Classic Replay: "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis"

Replay time!

When I bought a copy of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis when I was fourteen years old, a whole new world opened up to me. I was already a fan of point 'n click adventure games, but never before did I lose myself so truly in an interactive story. To be honest, I wasn't even that big of an Indy fan yet; this game changed it all.

Gorgeous close-ups in this game!

I've actually bought this game twice: first I had the floppy version. I believe it came on five disks. Then later on, I bought the LucasArts Archives box to get a copy of Sam 'n Max Hit the Road, and it also contained the CD-ROM version of Fate of Atlantis; the exact same game, only fully voiced this time, with Doug Lee doing quite a good Indy impression.

I actually started keeping an "Atlantis Diary" after this game...

When I first played it, I loved this game's hilarious, slapstick opening sequence, with Indy searching through the Barnett College collections for a rare Atlantean artefact Marcus Brody stashed away somewhere. Only afterwards, I thought this part wasn't very dignified for a hero of Indy's calibre. And I also didn't know why Marcus would hide it away for Indy to find, nor why Indy would need to whip his way inside, breaking an attic window in the process. It just didn't make much sense anymore. Then again, knowing scatterbrained Marcus, perhaps it's not so surprising... 

Always wanted such a necklace of my own...

After that opening sequence, Indy travels to New York to meet up with Sophia Hapgood, who he worked with on a previous archeological expedition and is basically an expert on everything Atlantis. After that, they travel to Iceland, Central America and the Azores in order to find enough information about The Lost Dialogue of Plato, a book the philosopher presumably wrote filled with details about Atlantis.

Jungles and temples, that's so Indy...

Forty-five minutes into this replay, I saved my game at a key spot: choosing your path! Depending on how you solved the first puzzles, Indy's sidekick Sophia Hapgood will do a reading and advise a course of action: either fight his way through (the Fists Path), puzzle his way through (the Wits Path), or take Sophia herself along as backup (the Teams Path). I'm going to follow the path Sophia has suggested for this playthrough: the Wits Path. After I reach Atlantis - the place where all three paths converge again - I will reload and play the other paths.

Always hated Ubermann's voice...

Sophia gave me a couple of leads to start my first search for Atlantis. So now I'll have to decide where to try my luck: Monte Carlo or Algiers.

You can find Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis on Steam and on GOG!