The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (video game)
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Developer(s) | Game Design: Chris Gray Enterprises
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Publisher(s) | Jaleco |
Series | Indiana Jones |
Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System |
Release | January 1993 |
Genre(s) | Action |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an action video game developed by Chris Gray Enterprises, Jaleco and published by Jaleco for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in January 1993.[1] It is based on the 1990s television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.[1]
Gameplay
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles features
The game features eight levels played across three locations: Mexico (two levels), France (two levels), and Germany (four levels).[4] The game's early levels are based on episodes of the television series, while later levels feature an original storyline.[1][5] As Indiana, the player begins by fighting in the Mexican Civil War, and subsequently fights in Europe during World War I.[1] Each level features a boss enemy that must be defeated.[1][3]
Plot
Young Indiana Jones arrives in Mexico on vacation, during the country's civil war. Indiana releases peasants captured by General Pancho Villa and his bandits, who are attempting to seize control. After defeating Villa in a battle, Indiana is informed of a person known as the Claw, who has stolen an Egyptian artifact known as the Jackal. Indiana follows the Claw through an abandoned silver mine. From atop a mining scaffold, the Claw uses exploding dynamite sticks to battle Indiana, who uses the falling rocks to defeat the Claw.[4]
Indiana then takes a boat to Europe and enlists to fight in World War I. Indiana traverses a dangerous battlefield, fights a large tank, and subsequently learns of a long-range artillery gun codenamed
Indiana reaches the German High Command, a fortress full of enemies and various security measures. There, Indiana battles the German commander and his battle tank, knocking out the commander and using his grenades to destroy the tank. Indiana reaches the weapons facility and must avoid poison liquid, as well as evil scientists and guards. Indiana reaches the poison gas lab, places a bomb there, and escapes the facility before it explodes.[4]
Reception
References
- ^ a b c d e f "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". Nintendo Power. January 1993. p. 105. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ AllGame. Archived from the originalon November 16, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Baker, Christopher Michael. "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (instruction manual)" (PDF). Jaleco. 1993. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "Jaleco's Kingdom". Nintendo Power. October 1992. p. 111. Retrieved August 2, 2016.