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Volume 1 Adventure Collection

Brand: Dreamcatcher

Platform : Windows XP, Windows 2000 |

Rated: Teen

3.9 35 ratings

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Nibiru: Age of Secrets--unlock the secrets of an alien civilization linked to the ancient Mayans
Keepsake--this epic quest will take you on a journey of enlightenment leading you to the gates of Dragonvale Academy
Return to Mysterious Island--point-and-click adventure recreates an exciting mystery and dares you to solve it
Secret Files: Tunguska--race against time to uncover a global conspiracy that will carry you to the far reaches of the world
Dead Reefs--play an investigator sent by the King to discover the source of madness plaguing the island of Dead Reefs

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ASIN

B00128246W

Release date

January 22, 2008

Customer Reviews

3.9 35 ratings

3.9 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#160,418 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#8,237 in PC-compatible Games

Package Dimensions

7.6 x 5.3 x 1.7 inches; 4.8 Ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Rated

Teen

Item model number

PCO-56941-MB

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

4.8 ounces

Manufacturer

DreamCatcher Interactive

Date First Available

January 4, 2008

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NIBIRU: AGE OF SECRETS: A mysterious World War II tunnel is unearthed while building a new highway in Bohemia. Martin Holan, a linguistics and archeology student has been contacted to examine the fascinating discovery. KEEPSAKE: This epic quest will take you on a journey of enlightenment leading you to the gates of Dragonvale Academy. RETURN TO MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: Alone on a round-the-world sailing expedition, adventurous and determined Mina, becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. SECRET FILES: TUNGUSKA On June 30th, 1908 an explosion with the combined power of 2,000 atomic bombs rocked the region of Tunguska wiping out over 2,300 square miles of trees. The explosion could be heard from 600 miles away. To date, what happened on that day still remains a mystery¿ Prepare yourself for an unforgettable adventure, as you race against time to uncover a global conspiracy that will carry you to the far reaches of the world. Do you have what it takes to solve the Tunguska mystery? DEAD REEFS: The island of Dead Reefs was infamous for the wicked pirate inhabitants that would lure passing ships onto the reefs, looting their cargo as the ships would sink. One stormy evening, a group of monks decided to set anchor on Dead Reefs to take refuge ¿ only to fall victim to the vile pirates led by Baron Wyndham. After murdering the ship¿s captain, the Baron inherited an ancient relic far more evil than any of them could ever imagine¿ Play the persevering investigator Amadeo Finvinero, as you are sent by the King to discover the source of madness plaguing the island of Dead Reefs!

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Shane Haynes

Price and quality

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020

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Very happy with product and great price!

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S. Clark

One bad egg

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2010

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Game by game:

Keepsake - Fan-freaking-tastic! My favorite of the pack. Gorgeous visuals and atmosphere, great story (sad). The puzzles were unique, challenging and fun. And it was pretty long, which is good for me, because I breeze through these types of games in one day.

Mysterious Island - First off, I love the literary references that this game is based on. This is very different from most adventure games. For one thing, it's 1st person. Also, there are multiple solutions to every puzzle, allowing a different buildup of game points. Which means you can play it multiple times trying to get the best score. The puzzles are inventory based with the exception of the last two (you actually choose one or the other) puzzles which are very challenging. One of the most challenging games I've played. Also, you get an adorable monkey helper - bonus!

NiBiRu - Weird story and disappointing ending. Hated the main character. If you use subtitles, like I do, make sure you increase the speed in the options menu. Otherwise there will be huge awkward breaks between each sentence. Which would be awful considering this game is like 75% watching dialogue scenes. If you are a fast reader you can read the subtitles before the character finishes talking and click to move on to the next sentence. BEWARE THE BALL PUZZLE. This evil creation was based on the Rubik's cube and is nearly impossible to solve without a walkthrough.

Tunguska - I really enjoyed this game. There was a lot of humor, particularly around breaking the 4th wall and making fun of video games. There was also romance and a bit of sass. The voice acting was well done. A bit of a pixel search at times, but the search scene feature makes that a non-issue. Make sure to watch the "bloopers" during the game credits.

Dead Reefs - here is the bad egg. The controls for this game are awful and make it ridiculously difficult to get around. That combined with rapidly swinging camera angles that made me motion sick caused me to abandon this game after 5 min of playing.

All-in-all a well priced pack.

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Mike_X

An Aventure gamer fan's must-have

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2008

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This is a collection of some of the most worthy adventure games in recent time... not the best collection, but hey, it's under $20, and for 5 games, can't complain about that. The games are as follow:

1) Tunguska - Probably the best of the bunch. Conspiracies and Russians and mysteries - oh my!

2) Deadreefs - You like pirates? ARRR, maties!

3) Return to Mysterious Island - Stranded on an Island. Now must explore and uncover its hidden secrets. In another word, your standard aventure game, but a good one.

4) NibiRu - You are Indiana Jones... Er, I meant, you are Martin Holan, sent on an adventure to uncover secrets of the Nazis and Mayans!

5) Keepsake - You are Harry Potter, but had a sex change. Now, you must solve the mysteries behind the disappreance of everyone inside the magic institution you are attending.

Really, you should give these a try. One thing though; these games are not patched! So, get your patches... 2 of the 5 anyways.

Enjoy gaming!

21 people found this helpful

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L. Drake

Don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2008

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What a great disappointment! I was not able to play Dead Reefs at all. System requirements state you only need a 64 MB DirectX9 compliant video card, when you actually need nVideo Ge-Force or ATI Radeon to play Dead Reefs. I was also unable to play Keepsake after just getting in the game because it froze. I followed the suggestion from The Adventure Co. to change from Windows XP to Windows 98, but it still would not play. NiBiRu would have been okay but for the the main character, who is a mean, bullying jerk. Tunguska is another walk two steps, solve a puzzle, walk two steps, solve a puzzle, which I find tedious in the extreme. I prefer games like Black Mirror, Dark Fall, or the Lost Crown, where you have a great story and wonderful atmosphere with several good puzzles. The one star is for Return to Mysterious Island, which I enjoyed, even if it is quite short. I also think it should have been mentioned that this is a DVD, not CD. Luckily I have a DVD drive, but many people would probably assume it is a CD. I wish The Adventure Company would get their act together.

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Marc Whittlesey

Adventure Anniversary

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2008

Only three of the four games would run without extensive screwing around with patches and the like. One would think all the updates would be included in this release, but noooooo. One of the games would never run (Dead Reefs) on two of my machines even though they both met the stated requirements. The installer/deinstaller was a joke since you could not intstall or deinstall a single game. My emails to the manufacturer went unanswered and the web site suggestions did not work. A very poor result in my opinion....just a way to wring a few more bucks out of the public

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hitchicken

Lotsa game for a good price.

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2008

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These are 5 decent adventure games at a good price. I would suggest the potential purchaser read the reviews of the individual games to get reviews for each since they have all been sold individually. All are third person adventure or fantasy games except for Return To Mysterious Island which is first person.
Of the 5, Dead Reefs was the most troublesome to install and operate. The keyboard operability was clumsy and took getting use to. More significantly the game mysteriously locks up my computer and turns my screen a greyish white at signicant points along the game play including the initial startup. Thanks to some game bloggers, I discovered that pressing the spacebar 1 to 3 times unlocked the freeze and continued the game. Do this slowly until the game frees up. You might lose an animation or two, but they are usually not that important anyway.
Like some adventure game players, I had already purchased and played 2 of the games individually, but even so, the unused price made it worthwhile to buy this collection for the remaining 3 games. Good deal with a few minor problems.

17 people found this helpful

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Stephen Duesler

Granddaughter say OK

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012

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Most things I Review I say yep or nope. So I’m short about 19 0r so words for your review.

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Jeannie M. Mayle

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2014

great