Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis

The appearance of the Super Nova of the Crab in the skies has awakened the light half of the force. Ten, descendant of the original Hero of Atlantis, holds within him the key to the mystery. He is bound on an…

70 31 December 1999

What Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis is

Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis is an adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1999. It is available on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this adventure game, take Ten, the Bearer of Light, through his journey to Shambhala to confront the Bearer of Dark so that balance can be returned to the Universe. To find Shambhala, he must gather the pieces that make up the "road to Shambhala" from different locations and time periods – China, Ireland and the Yucatán. You begin aboard a ship in the mountains of Tibet, which acts as a home base. As the pieces are found and put in place, Ten is mystically transported to exotic locations and will become different characters. Each "chapter" can be played in any order since each is self-contained with its own puzzles, objects and people. Although each chapter is autonomous the final reward…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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