Secret of the Lost Cavern is another edutainment Myst-clone adventure in the
tradition of old Cryo titles. This game attempts to take us to the Prehistoric
Age.

The storyline revolves around the famed Lascaux Caverns of France, where our
direct ancestors, the Cro Magnon humans, have left a significant legacy of
wall paintings. The hero, Arok, is a young hunter/gatherer who is more
interested in painting, however. He soon discovers that he can influence the
world around him by painting on the cavern walls, as he searches for a
mysterious mentor.

Gameplay is based around the classic transition of the player from node to
node by simply clicking on screen wherever an arrow appears. There is no free
movement but the player can move the camera by 360 degrees around him in each
node. The riddles comprise of picking up items and either using them in the
proper hotspot or combining them with other items. The element of the wall
paintings adds some new elements to this well-known gameplay mechanism.

The educational element of the game is thankfully more pronounced than it was
in the last Egypt installment and it is better interwoven in the gameplay.
When new important information appears in the game’s encyclopedia, the player
in notified by a shell icon. The educational information is actually both
interesting and it offers helpful hints about the game’s riddles.