EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus

In EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus, the player takes on the role of Adam, the twelve-year-old son of the famous ecologist Noah Greene. One day, his father rescues a dolphin from an abandoned fishing net. When Adam befriends the creature, he is amazed to discover that the dolphin can talk! Adam finds out that his new friend is Delphineus, the messenger of the whale king Cetus. As a trained diver, Adam is chosen to venture into the underwater animal kingdom called Eluria and help its inhabitants. The game interface and basic gameplay are similar to those of other Sierra adventures: The player interacts with the environment by selecting icons representing verb commands ("Look", "Talk", "Use", etc.) and applying them to objects or characters. Compared to most other adventure games from the same company, the difficulty level is lower to make the game more suitable for younger players; for example, it is impossible to "die" or get irrevocably stuck in the game. Despite its supernatural elements, EcoQuest contains educational material. The inhabitants of the deep sea are portrayed realistically and there is a lot of information about their habits, their environment and the threats they face from humans.