Book of Unwritten Tales -- Treasure Island Updated Release Dates

I happened across these two games listed with The Adventure Company, Dreamcatcher as the publisher on Amazon.com. I've since confirmed their North American release with The Adventure Company.





The listings on Amazon are here:

Treasure Island

Book of Unwritten Tales

The website for Book of Unwritten Tales is here.

EDITED: The Latest release dates are Book of Unwritten Tales the new release date is Q1 no exact date set. Was set to release 11.24.09

Treasure Island – release will be mid-December at the earliest - no exact date set, Was set to release 11.24.09

Thank you Becky

I wonder if Treasure Island is this one from Radon Labs that seems to be forgotten until now. There is a German Trailer and a German Demo available here...

Treasure Island

It is Point and Click as this states at the Radon Labs website.

I also wonder if this game was released a while ago (2008) in Germany by HMH Interactive as there is a patch listed on the games site. Could be there are some German reviews out there. Glad to see the Adventure Company still going strong and signing up more games.

That's a wonderful news Becky!
I too hope that the Treasure Island is the one by Radon Labs, and I can't wait to play Book of Unwritten Tales!
Hopefully Dave will get them for us soon

I sent him the headsup, so I'm sure he'll get them.

Ana

Nice....

Book of Unwritten Tales is a real Treasure

Did you play it Darleen?

ana

I have just ordered Treasure Island from Amazon UK. They only had two left in stock. Apprently the game is out here already.
The game is by Diverse. Do the developers have 2 publishers, Diverse in the UK and Dreamcatcher in the US?
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If you are quick Carla, you can get the last one!!

Wow, I'm surprised to hear this, as I hadn't heard any news of these games being released in English. This is excellent news! These games were both on my list!

Have just checked Amazon Uk and it is £24.66 + p & p, so I might wait until it comes down in price, interestingly there is one company offering it at £29/£39 and shipping from the US available now!??

Book of Unwritten Tales is a real gift and a fine example of a modern graphic adventure set in a fantasy realm with a big bow on top, especially when it comes to humour.
Loved the german version (good text, female lead spoken by Terry Hatcher's german "voice").

Hope the english version is equal in it's quality.

Treasure Island is good in the beginning, but had a lot of graphical issues and I remember a very frustrating boat-ride, which forced a friend of mine to uninstall the game, because ist was too difficult, himself being quite an experienced player.

Upsydaisy

When I checked Amazon.UK the listing sure enough was for the Video game that we are talking about but when reading the descriptions from the sellers including the one for sale used they all said it was a book. Is Diverse a book publisher as it looks as though HMH Interactive may be the European distributor for Treasure Island and The Book of Unwritten Tales.

GabrielK

Thanks for the info. Do you know of any links to a German review that can be translated with Babblefish for Treasure Island?

No , Ana

I did not play it....I called it a real treasure because from what I see of the screenshots & what people are saying...Its got to be a real treasure to play...

Treasure Island Looks Great as well....

Is there any info on that game here at Boomers....I must of missed it Or forgot

I am playing The Book of Unwritten Tales at the moment, in German because I could not wait for the English version to be released Bought it back in August when I was in Cologne for the GamesConvention. So far, I am enjoying myself a lot with it, although it seems a bit on the easy side (which is fine by me, considering German is not my first language - might have had difficulties understanding what was going on otherwise).

We used to carry a link to Treasure Island in the Recent Releases and Upcoming Games page, but months passed without any news of the game, so we eventually took it down.

There's more than one Treasure Island game -- this one is not to be confused with Destination: Treasure Island, for instance.

I'm waiting for confirmation from TAC that the Radon Labs Treasure Island game is the one they're publishing.

For links to reviews of Treasure Island (I'm assuming the reviews will mostly be in German) visit Adventure Archiv, click on "Ti-Tz" in the alphabetical listings near the top of the web page, and then scroll down to Treasure Island.

Becky !!!! Thank you for that wonderful news

[I already have Treasure Island ordered from Amazon UK and my receipt definitely calls it a PC game - so if I am sent a book, heads will most definitely roll !! ]

Cheers.

Mad

Thanks, Becky

I will wait for Interact to get the games...

Amazon has not a good record on realise dates...

Its good to know its coming at some point

That book of unwritten tales looks gorgeous! Very much looking forward to it, that and the whispered world, cant wait.

Darleen, Becky was quoting TAC not Amazon on the release dates.

Ana

Oh...Thanks, Ana...

I was looking at what her Quote here :::

"Dreamcatcher as the publisher on Amazon.com."

But Amazon is selling & taking Pre-orders Right

Yes, Amazon isa taking preorders and Becky has confirmed with TAC on the releases.

Dave is working on them now.

Ana

Dear GreyFuss,

try the following link:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/treasure-island__/mobyrank

Thank you GabrielK

Didn't think to check out Moby Games. Even though the translation is hard to understand I can get enough out of those German reviews and scoring to at least keep this game on my radar.

This is great news! I've been wanting The Book of Unwritten Tales for a long time now. My only concern is that my computer may not be able to play it.

Does anyone know what the specs are?
I have an XP system, P4 with hyperthreading, 3.2 with 2 Gig of Ram and an Nvidia 7900GS card.

Tried to find info on Amazon, Tac and Dreamcatcher, but couldn't even find the game on TAC and Dreamcatcher.

Edit: Nevermind, I finally found the specs and I CAN play it! This is one I will be getting as soon as it is released!

Hi SharonB, these are the minimum specs, taken from the official site:
Windows XP/Vista
1.5 GHz CPU
512 Mb RAM
2.5 Gb free Hard Disk space
DirectX 9c complaint video card with 256 Mb RAM
PixelShader 2

Hope this helps!

I will wait for Dave ! Great news, thanks.

I think that there is a game called: Destination: Treasure Island that is not the same as Tresure Island. And one of these (Destination: Tresure Island) has been released in Germany? I think.

Karsten -- Destination: Treasure Island has been released in several countries, including the US. It's something of a sequel to the plot in Treasure Island (the book). You can read the GameBoomers review of Destination: Treasure Island here.

Treasure Island (the game TAC will be publishing) has been released in Germany, and (as far as I know) only in Germany so far.

There was also Muppet Treasure Island, which was an entertaining children's PC game based on the Muppet's movie version of Treasure Island (the book).

There may be even more game versions that I haven't stumbled across yet.

Mad and Greyfuss, I have also had confirmation that the Treasure Island I ordered is the game we have been discussing here and not a book.
My order is being processed and will let you know the outcome, and yes! heads will roll or someone will be walking the plank and saying 'hallo' to Davy Jones if it turns out to be a book or worse still, some kind of pirate version.

I hope so too Upsydaisy. Is it for sure that it is the English release?

Golly Wampus!!!!! these both look good. I can see that I will dust the cobwebs off the credit card this fall. The graphics look superb. Two more on the list....Christmas comes eary.

Thank you very much for the news!

Spyros

Woah, initial impression was that it looked too wow to me (er, rpgs? dunno! XD) but the concept art is off the hook!! I love Critter, and the design of the unwritten tales website is so cool. (:

Treasure Island is very POTC-- the second in command w/the strange patterns on his skin and a Barbossa looking character. One of the guys looks like James Norrington to me too. Still, I probably am not going to pick that one up, unless I hear good things.

Thanks for the info!

POTC -- Pirates of the Carribean?

Update -- the new Treasure Island release date is November 24th. So it shoulud be landing on store shelves late this month.

The website (in German) is here.

"I hope so too Upsydaisy. Is it for sure that it is the English release?"

The game I was sent turned out to be the German release - even though this was NOT mentioned anywhere in the advert - and the advert and the site were both totally in English

My response was to send an email conveying my disgust and annoyance and to return the game .... pronto .... and I have since received a full refund.

Sorry to hear that Mad. Glad they made good on the money.

Ana

Me too, BrownEyedTigre !!

I'm already on "prison rations" because of BAAGS

Ok, so someone please confirm this:
Is this Treasure Island the GERMAN version?

@Mad - you were talking about Treasure Island, right?

Yes, misslilo, it was Treasure Island

New release dates in first post.

Ana