

You get bonus points for finding objects quickly, but there is a score penalty if you keep tapping the stylus. The top screen will display your score, the item list, and other pertinent information that you might need, allowing the bottom screen to remain uncluttered. The touch screen will have a zoomed in view of area, where you can use the stylus or D pad to scan around. The screen is littered with hundreds of objects and you will be given a random list of about 10 items. Just because it's simple, doesn't mean it's easy. The gameplay is incredibly simple, because all you're doing is finding hidden objects. Your goal is to preserve the ancient relics while continuously update your journal by locating hidden objects and clues. As an archaeologist destined to make a great discovery, you will get to travel to exotic temples and jungles in hopes of finding a long-lost Mayan temple.

You begin by inputting your name and choosing an avatar from a panel of silhouettes. Once you've played one hidden object game, you've played them all, but there's something that keeps you coming back for more.Īmazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins has you locating objects in 18 different locations, 11 of which are unique to the DS. They also showed a couple of hidden object games, Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins and Mystery P.I.

Last week, PopCap came by to show us Peggle for the DS as well as Xbox Live Arcade and they both look great. This casual game-focused company based in Seattle is expanding their audience rapidly, by bringing their games to the Xbox 360 as well as the Nintendo DS. PopCap already has a whole slew of addictive games for you to play online, including Bejeweled, Peggle, Bookworm and Zuma.
