Indiana Jones - Fate of Atlantis

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:28 pm

If you don't know the game, don't bother reading this...

Every single time I've played this game, from the day I got it over ten years ago, I get stumped, again and again at the same point.

The damn three discs.

The game is set up so things change every time you play, and stuff gets "random".

So are these disks, and the description that gives clues how to align them.
Everytime I get a wrong description, and I end up turning them at random, and hoping of getting the right combination.

But I've searched to see if anyone else is getting a false translation, and I haven't found a single case of it.

The text says "Darkness rules the City without Challenge".
I understand that as aligning "darkness" and "city" with the horns up top, and leaving the moon disk on an empty slot.
To be sure, I've tried all the combinations of the moons, and empty slots.

Then there is a clue in the background, with three doors, showing "waxing moon", "noon sun" and some kind of circle, which god only knows what represents.. so I've tried the combo of the first two, and every symbol on the worldstone.

Does anyone know what the fuck is going on?
If noone has any ideas, I guess I'm stuck turning until it magically opens.
(I'm in the Crete part, right after the labyrinth).

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:54 pm

http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/ ... _stone.txt

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:05 pm

Megatron wrote:http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/ ... _stone.txt

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks!!

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:34 pm

hurray! btw, you play the scummvm voiced-over version right Smiley?

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:49 am

Yeah. Fortunately dosbox fixes the sound. I was afraid I was going to have to play without sound =(

Again megatron, a thousand thanks for the link. I would never have figured out how it's supposed to be solved, and inevitably I would've been stuck trying all solutions.

Despite how short the game feels when you can still remember all the solutions to the puzzles (the damn stones being the exception), I still think it's an amazing game.

I think I'll revisit Grim Fandango next. Full throttle is still too fresh in my mind.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:28 pm

Smiley wrote: Again megatron, a thousand thanks for the link. I would never have figured out how it's supposed to be solved, and inevitably I would've been stuck trying all solutions.

welcome. gamefaqs has all the answers in the universe.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:26 pm

Smiley wrote:Yeah. Fortunately dosbox fixes the sound. I was afraid I was going to have to play without sound =(

Wow, can't get/don't have a copy of the original?
I've got it along with a bunch of others. Monkey Island being one of them.
Gotta love the Dial-A-Pirate.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:44 pm

Smiley wrote:Yeah. Fortunately dosbox fixes the sound. I was afraid I was going to have to play without sound =(

Again megatron, a thousand thanks for the link. I would never have figured out how it's supposed to be solved, and inevitably I would've been stuck trying all solutions.

Despite how short the game feels when you can still remember all the solutions to the puzzles (the damn stones being the exception), I still think it's an amazing game.

I think I'll revisit Grim Fandango next. Full throttle is still too fresh in my mind.

no no no. DON'T you use dosbox with old lucasgames/film games. Use this only: scummVM - it gives you so much more.
(try different video options to see which one you like best)

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:55 am

@MFG

It *is* the original. I have the original last crusade as well as other lucas arts adventure games.

I completely misunderstood PiP..
I've just tried it out and I gotta say it's a hell of a lot easier to use, and a lot better.

The SuperSai smudged out version is way cool.

Thanks.

negullah · Post by **negullah** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:21 pm

Speaking about Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Dark Horse released a four-part comic series right prior to the game. It was a nice read. If you're interested, I could make them available or something. It was nice to see how Dark Horse tried to make the comic like the game was going to be.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:36 pm

I got stuck at the stupid jungle where one is supposed to lure away an animal and then go through the back of it, or sth. There is also a snake.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:42 pm

I can't remember exactly how but I got thru.. lemme think..

ok got it.

SPOILER
whip the rodent thru the jungle to the snake.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:58 pm

I tried that but the stupid rodent just went forth and back, when I whipped it

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:20 am

i cant remember guess you gotta figure when (ie standing at which spot) it goes where when you whip it.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:03 am

probably
whateva, I'm too tuff to care right now, I guess

Palikka · Post by **Palikka** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:44 pm

Anyone waiting for 'Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth'?
( http://www.barnettcollege.com )

The demo has been out for a quite some time now, I kinda liked it, hopefully they will finish the game some day..

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:05 pm

I haven't heard of that before. Looks promising too; there's even nazis!

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:26 am

apparently, it doesn't have soil erosion.