This video game combines mystery and adventure in the search for an ancient and lost civilization in a real place, Italy's Isle of Capri.
Some people take a gondola ride around a hotel in Las Vegas and make believe they've been to Venice.Others play video games and make believe they are Indiana Jones or Lara Krofft.
I'm all in favor of it, but only if it whets your appetite for the real thing. This game just might, since it includes more than 8,000 real photographs of the real place you are visiting, the beautiful Isle of Capri.
The video game is called "AnaCapri: The Dream", promises an travel adventure combining fantasy and history, for $19.99, about the same price as that make believe gondala ride in Vegas, but much less than a round-trip flight to Italy, .
The game puts you in the role of an expert in ancient civilizations, beckoned to the villate of AnaCapri on the beautiful island of Capri to search for an ancient artifact once believed lost to the ages.
The trail of clues in this virtual, game world is comprised of more than 8,000 of the real island of Capri and its historical village. You play with a company of colorful characters drawn from the island's past and present. The pictures and the characters will immerse you in the history and beauty of this real -- yet unreal -- place.
Find the Black Obsidian Disk, which possess untold power and a malevolent past, and uncover its secrets before it's too late! Encounter real villagers and historical figures who once lived on the island! Explore the Grotto of Ferns, Walkway of the Forts, Marina Piccola, Palazzo a Mare, Red Beard's Castle, the Phoenician Staircase! All without leaving your armchair.
The adventure travel video game is from Got Game Entertainment.
Or, you could go on a real adventure to this real place. Start by looking for flights to Italy.
