't remember the title. Thanks SuMac! Now I want to play it again.


PC Games. Cats. Life is good.
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809378
05/17/12 05:35 PM
05/17/12 05:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,006
New Hampshire
SuMac Offline
Addicted Boomer
SuMac  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 2,006
New Hampshire
I think Beyond Atlantis was one of the all-time greats. It was also the game that got me connected with GameBoomers. I had called Dreamcatcher to try to order the walk-thru from them. The girls on the phone said it was on back-order, but she could give me the name of a web-site that might help me. And the rest is history!

Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809391
05/17/12 06:40 PM
05/17/12 06:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,268
In the Naughty Corner
BrownEyedTigre Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
BrownEyedTigre  Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,268
In the Naughty Corner
Glad you found your way here SuMac! yay


Don't feed the Trolls
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809628
05/18/12 05:44 PM
05/18/12 05:44 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
It's amazing how difficult it can be to guess a game from people's descriptions, even if you're very familiar with the game. People remember such different things from games. I expect most people would think of the galloping white horse from Beyond Atlantis rather than the symbols on the ceiling or the blue whirlpool/well.

Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Jenny100] #809672
05/18/12 10:09 PM
05/18/12 10:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
Mad Offline
Sonic Boomer
Mad  Offline
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
That's so true, Jenny100 !!

I've been shocked many a time to find out a scene or a character someone is describing is one I'm actually very familiar with and yet didn't recognise from their description woozy


Time : The Most Precious Commodity
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809845
05/19/12 04:02 PM
05/19/12 04:02 PM
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 904
Philly
kwbridge Offline
Settled Boomer
kwbridge  Offline
Settled Boomer

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 904
Philly
Beyond Atlantis was so hard without help - I can see why you called Dreamcatcher and then found this site. It's one of my favorites.


(Anti) Social Development
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809847
05/19/12 04:15 PM
05/19/12 04:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,818
Beverly Hills, Florida
kjos Offline
BAAG Specialist
kjos  Offline
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,818
Beverly Hills, Florida
Is Beyond Atlantis the same as Beyond Atlantis 11.
Richard


***To Error is Human**To Forgive is Divine***
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: kjos] #809853
05/19/12 04:51 PM
05/19/12 04:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
InlandAZ Offline
BAAG Specialist
InlandAZ  Offline
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
Originally Posted By: kjos
Is Beyond Atlantis the same as Beyond Atlantis 11.
Richard


Yes, Beyond Atlantis is also know as: Atlantis II: Beyond Atlantis.

Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809866
05/19/12 06:20 PM
05/19/12 06:20 PM
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,818
Beverly Hills, Florida
kjos Offline
BAAG Specialist
kjos  Offline
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 5,818
Beverly Hills, Florida
thanks InlandAZ Gog has the game.
Richard


***To Error is Human**To Forgive is Divine***
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809883
05/19/12 07:12 PM
05/19/12 07:12 PM
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,992
Chicago
oldbroad Offline
Graduate Boomer
oldbroad  Offline
Graduate Boomer

Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,992
Chicago
There is a Beyond Atlantis and a Beyond Atlantis II. They are different games. Beyond Atlantis is the 2nd game in series and Beyond Atlantis II is the 3rd game in series if I'm not mistaken. I do know they are two different games for sure.

Re: Remember a game....? [Re: oldbroad] #809908
05/19/12 08:50 PM
05/19/12 08:50 PM
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
Mad Offline
Sonic Boomer
Mad  Offline
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
All the Cryo Atlantis Games are listed HERE along with box art - which might help to identify which game is which laugh


Time : The Most Precious Commodity
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #809911
05/19/12 08:54 PM
05/19/12 08:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,268
In the Naughty Corner
BrownEyedTigre Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
BrownEyedTigre  Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,268
In the Naughty Corner
Thanks Mad!

Ana wave


Don't feed the Trolls
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #810610
05/22/12 07:11 PM
05/22/12 07:11 PM
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 416
London, UK
rmt Offline
Settled Boomer
rmt  Offline
Settled Boomer

Joined: May 2008
Posts: 416
London, UK
Atlantis 1 and 2 are my favourite adventures of all time (one is definitely The Lost Tales, two is Beyond Atlantis).

If you find a way to get them to work on Windows 7 (although I am under Windows 8 now), please let me know how you accomplished this feat.

I had so much trouble even to get them to work on XP, but I'm sure I will give it a try again soon. These are games you just must play again and again, the music for one is just amazing. I bought the soundtrack on CDs and I still listen to them regularly when I have to correct one of my books like right now.

I bought Atlantis III part 1 on iTunes for the iPad. Does anyone know if part 2 and 3 are coming, and if the other Atlantis games in the series will move to the iPad? It would solve my compatibility problem.

Re: Remember a game....? Atlantis [Re: rmt] #810615
05/22/12 07:24 PM
05/22/12 07:24 PM
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 416
London, UK
rmt Offline
Settled Boomer
rmt  Offline
Settled Boomer

Joined: May 2008
Posts: 416
London, UK
OMG, kjos! As you said they are on GOG.com, and they're not expensive and they should work on:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit).

I am going to buy them now! Thank you!

(Dear, dear, other games I must buy again just because somehow I could not get them to work. Someone will have to stop Microsoft from updating Windows every year or so...)

Re: Remember a game....? Atlantis [Re: rmt] #810963
05/24/12 10:20 AM
05/24/12 10:20 AM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
Betty Lou Offline
Adept Boomer
Betty Lou  Offline
Adept Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
I remember those Atlantis games - bits of them anyway. And my favorite 'scene' was when I got to walk on the ceiling looking for specific animals in a specific order - that was so strange yet intriguing to me. Love those games. Must find time to get from GOG and play them again. Thanks for the 'walk down memory lane'
Love, Betty Lou


I am 'the HAT lady"! and "who loves ya BABY?!"
Re: Remember a game....? [Re: Joan] #811046
05/24/12 06:43 PM
05/24/12 06:43 PM
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 416
London, UK
rmt Offline
Settled Boomer
rmt  Offline
Settled Boomer

Joined: May 2008
Posts: 416
London, UK
I am now on the island Carbonek and I have just gone through inside a river to get to a cave so I can save the Queen Rhea. So I believe this is the game you were talking about: Atlantis The Lost Tales (Atlantis 1).

It is possible you also go through water in the other Atlantis games, but as soon as I read your first post I only thought of the first one. I think the constellations are behind the throne when you are trying to escape the palace on Atlantis.

I bought it from Gog and it works without problems on Windows 8. It is so weird to play it in English, I have played it dozens of times in French. My screen is large and it is pixelated, the solution is to move away from the screen. I play from the sofa and it is still as beautiful as I remember. I love the threat of storm with thunder on the island. I think it rains later on too.

There was a point when I was younger when I would have given anything to live on Atlantis and the island Carbonek of this game. And I certainly did, albeit only virtually. grin

Last edited by rmt; 05/24/12 07:33 PM.
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Moderated by  BrownEyedTigre, Marian 

Who's Online Now
1 registered members (manxman), 235 guests, and 0 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Staff, Mod
Newest Members
PierreLombardo, Dux, WillPowerGoat, Ebalon, J7769mon
9388 Registered Users
Powered by UBB.threads™