<s>
Atlantis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
1997	O
fantasy	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
its	O
initial	O
and	O
most	O
important	O
setting	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
Myst-like	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Atlantis	B-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
Beyond	B-Application
Atlantis	I-Application
outside	O
Europe	O
)	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
World	I-Application
(	O
Beyond	B-Application
Atlantis	I-Application
II	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
Evolution	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Secrets	I-Application
of	I-Application
Atlantis	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Sacred	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
poor	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
hit	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
300,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
worldwide	O
by	O
late	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlantis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
puzzle	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HUD	O
is	O
basically	O
a	O
window	O
into	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Atlantis	B-Application
,	O
instead	O
of	O
moving	O
a	O
mouse	O
around	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
moving	O
the	O
mouse	O
actually	O
moves	O
the	O
screen	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
supports	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
mouse	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
mouse	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
European	O
Saturns	B-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
imported	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
lacks	O
the	O
movement	O
clips	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
Seth	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
joining	O
the	O
Queen	O
's	O
Companions	O
,	O
the	O
personal	O
guardians	O
of	O
the	O
Queen	O
of	O
Atlantis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creon	O
wishes	O
to	O
supplant	O
Ammu	O
,	O
the	O
goddess	O
of	O
the	O
moon	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
worshiped	O
of	O
Atlantis	B-Application
 '	O
gods	O
,	O
replacing	O
her	O
with	O
Sa'at	O
,	O
the	O
sun	O
god	O
;	O
he	O
then	O
wants	O
to	O
conquer	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Sa'at	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
new	O
weapon	O
he	O
has	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seth	O
retrieves	O
the	O
Light	O
crystal	O
from	O
Easter	O
Island	O
,	O
then	O
returns	O
to	O
Atlantis	B-Application
to	O
face	O
Creon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Creon	O
's	O
defeat	O
,	O
the	O
weapon	O
he	O
built	O
causes	O
a	O
volcano	O
on	O
Atlantis	B-Application
to	O
erupt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seth	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
survivors	O
are	O
seen	O
sailing	O
away	O
from	O
Atlantis	B-Application
as	O
it	O
sinks	O
into	O
the	O
sea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Atlantis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Pierre	O
Estève	O
&	O
Stéphane	O
Picq	O
of	O
Shooting	O
Star	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
two-CD	O
set	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
enhanced	O
CD	O
containing	O
wallpapers	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
Shooting	O
Star	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlantis	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
PC	O
in	O
March	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
coded	O
up	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
engine	O
to	O
replicate	O
Atlantis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
"	O
freelook	O
"	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
demo	O
of	O
this	O
engine	O
convinced	O
Sega	O
of	O
Europe	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlantis	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combined	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
Atlantis	B-Application
and	O
Atlantis	B-Application
II	I-Application
surpassed	O
600,000	O
units	O
by	O
October	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
sequel	O
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
the	O
series	O
topped	O
1	O
million	O
sales	O
by	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Device
Power	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
52%	O
rating	O
,	O
specifically	O
finding	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
marred	O
by	O
extended	O
loading	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
