Atlantis: The Last Resort is a rare CD-i game from 1997, produced by Philips Research Redhill. It was a project by a Research team within Philips Research, with its first purpose to give technical support to CD-i developers. They were also responsible for the first online multiplayer shooter on CD-i (and even worldwide): RAM Raid. When you google Atlantis: The Last Resort you will often see the first desert level. Most videos and screenshots are of the start of the game. But what about the rest? Atlantis offered four worlds: Desert, Lava, Water and Industrial zone. How did they look? And how do they compare to the project they did halfway coding Atlantis: RAM Raid?
The Lava World offered nice enemies that were just like the worms in the first desert maze pretty detailed, especially for CD-i I was impressed with this type of graphics. The mirror effect on the floor was also nice.
The Water world in Atlantis: The Last Resort was the most desorienting for me, as the walls kept changing contrast to imitate a water effects:
The final industrial zone was, in my opinion, the best. The glowing walls looked cool and overall the contrast resembled more the RAM Raid levels which offered a better overview (not that much desorientation). The level of detail is in Atlantis higher compared to RAM Raid.
Below you'll see some screens of RAM Raid, this game was included on the CD-Online discs (except on the first disc, don't be fooled by errors on other sites). In RAM Raid, you could also collect smileys, a way to gain points in the online competition. Each smiley gives you 10 points and it was shown on the hub on the screen:
Also extra in RAM RAid was the background scenery. In Atlantis: The Last Resort there was some background scenery in the first desert level, but in the next chapters it was absent. In RAM Raid, they went one step further. The background scenery was used as advertisement for CD-Online, a nice feature.
The most special feature in RAM Raid was of course the online competitors, you could actually shoot others online: RAM Raid was the very first game to offer this online gameplay worldwide in 1996!
