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''Atlantis: The Lost Tales'' is a fantasy adventure game from CryoInteractive, released in 1997. The game is similar to ''[[Myst]]'', and has four sequels: ''Atlantis II'' (''Beyond Atlantis'' outside Europe) (1999), ''Atlantis III: The New World'' (''Beyond Atlantis II'') (2001), ''Atlantis Evolution'' (2004) and ''The Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy'' (2006). The series has a [[Flying Ship]] as its signature vessel, at least for the first three games.
 
'''Atlantis: The Lost Tales''' is a fantasy adventure game from CryoInteractive, released in 1997. The game is similar to ''[[Myst]]'', and has four sequels: ''Atlantis II'' (''Beyond Atlantis'' outside Europe) (1999), ''Atlantis III: The New World'' (''Beyond Atlantis II'') (2001), ''Atlantis Evolution'' (2004) and ''The Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy'' (2006). The series has a [[Flying Ship]] as its signature vessel, at least for the first three games.
 
''Atlantis: The Lost Tales'' follows the story of Seth, one of the Queen's new Companions, the personal guardians of the Queen of Atlantis. He discovers after he arrives that the Queen disappeared a few days prior. It turns out a power struggle is taking place between the Queen and the Guards of the Consul. The leader of the Guards, Creon, wishes to replace the current goddess of the moon, Ammu, the most worshipped of Atlantis' gods, with Sa'at, the sun god, and ultimately wants to [[Take Over the World|conquer the world]] in the name of Sa'at, using a new superweapon.
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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 posess different characters. The different locations are based on local mythologies and have their own atmosphere.
 
The character in the Yucatán chapter is Tepec, a loyal follower of a local city's king. Tepec's kingdom is in trouble because its protector-god, [[Quetzalcoatl]] (the Feathered Serpent), has fallen asleep and as a result great misfortunes happen to the kingdom; the corn crop is dying and a rival king makes a campaign to conquer Tepec's kingdom. So Tepec is assigned with the mission to go to the land of the dead, Xibalba, and awaken Quetzalcoatl to receive chulel, the divine blood which has life giving powers.
 
In Ireland, Ten is transformed into Felim, a monk living in an Irish monastery in the early centuries of Christianity. He discovers a living remain of an ancient Irish king and then begins interacting with a set of characters from an old myth which is written in a book in the monastery library. His final goal is to help the characters get to the end of the story.
 
In the Chinese chapter, Ten is in the body of a traveling Chinese civil servant who is stuck in a monastery because a ghost-shadow is blocking the entrance. As water supplies are running short, he decides to use the help of the Master of Directions to travel to [[Celestial Bureaucracy|a Chinese version of the land of the dead]] to consult an immortal excorcismexorcism master.
 
Shamballa, a mythic place, is the penultimate level, which acts as a final screen of protection between the home base and the Dark's prison. Queen Rhea, the same as in the first game, is waiting there to link the story between the two games and guide Ten to the final level of the game, which is no other than the submerged Atlantis.
 
''Atlantis III: The New World'' (or ''Beyond Atlantis II'') is the next sequel. [expansion needed]
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After [[Author Existence Failure|CryoInteractive went under]], all seemed lost for the series. However, [[Atlantis Interactive Entertainment]] picked up the series and made a sequel:titled ''Atlantis Evolution''.
 
Near the beginning of the 20th century, a 25-year-old journalist named Curtis Hewitt returns home from Patagonia. On his journey, he encounters a storm, which brings him to the world of Atlantis. Here he meets the native people and embarks on a quest to free them from their tyrannical gods.
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