IJC Computer Games: Atari 2600 & 5200


Raiders of the Lost Ark (VCS 2600)

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Genre: Action
Producer: Atari
Released: 1982
Data Medium: Atari 2600 cartridge
System Requirements: non
Info: This is the oldest Indiana Jones game I know of. The Indy figure is a composition of only 28 (!) pixels.
In this Adventure you take on the role of Indiana Jones, and must travel throughout the land in search of the Staff of Ra and other objects so you can find the Well of Souls where the Ark of the Covenant is hidden.
This game can be rather difficult to figure out at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is fairly entertaining.

For this game you can ...
• ... read
credits and trivia.
• ... read
an advertise for the game! « new
• ... read the
manual page about objects in the game.
• ... see the animated game
intro.
• ... get some information about the
entrance screen.
• ... download a playable
ROM copy (6K, ZIP).
• ... read more about
Atari 2600 emulators.

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Screenshots

 title entrance room searching...
left: Indy enlarged 3x. | middle: The entrance room. | right: Searching the wastebaskets.

items! falling again black man
left: Found some items (menu bar). | middle: Mind the gap. | right: Chased by the black man.


Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (VCS 5200)

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  Genre: Action
Producer: Atari
Released: planned for 1985 but never released


created by:
Sascha Krasny
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additional material by:
Jason Cormier &
Sebastian Kraus

last update:
01/07/11

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