Conversations with non-playable characters unfold in a series of selectable questions and answers. The player explores the game's static environments while interacting with sprite-based characters and objects they may use the pointer to construct and give commands with a number of predetermined verbs such as "Pick up", "Use" and "Talk to". Taylor, and Vince Lee, thus employing similar gameplay to other point-and-click adventures developed by LucasArts in the 1980s and 1990s. They were later reworked into two separate Dark Horse Comics series by Lee Marrs and Elaine Lee, respectively.įate of Atlantis is based on the SCUMM story system by Ron Gilbert, Aric Wilmunder, Brad P. Two concepts for a supposed sequel were conceived, but both projects were eventually canceled due to unforeseen problems during development. It became a million-unit seller and is widely regarded as a classic of its genre today. They came up with the final concept while researching real-world sources for a suitable plot device.įate of Atlantis was praised by critics and received several awards for best adventure game of the year. The story was written by Hal Barwood and Noah Falstein, the game's designers, who had rejected the original plan to base it on an unused movie script. The two partners are pursued by the Nazis who seek to use the power of Atlantis for warfare, and serve as the adventure's antagonists. Sophia Hapgood, an old co-worker of Indiana Jones who gave up her archaeological career to become a psychic, supports him along the journey. The plot is set in the fictional Indiana Jones universe and revolves around the eponymous protagonist's global search for the legendary sunken city of Atlantis.
The CD talkie version required EMS memory enabled to load the voice data. The game used an updated SCUMM engine and required a 286-based PC, although it still runs as a real-mode DOS application. It features three unique paths to select, influencing story development, gameplay and puzzles.
The seventh game to use the script language SCUMM, Fate of Atlantis has the player explore environments and interact with objects and characters by using commands constructed with predetermined verbs.
In 2009, this version was also released as an unlockable extra of the Wii action game Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, and as a digitally distributed Steam title. Almost a year later, it was reissued on CD-ROM as an enhanced "talkie" edition with full voice acting and digitized sound effects. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a point-and-click adventure game by LucasArts originally released in 1992.
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