Veteran Games Podcast #273: Indiana Jones Adventures – News

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Together with the guest veteran Christian Genzel, who is well versed in cinema history, Heinrich and Jörg devote themselves to both Indy-Adventures from LucasArts in one fell swoop in the double feature.

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The leather jacket still fits, the whip is ready to hand and the hat fits well too: Today we embark on a point-and-click adventure with a famous film archaeologist. 30 years ago LucasArts published Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantisthe sequel to the film adaptation The Last Crusade. In our adventure dig, we’re going to dig into both titles, and we’ll be joined by the filmmaker, light playground-Podcaster and Indy fan Christian Genzel strengthened. He not only has fond memories of the games from his youth, but also comments on their connections to the film world. Before you go on a world tour with Indy, you can expect news reports, game reports and a look into your mailbox.

The game veteran podcast episode 25-2022 (#273) with Heinrich Lenhardt, Jörg Langer and guest veteran Christian Genzel has a running time of 1:40:44 hours.

0:00:15 News & small talk

0:32:58 The Old Games: Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade & The Fate of Atlantis

• 0:33:12 How do the veterans relate to The Last Crusade in film and game form? And how did US Gold’s screwed up indy action games come about?
• 0:41:22 A good game for a good movie – that doesn’t happen every day either. The Last Crusade was 1989 LucasArts’ third adventure with the SCUMM system and had innovations such as dialogue system and action sequences.
• 0:56:54 About three years later, the sequel Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis thrilled with more playful substance and nice VGA pixel graphics.
• 1:05:52 The Hollywood-experienced project manager was originally supposed to Hal Barwood adapt an unfilmed Indy script, but then pitched in Noah Falstein the new Atlantis storyline.
• 1:18:03 The three different paths through the game, rock-solid puzzles and the charm of the characters add a lot to the goodness of Fate of Atlantis.
• 1:29:09 Press review and veteran conclusion.

1:38:17 Credits