The Atlas (ジ・アトラス, The Atlas) is a multiplatform strategy/simulation video game developed by Artdink Development. The game is set during the Age of Discovery in the 15th century.[2] Released in August, 1991 for the Platform PC-9801, FM-TOWNS and MS-DOS, with a PC version released on March 4, 1995 and a version for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released by Pack-In-Video on March 24, 1995. It was also ported to Windows in September, 2000. The sequel to The Atlas, entitled The Atlas II was released on April 26, 1993. There is a strict time limit of five years to discover mysterious lands that are 1,000 miles or 1,600 kilometres south of Portugal.[2] Players can work for an admiral and can either change employment or even retire. Specialized names for the adventures, along with their characteristics and every kind of information possible is synthesized by the combination of certain attributes. The topographic features are created completely by random by a method of biosynthesis.
Release Date 1991-08-02
System(s)
   TurboGrafx-16 | PC

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