History VideoGame / IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis

* MundaneUtility -- Gold is impervious to orichalcum, and amber can be used to dowse for it.

This game was the first time that an Indiana Jones graphical video game had featured an entirely original storyline, not based on one of the films. Given the reluctance of StevenSpielberg and GeorgeLucas to confirm a proper Indy sequel following ''The Last Crusade'', many fans came to refer to this game by the informal title [[FanNickname Indiana Jones 4]]. For years afterwards, lazy journalists used this as conclusive proof that [[AbsolutelyHappened the next movie sequel would feature Atlantis]] (a rumour which [[WhatCouldHaveBeen continues to pop up]] even post-''Crystal Skull'').

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[BadEnding Poor Indy]].

** [[spoiler:Sophia]] at one point, when [[spoiler:possessed by Nur-ab-sal]].

** The entire game has three Paths with different plots and different solutions to most of the puzzles: Wits, Fists, and Team. Various puzzles and actions can be taken in any of the three paths, but are most effective in the appropriate scenario, while [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest other items become useless]] [[RedHerring in the other paths]].

* {{Orichalcum}} -- it's radioactive BambooTechnology.

* ShoutOut -- To not just to the movies, but also to other LucasArts titles, ''StarWars'', ''{{Metropolis}}''[[hottip:*:the {{orichalcum}} machine]], and even ''TheMalteseFalcon''.[[hottip:*:[[RedHerring "It's the stuff that]] [[MacGuffin dreams are made of."]]]]

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* TethercatPrinciple -- Played with. When you meet the Norwegian archaeologist, he constantly digs in the same spot (as is common of adventure games of this era). When you leave and come back, he has frozen to death, apparently never having left the cave.

* TheTethercatPrinciple -- Played with. When you meet the Norwegian archaeologist, he constantly digs in the same spot (as is common of adventure games of this era). When you leave and come back, he has frozen to death, apparently never having left the cave.

* HumanPopsicle -- Poor Heimdall.

* BlackMesaCommute -- The opening sequence has Indy appear to be breaking into a secret stash of artifacts... only for it to be gradually revealed that he's in Barnard College and only swung through the window because the door was blocked. He then falls through multiple floors slapstick-style.

* HaveANiceDeath / ItsAWonderfulFailure: Game Over screens will usually be accompanied by a text explaining Dr. Jones' death and/or what happened after. A paraphrased example: "The Nazi forces conquered the world due to Indy's inability to defeat a 70 year-old sea captain."

The first (and the most well known) is an AdventureGame with painted cinematic screen-by-screen backgrounds, while the second was subtitled "the action game" (it was more like an ActionAdventure, viewed from an faux 3d [[IsometricProjection isometric perspective]], and based solely on a few select moments from the point and click adventure version). The action game is [[CanonDiscontinuity mostly forgotten today]]. This article, for the most part, discusses the adventure game.

* BeligerentSexualTension: Indy and Sophia, [[Franchise/IndianaJones as expected]]. Most obvious if you play the "Team" path.

The Nintendo {{Wii}} version of ''Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings'' also features the [[GameWithinAGame complete full version]] of ''The Fate of Atlantis'' as an unlockable bonus game.

The game's storyline was also later adapted into [[ComicBooks a four issue comic book series]]. A sequel to the game was planned under the title ''Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix'', but was eventually cancelled, and the Indiana Jones game series would not continue until 1999's ''Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine''. ''Iron Phoenix'', however, saw a comic book adaptation after its cancellation.

* VaporWare / WhatCouldHaveBeen -- The adventure game ends on a screen promising a sequel which ultimately never ended up seeing the light of day. The sequel, named ''Iron Phoenix'', was eventually adapted into a comic book, and a different game, ''Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine'', was eventually released instead.

* BeligerentSexualTension: Indy and Sophia, [[IndianaJones as expected]]. Most obvious if you play the "Team" path.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard -- [[spoiler: The Nazis' plans are ultimately foiled by the very thing they sought after. This is an ''IndianaJones'' story; what did you expect?]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen -- ''{{Indiana Jones}} 4 [[strike:[[IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]]] and the Fate of Atlantis, TheMovie.''

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** The [[RaidersOfTheLostArk "oddly familiar-looking" boulder]] found on the Fists Path.

* ChekhovsGun -- Pretty much every single object you can pick up.

* DemotedToDragon -- Kerner once it becomes clear that Dr. Uberman is the ''real'' BigBad of the game.

* HerrDoktor -- Doktor Hans Ubermann.

* AssholeVictim - [[spoiler:Dr. Heimdall, Dr. Sternhart, and the Nazis themselves at the end.]]

* JerkAss - Dr. Heimdall