Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis

About the game

The Fate of Atlantis gave Indiana Jones his finest hour outside a cinema. It's 1939, Nazi agents are hunting orichalcum — the power source of drowned Atlantis — and Indy's trail runs from a New York séance through Monte Carlo, Algiers and volcanic dig sites to the lost city itself, partnered with Sophia Hapgood, an ex-archaeologist turned psychic with a direct line (she claims) to an Atlantean king.

Its structural gamble remains rare: at a key point the story splits into three full paths. The Team path leans on banter and cooperation with Sophia, Wits on puzzle density, Fists on brawling and stealth — three genuinely different middles converging on Atlantis. An IQ score tallies your cleverness across playthroughs, daring players to see all three routes. The Atlantean machinery puzzles of the endgame, all lava channels and stone gears, are among LucasArts' best.

Drawn in lush VGA and later fully voiced on CD, it's widely held up as the model licensed game: faithful to its source's tone, yet mechanically its own. Many fans still call it the true "fourth Indy film".

Technical notes

SCUMM engine with the three-path campaign structure and an IQ scoring system spanning playthroughs; CD releases added full voice. The archive documents DOS, Amiga and FM Towns versions.