Lost Worlds is a great game created by the famous The History Channel and, as you might guess, the game is about history. To be precise, the game is not about history per se but it’s a conglomerate of different kind of puzzles related to history or based on history. Even when one could relate the concept of history to the concept of “old”, the game interface is more like a high tech style, and a good thing about it it’s that it’s very intuitive to use.
The game offers three lost worlds in which to play. You can visit Mesoamerica and the Mayas pyramids, you can go to the Rome Empire, or you can visit the Egypt pyramids. In each of the mentioned game modes you will find a set of puzzles you need to solve in order to pass to the next level. Let’s know the puzzles to solve:
SPOT THE DIFFERENCES: the game shows you a scene in two versions and you have to left click on the five differences in the upper right window. There is a limitation of time to do it and if the time runs out before you are done finding the differences you lose. In order to save a game if you’re stuck, you can use the game hints.
BUILD PUZZLE: the game shows the shadows of an image which real pieces are scattered on the bottom section of the screen. You have to click and hold the left mouse button to drag a piece up to the highlighted puzzle space. You can rotate the piece by right clicking on it while dragging. You need to fill up the puzzle with correct placements to continue.
OBJECT FINDER: here the games shows you a scene in which are 12 hidden object you must find. The objects to look up for are listed on the bottom of the screen. Left click on the object in the scene to spot it.
TRIVIA: in this case you have to read the question the game places you and then choose the answer out of the available selections. This way, you can learn while playing. Choose wisely for a higher point bonus.
UNLOCKING BONUS: at the end of each world there is the option to unlock a bonus puzzle. This is based on your total score. It is important to solve puzzles as fast as you can and convert the bonus timer bar into points.
When you enter the game, you’ll be seeing the welcome screen with the following options:
- Start Game: this option leads you to a second screen in which you can select the profile (or create it if it’s not already existing) and select the lost world you want to play in. When you’re done with this, you start playing the first puzzle.
- Options: this is the menu from which you can set some game options like: sound effects volume, music volume, and full screen.
- Scoreboard: to see the highest records.
- Information: displays some information about the developers and the game.
- Exit: no further explanation required.
You can try this game for 60 minutes before you buy the licensed version. If you like it, you can buy this game for only 19.95 dollars, right from the Oberon Media Game Center, on the Web.
About the system requirements, is not that big computer that you need to run this game. Take a look to the list:
• Windows® XP/Vista
• Pentium® 4, 2.0 GHz or comparable processor
• 256 MB RAM (including operating system memory)
• 128 MB video RAM
• 8X CD-ROM (for retail version)
• DirectX® compatible sound card
• DirectX® 9.0c
• 70MB Hard Drive space
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