These friendly creatures transport them safely to the mysterious island of Dinotopia where numerous species of intelligent dinosaur live peacefully with other marooned humans. In this story the travellers are a set of twins, Nathan and Constance, who were on their way from Australia to America when the raging storm hit their vessel. Though both brother and sister are rescued they are separated during their ordeal and the story opens with Nathan standing on Dinotopia's golden sands. It is a little disappointing as this storyline does tend feel like another boy rescues girl tale but, nevertheless, there is plenty to do for the young adventurer. Playing the game The action takes place in the top two thirds of the screen and in the bottom third you will find the inventory, the map, and the icons for interacting with the game world.
Navigation is perfectly simple and is mouse controlled by using the footprint icon.
Items can be picked up and used by selecting the hand icon although using items is a little fiddly at times and may frustrate some children if they don't select exactly the right pixel. First you must find your friendly guide, Atrik, for it is his eye and his knowledge that will help out. In this game there are lots items to collect and trade, lots of clues to find and plenty of good deeds to be done along the way, although it is not necessary to help every single dinotopian citizen in distress. My advice is to find Atrik as soon as possible and he will likely have some good advice for many of the problems. At other times there are audio clues to help young players, though I suspect that parents will need to be on hand to help out as well.