Return To Mysterious Island FAQ


Author  :  Blitz
Version :  Intermediate
Console :  PC

Disclaimer : i dont care what you do with the FAQ... you have all your rights 
to reproduce  it any form you want. I am not responsible for any thing I 
missed. :p ( Its my 1st walkthrough as you can see..hehe)

1.1	: The Storyline

The game is about a girl named Mina. Mina's ship runs into rough weather and 
the ships sinks and she gets washed ashore some Island. the game play consists
of collecting several items found on the Island and putting them to use, either
as a whole or as a combination of two or more items. The objective is to get 
Mina out of the Island. The only thing in Mina's Possession is a cell-phone 
which isn’t of much use initially coz its out of battery. The cell-phone has
an inbuilt encyclopedia which is a good help in the later part of the game
when you will be using bigger combinations.

1.2 : Navigation and Controls:

The controls are fairly easy. The navigation is purely using the mouse. The 
cursor is shaped like a shell with a small circle(or dot??) under it. Just 
point the mouse(or cursor) in a few directions till you see the cursor(or 
shell) blink and the yellow dot under the cursor turns white. This is an
indication that you can go in that direction. 

You can pick up items by hovering your mouse over things you think you can pick
up. If its pickable the cursor will  trun into a "hand". The items you pick up
get stored in your inventory. The inventory is accesible using the right mouse
button.  All the items you pick up will be stacked into the topmost right part
of your inventory window, where it says "Auto". You will have to drag the items
into the cells placed in the middle. Each cell can accomodate only one item. 

If you fill up all the cells on the 1st page there are more pages with as many
cells arranged behind each other like a book with tabs. You will never run out
of cells because there are way too many cells. You wont need more than 3 of 
those inventory "pages". The inventory items can be dragged into a single empty
cell or if you are trying a combination ( water + cloth = bandage for example)
you can drag an item from a cell (say cloth) into another cell  having an item
you want to combine with (say water). When you do this both the items will be
taken out of the cell and placed in the small assembly area right below the 
inventory and it will stay there till you drag it into a cell or create a 
combination or assembly (same thing..different words.) 

When you create a combination the combination is moved into the AUTO area ready
to be  dragged into a cell. Now, there are some items in the inventory that you
can use on  other things. All you have to do is left click on the item so it
gets selected and it hovers around with your mouse in the inventory section,
and then exit the inventory section either by right clicking or by clicking on
the "X" button on the bottom right part of your inventory screen. 

Normally when you cannot pick up an object the cursor will either show you a 
GEAR sign or a "crossed out" gear sign. When its a Gear sign, it means that the
inventory item currently selected is usable on that item. Sometimes it will 
just give you a hint  about what you might have to get (for example " It is 
rock solid" which means you need something very hard to pry it out.. or "only
a monkey can get there" ..which means you might have to use a monkey). If its
a crossed out gear, the item currently selected is not the right one. In most 
cases the item to be used will be a Knife. 

Also note that some of the items you combine can also be dismantled and you get
all your original items back. This can be done by dragging your assembled 
objects into the dismantling area (shown by a wrench). One more thing, if you
have several incomplete combinations lying in your assembly area, you can click
the up or the down markers next to the zone. Otherwise you will think your 
items are missing. You will never miss an item unless its been combined with 
something or eaten by you or your companion.

Theres also a small window below the AUTO cell, which is reserved for your
Company (the monkey). You can drag the monkey into the cells to combine or make
him use several items from the inventory ( e.g. Monkey + knife = monkey with a
knife...used for cutting objects which cannot be reached by Mina .. say 
coconuts.)

That’s all about the Inventory... I am sure I missed a few things... but they
are just unimportant.