Return to Mysterious Island was a hit on the PC, phones running Windows and Symbian operating systems and now it is coming to the iPhone to take over user’s hearts on that platform. Return to Mysterious Island is available now from the Apple App Store, but be warned it is a huge download and only available in the UK. It could be the biggest game available for the iPhone coming in a 300MB. That is a huge game.

The game follows Mina as she sails around the world. Mina becomes ship wrecked on an island that seems to be uninhabited. Exploring the island, Mina finds all kinds of items left by the people before her, including artifacts, living spaces and technologies. Players can take any path they want on their way to completing the game. There is no linear adventure that players have to follow. The game takes advantage of the multi-touch aspects of the iPhone and may incorporate the 3G features of the iPhone for network play in future updates.

Return to Mysterious Island sounds like an open ended adventure game. There are multiple ways to get to the end of the game. Players get to explore on their own time in their own way, which makes a good fit for the iPhone. Players can game when they want to and have a little spare time.

Press Release Follows:

United Kingdom – 27th March 2009 – Chillingo Ltd, Europe’s premier iPhone publisher has inked a deal with French-based mobile development studio Tetraedge Inc today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to launch the iPhone port of Microsoft Windows based adventure game of the same name inspired by Jules Verne’s novel “The Mysterious Island”.

“Return to Mysterious Island” is a content rich adventure game, part of the Microids catalog, the leader in adventure games standing at approximately 300Mb in size, possibly the biggest game to launch on the iPhone in the Apple App Store. This popular game which has already gained a huge cult following on Windows Desktop, Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms follows Mina, a strong-willed young woman alone on a round-the-world sailing expedition. Caught in a tremendous storm, she becomes stranded on the shores of a wild and apparently uninhabited island. As she explores her new surroundings, she uncovers artifacts, living spaces and technologies left behind by the people who came before her to this uncharted island.

Franck Devisme, CEO of Tetraedge Inc said “In Return To Mysterious Island, there is no game-imposed linear ordering to how the game is played. Every player will have their own unique ways of advancing through the game.” He added “The iPhone multi-touch features takes the game-play of this classic adventure game to new levels never yet seen before. We will also look into social networking aspects of the game to leverage the 3G connectivity of the iPhone.”

“We are very excited about this collaboration with our long-term development partner Tetraedge. This is going to be “literally” the biggest adventure game to hit the iPhone since the App Store was launched last year.” says Chris Byatte, co-Founder and Managing Director for Chillingo. Chillingo are the publishers of popular iPhone titles including the award winning Zen Bound™ which has won the Best iPhone Game award at the GDC this week. Their recent title “iDracula – Undead Awakening” zoomed up the App Store charts days after its release.