We talk about the various games starring the most famous archaeologist in cinema, from Atari 2600 to the present day
It was inevitable that the announcement of a new Indiana Jones game under the Bethesda label (now part of Microsoft Games) would raise our smiles. For those of us of a certain generation, Indy is part of our particular saints of eighties heroes and legends, one of those colossal characters that is part of the constellation of what was good and cool of our time. References such as the hat or the whip are strongly rooted in what defines our conception of the great fictional adventure and the influence exerted by the character embodied by Harrison Ford is more than evident when looking at other games and cultural products.
Encouraged by the announcement and the news about that fifth film that takes away the bad taste in our mouths of Kigndom of the Crystal Skull, we launched ourselves to use the DeLorean to talk about the elements that make Indiana Jones an irresistible figure and we walk through his extensive career in the video game with numerous titles starring him that date back to the days of Atari’s dominance with 2600 and that has reached countless platforms over the decades.
That belongs to a museum!
During that trip we will see all kinds of titles, some mediocre or downright bad and others truly masterpieces that sit on the throne of the best games within their genres. The first period stands out for its uninspired installments, which only sought to exploit that clearly iconic brand image of the protagonist, although among some of those action games they managed to stand out, such as Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures on SNES, an action game by many carats that reminds us of the also fantastic Super Star Wars trilogy, with similar production values in terms of graphics and sound.
Of course, all that changes with the irruption of the graphic adventure of The Last Crusade, when Lucas decided to trust his talented team at LucasArts to make a direct adaptation of the film, turned into a sublime graphic adventure that captivates our imagination. And the best was yet to come with another adventure based on Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis, one of the best graphic adventures of all time based on an original and unpublished script starring the intrepid protagonist.
With a review of the 3D stage of the archeologist, with games like Infernal Machine or the Emperor’s Tomb, we finish this review of an incombustible figure in our playful memory.
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