The following is an announcement from The Adventure Company:

Toronto, October 18, 2004 - The Adventure Company, the world’s leading PC adventure game publisher, confirmed today that Return to Mysterious Island has reached gold status. This exotic first person survival adventure game is based on Jules Verne’s classic novel.

Return to Mysterious Island follows Mina, a strong young woman competing independently for the “Jules Verne Trophy” in a round-the-world sailing expedition. Caught in a tremendous storm, she becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. As she explores her new surroundings, she uncovers artifacts, living spaces and technologies left behind by the people who came before her to this uncharted island.

Creating a new life, Mina uses her survival skills against the wilds of the jungle. She soon becomes aware of a figure in the shadows who, seemingly aware of her troubles, offers her assistance. She eventually identifies this figure as the unsettled ghost of Captain Nemo, whose body is located inside Granite House, well known by readers of the novel. Piecing together the hints and clues he provides, Mina will discover secrets not revealed by Jules Verne himself. She must retrieve his body and give him a proper burial in order to free his tortured soul and then travel to the Nautilus.

-- Frank Nicodem