Favorite Indiana Jones games

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I was playing temple of doom the other day and it got me thinking there are so many great Indiana Jones games out there, on so many systems that are almost underated. What are some of your favs?



Mine:



Top games



Indiana jones and the fate of the atlantis dos - graphic style and gameplay make it nearly the best point and click game of its era, in my opinion.



Last crusade : genesis then amiga then the nes 91 version - Same movie but each game still stands up and offers something unique



Greatest adventures snes - great level design and variety from all three movies and probably the most fun indy game i've played.



Never really gave raiders on the atari 2600 chance, plan to do that. I'm finding temple on the nes to be a pretty nice game, don't know why it gets so much hate.





 

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  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    I liked the SNES one, that's the only one I've played
  • TulpaTulpa
    The Atari Raiders is cryptic as all hell. Worse than ET in that regard. Unique game, though. Best played with a friend so you can use both controllers.



    Temple on NES is okay.



    Taito Crusade is better than Ubisoft Crusade, but that's not saying much. Ubisoft Crusade is really bad, though.



    Actually, the best pre-SNES Indy console game is probably Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
  • GuntzGuntz
    Or just, you know, put one controller down and grab the other when you need to select an inventory item. How hard is it to do that?



    My favorites are as follows:



    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES)

    Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (SNES)

    Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (DOS, Mac)

    Indy's Desktop Adventures (PC, Mac)

    Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (PC, N64)

    Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (PC, Xbox)
  • TulpaTulpa
    Originally posted by: Guntz

    Or just, you know, put one controller down and grab the other when you need to select an inventory item. How hard is it to do that?

     

    Because I'm lazy.  



     
  • dougeffdougeff
    Lego Indiana Jones  
  • G-TypeG-Type
    I like the arcade version of Temple of Doom best

    the adventure games of Fate of Atlantis and Last Crusade are both pretty good too.

    The 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark is a bit too cryptic, but its kinda fun to play through with a solution sheet.
  • pegboypegboy
    Fate of Atlantis is the best Indiana Jones game. The SNES game is pretty good too.
  • NightowljrmNightowljrm
    I have a few Indiana Jones games but I haven't played them past a few minutes since I didn't think they were very good. I still need to pick up a copy of Young Indiana Jones. That actually looks pretty great.
  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    The temple of doom arcade game is pretty cool. Seems ahead of its time for a 1985 arcade game.



  • Nathan DunsmoreNathan Dunsmore
    Infernal Machine - N64

    Greatest Adventures - Snes

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Nes
  • snatch1414snatch1414
    The only one I've played that I liked was back in the day there was one on PC or Mac, I'm talking like right around 1990, and it came with a grail that you looked through to help you get through the game. I loved it.



    EDIT:  It was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:  The Graphic Adventure
  • mpacz99mpacz99
    I loved Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine for the N64. A bit buggy in spots but I thought the game was great regardless.
  • Space JockeySpace Jockey
    Emperor's Tomb is definitely the tops in my book. From the first stage it is just plain great gameplay fun.
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Originally posted by: Space Jockey



    Emperor's Tomb is definitely the tops in my book. From the first stage it is just plain great gameplay fun.



    Agreed.



    Emperor's Tomb played in a way where you felt like you were Indiana Jones in a script that was just never made into a movie.



    It was like an Indiana Jones version of 007 Nightfire in that way.

     
  • NickTLGNickTLG
    I haven't liked any of the 2D Indiana Jones games I've played, tbh. Not even Trilogy on the SNES (Great graphics? Sure, but they made it Way Too Hard).

    However I never played the famous 2600 one.

    I'm really hoping to hear more about the 3D 'Tomb Raider-style' games especially in this thread, since I've never played any of them, but they've always been a curiosity to me.
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    Originally posted by: cirellio



    I haven't liked any of the 2D Indiana Jones games I've played, tbh. Not even Trilogy on the SNES (Great graphics? Sure, but they made it Way Too Hard).

    However I never played the famous 2600 one.

    I'm really hoping to hear more about the 3D 'Tomb Raider-style' games especially in this thread, since I've never played any of them, but they've always been a curiosity to me.

    That's a solid way to describe Emperor's Tomb.



    Well worth playing.  Great variety of levels and locations, and really encompasses what is important to "Indiana Jones" as a concept (i.e. a great combination of Tomb Raider type exploration and trap avoidance, and separate sequences of brawling or fighting to escape the Nazis)





    Few things in any video game are as satisfying as carrying around a "Panzer Faust" and blowing the shit out of a Nazi gun emplacement, or swinging around deep-jungle ruins with a whip... or brawling with the whip as an integral part of your arsenal...
  • NickTLGNickTLG
    Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

     
    Originally posted by: cirellio



    I haven't liked any of the 2D Indiana Jones games I've played, tbh. Not even Trilogy on the SNES (Great graphics? Sure, but they made it Way Too Hard).

    However I never played the famous 2600 one.

    I'm really hoping to hear more about the 3D 'Tomb Raider-style' games especially in this thread, since I've never played any of them, but they've always been a curiosity to me.

    That's a solid way to describe Emperor's Tomb.



    Well worth playing.  Great variety of levels and locations, and really encompasses what is important to "Indiana Jones" as a concept (i.e. a great combination of Tomb Raider type exploration and trap avoidance, and separate sequences of brawling or fighting to escape the Nazis)





    Few things in any video game are as satisfying as carrying around a "Panzer Faust" and blowing the shit out of a Nazi gun emplacement, or swinging around deep-jungle ruins with a whip... or brawling with the whip as an integral part of your arsenal...



    That sounds awesome! I'll give it a try, thanks

     
  • winterionwinterion
    Fate of Atlantis was tremendous. Hit up GOG for that if you haven't played it before.

    I actually haven't gotten to try many LEGO games. They look fun, if a bit simplistic.
  • TDIRunnerTDIRunner
    My favorite Indiana Jones game is Tomb Raider.
  • PrinceOfBrainsPrinceOfBrains
    Fate of Atlantis all fuckin' day, it's probably my second or third favorite LucasArts game period and one of the best point-and-clicks from the golden age.



    Otherwise, Greatest Adventures is the best of the 2D games, Emperor's Tomb is the best post-SNES game, and I really wish that E3 demonstration from like 2006 would have come to fruition, but here we are.
  • mikestrifemikestrife
    I've heard people really liked Emperor's Tomb (PS2/Xbox) it's like the N64 game but more polished. I never really got into it.



    I recommend Staff of Kings for Wii. It's mediocre, but it comes with Fate of Atlantis, so if you wanted a console version....
  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    Okay wave 8 in temple of doom is starting to get a bit annoying. I really want to try Indiana Jones and the lost kingdom for the commodore 64, it looks pretty cool.
  • SamSpadeSamSpade
    Indiana jones and the Emperor's Tomb on xbox was bitchin. Best Indy game, the control mechanis are spot on and it was fun as hell punching nazis. Hell, it's better than the last movie, none of that aliens and Shia  Lebouff horseshit.
  • pixelsmashpixelsmash
    To be honest temple of doom has been a living nightmare lately. It went from being a fun game i thought i would beat in a day to dealing with one of the most challening games on the nes for crappy reasons, that I've been stuck with for like a week. Playing it now is like having the flu.
  • Vectrex28Vectrex28
    If I had to pick from the NES, I'd say Young Indy, as it's the only good Indy game on that system. I finished the UBIsoft Crusade, and I'm still mentally scarred by that one.

    If I'm not limited by the NES, then I'd say SNES Greatest Adventures   - Come to think of it, that made me wanna play GA and Young Indy  
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