The Indiana Jones Game Everyone Should Play
With Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in theaters, and the new Indiana Jones game being confirmed at Bethesda, we’d like to take a step back and revisit one of the best gaming classics of the franchise—1992’s Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
According to Kotaku, the time to play this exceptional gaming release is now, right in between the panned movie and the upcoming Indiana Jones, scheduled to release as an Xbox exclusive. For those that aren’t familiar with the game, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was developed and published by LucasArts in 1992 for a variety of contemporary platforms, including Amiga, DOS, and Macintosh. The game was re-released on CD-ROM in 1993, featuring full voice acting and digitized sound effects.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is an old school point-and-click-adventure and one of the best LucasArts games ever made.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was an engaging point-and-click adventure that was released at the height of the genre and Indiana’s high point in gaming history. It was a massive hit among gamers and fans of the fedora-wearing and whip-wielding archeologist, as it delivered a captivating narrative that seamlessly fits in within the Indiana Jones universe, rich with all the action, excitement, mystery and fantasy that the fandom loves, with just enough historical basis to lend an air of archeological legitimacy.
The narrative is set at the dawn of World War II, with Indiana Jones uncovering a mystery surrounding the sunken city of Atlantis and its ancient, powerful technology that the Nazis want to exploit for their nefarious plans. Since it was set in 1939, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis fits comfortably into the timeline of the movies; it takes place after the 1989’ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, allowing the game to build upon the already established world and characters of the movie, thus delivering a spiritual continuation of the film’s narrative.
Of course, the game looks and feels dated by today’s standards, but the pixel art still looks beautiful.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis takes place in 1939 after the original trilogy of movies.
The gameplay doesn’t have an overwhelming number of overly complicated features, contrary to modern games that sometimes take a whole YouTube course to grasp the essentials. No, the Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis gameplay is pretty straightforward; it’s just enough to keep the gamers interested, but not overly easy for anyone to breeze through—unlike the contemporary Shadow of the Beast 3, which you could complete in under an hour easy.
Where To Play Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis
All in all, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is digitally distributed by Steam for Microsoft Windows and macOS, and anyone interested can pick it up for just a few dollars. It’s really an essential gaming title for any fand of the franchise, and if you pick it up, you’ll see why in mere minutes from starting this dated game that still packs a mighty punch of adventure.
In other Indiana Jones-related news, the new game is being developed by MachineGames, the studio behind Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. So, it’s safe to assume that the upcoming game will be an action-packed adventure worthy of the franchise’s most golden days.
