I always end up here when I wake up from sleep

So we all just here after waking up huh

I slept the whole night and woke up here😅

I was the lead designer and writer of Staff of Kings PSP, and this video MADE MY DAY. We were always working with limited budgets and timeframes at Amaze, and the end of a project was usually a letdown as we let the game stumble out the door. Hearing someone appreciate one of those old games, so many years later, really makes me happy. Thank you! (I work at Undead Labs now, and these days, we get to take WAY TOO LONG on a game, instead!)

Don’t want to sound too over the top here 😅 But your research, voiceover and presentation set the gold standard for retrospectives on UKposts. You should be really proud. Keep up the great work!

I’m really growing fond of your retrospectives. Your pleasant voice, in-depth research and solid writing make your channel a real UKposts gem.

As someone who was the target age of Lego games when the Lego Indy games came out, I can actually say that a lot of us grew up on these movies (thanks to our parents having grown up on them too) and so we were never confused by the cutscenes' reliance on knowledge of the source material. Indiana Jones and the original Star Wars trilogy were staples of my, and other kids', childhoods.

I cant stress how much I love these videos Holy shit. They're always just so entertaining and easy to watch.

Every time I go to sleep I wake up two hours in your vid

I just woke up to this video being over. Not sure if it was good or not but it didn’t startle me awake. 10/10, enjoy the watch time my friend

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on DOS was the only game my dad played with me. I still have the physical journal they included to solve puzzles. Thanks for reminding me of these games.

Hyped because Fate of Atlantis is literally one of the best games ever. Edit: I’m glad you brought up the voice acting for Indy in Fate of Atlantis. The impression of Harrison Ford as Indy that Doug Lee does is uncanny. Just amazing.

A little known fact: in "The Last Crusade - The adventure game", you can prevent Elsa to leave with the grail, saving her. This really shows how Lucasarts was committed to give the players as much freedom approaching the puzzles as possible!

The amount of context, research, and information in this video is insane and very well done.

I usually watch retrospectives to sleep and never think about them again, but this one feels different. It's the first video of this type I watched in its entirety and I enjoyed every second of it. Thank you for almost a week's worth of entertainment in my free time. I'm definitely going to watch the LOTR retrospective you've mentioned a few times next. It's an instant subscribe for me

I'm kinda baffled that we haven't gotten a Telltale-style episodic adventure game. It's the perfect fit for this franchise, not only for striking a balance of narrative and puzzle focus with quick bursts of action across a variety of locales, but because episodic adventure is literally the storytelling format of the old cliffhanger serials that Indiana Jones is based on.

Whether Dial of Destiny delivers or Lucasfilm have just dumped another egg in our faces, all that matters if you've pumped out another legendarily comprehensive piece of gaming history!

I may not be an Indiana Jones fan, but I am a big I Finished A Video Game fan so you know I gotta binge all 3 hours and 46 minutes in one sitting. Interested to learn about these Indiana Jones games though cause I've never played one before haha

Great Nostalgic video! I was born in 71. I’m happy that I got to grow up in the 70’s and 80’s. The 90’s was great to. I’ll always love Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Retro Gaming, etc. I still watch the movies and play games on the Atari, Colecovision and NES. A big shout out for Yars Revenge! One of my favorites on the Atari 2600. 👍

fate of atlantis was one of my favourite games growing up. lead me down the wonderful rabbit hole of point and click adventure games. sam and max hit the road, day of the tentacle, freddy pharkas frontier pharmacist, heck even zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders.

That simple explanation of nostalgia at the beginning hit me hard for some reason. What I wouldn't give for a simpler time again.

It's time for the old man to show the kids why He is the reason to why Lara Croft and Nate Drake excist in the first place. I hope the new Indiana Jones game come sooner than later. The Emperor's Tomb is my favorite Indiana Jones game. Another great video, I always smile when I see a new video from you.

I have no idea what you did with the algorithm, but I always find a way to autoplay into this video or the Parasyte Eve one.

The infernal machine was one of the first adventure games I played. Man did I sink hours into that title. For me that game remained a gem of my childhood. Always booting it up after getting from school to figure out how to progress on to the next level and puzzle

Haven’t even played the Indiana Jones games but absolutely loved how thorough, insightful and well written this retrospective was.

Lego always manages to turn violent scenes into some fantastic dark humor. My favorite instance is in Lego Harry Potter when (spoiler) they recreate Harry bringing back Cedric's dead body to his dad as him bringing the PIECES, and Cedric's dad getting the instructions to put his son back together 💀

Man, the young Indiana show… I watched all of it when I was very young and I loved it!!! Nobody has ever mentioned it since. I had the box set, and I always remember it being like 5 seasons long 😂, I guess maybe it felt like that because of the pacing and my young brain just did it’s thing

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations, adventurer extraordinaire! You've conquered challenges with a daring flair, Just like Indiana Jones, with his hat and whip, You've shown true grit on this epic trip. Through ancient ruins and treacherous lands, You've unearthed mysteries with your skilled hands. You've deciphered codes and escaped narrow scrapes, Embracing the thrill that every quest shapes. 🤠

Finally finished this video. First of all, I just want to say that editing my last video took longer than it needed to because I kept getting distracted by this. Second of all, as if it needs to be said, outstanding job. I've had so little time to watch long-form videos like I used to because of my own work schedule, but I genuinely look forward to your videos. You maintain such a great, relaxed pace so as to appreciate the minutiae of each game, but also keep me looking forward to what's coming next. In terms of appreciating video game history & it's quirks, yours is the definitive channel, far as I'm concerned.

This brings back so many memories. I remember playing the Emperors tomb as a little kid and then walking around my house with imagining myself as Indy and drinking from my imaginary canteen.

Okay, not even 30 seconds in and hearing a guitar rendition of Scars of Time. I can tell it's gonna be good.

I appreciated your detailed take on Emperor's Tomb. It has some really excellent elements and is very much worth playing, despite faltering in some later sections.

God I love the Infernal Machine. My dad played it when i was a kid, and I started playing it myself soon thereafter. He had to help me beat Quetzacoatl cus i was so scared of it haha. It's the first game i ever played, and it's a formative piece of my childhood and love for Indiana Jones as a whole

I was 4 years old when I first played lego Indiana Jones, it was one of my first video game experiences and I absolutely loved it. Like you said I also didn’t really understand what was happening, but my Grandpa was usually with me while I played and he explained enough for me to have some grasp on the story

This is a video I either always wake up to or it's in my recommendations after another longer video that I have fallen asleep towards either way due to your dedication I'll be watching this video throughout the next week and a half😭✊🏾

The Infernal Machine is in my top 3 favourite games of all time. It is far more stable on windows 98-XP, yet far more beautiful and smooth on N64. There's a give and take. And yes, the last 3 levels are just batshit insane. It's why i wasn't surprised about Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls haha There are also dozens of easter eggs. My favourite is in the mines. One of the level designers left a note and signature

I've not watched this yet, but I thought it would be a good time and place to say this: you are absolutely one of the best video game content channels on UKposts. Just wanted to show some appreciation for the work you put in. There's not many channels out there that I watch every single video they put out, but yours is one of them.

Easily my favorite long form videos on UKposts. Never seen anything so well researched and paced. Thanks for making the great content.

I respectfully disagree about the Emperor’s Tomb. It was just fantastic from go to woe. Absolutely thrilling to play..all of it!😊

5 minutes in and i can say, NOBODY does this retrospective genre better than you do! Incredible work!

Man, what a great video! For me, the Infernal Machine holds a ton of nostalgia for me because of my grandpa. My grandpa was an Indiana Jones superfan combined with being a huge technology/video game expert, so that game was one of his greatest treasures when we were growing up. The platforming was pretty much impossible for me as a kid which made other titles like mario 64 or the Zelda titles a bit more accessible for me, but I still distinctly remember just how much my grandpa loved the presentation and sheer scope that that game had. Its one of the first things that comes to mind when I think about memories with my grandpa, and it feels good to know others have a similar fondness for the game's wackiness like my family and I have. The jeep level is probably one of the funniest sequences in a video game that I've played to date. Video game jank at its finest imo.

I LOVED the Emperor's Tomb as a kid! Great adventure game. Hand to hand combat and punching nasiz was so brutally satisfying 😅

I'm calling it already more people will watch this video than Indiana Jones 5

I stumbled upon your channel today and am absolutely hooked - it's rare to find such well researched and wonderfully presented retrospectives. Thank you!

That Jeep level in Infernal Machine was a highlight for me. I left a save there just so that I could replay it whenever I was in the mood.

A must impressive work done here !!!! Loved how you presented all the Indiana Jones games with respectfull reviews and explainings of the game mechanics. Very professional! Indeed a A complete History of Indiana Jones video games. Thumbs Up!

Didn't even know there were this many Indiana Jones games, I only ever played the Emperor's Tomb, it was fine back when I played it but I'm not sure it aged that well.

I will never escape the never ending stream of video essays im Doomed to watch them for the rest of time

I can only speak for myself but as a hard-core Indy fan I absolutely loved Emperor's Tomb. And while I can agree its quality does somewhat dip towards the end its still the best Indiana Jones game we got and wish we had more Indy games like it.

I'm glad someone acknowledged how hard The Infernal Machine was. I got stuck on Shambala Sanctuary as a child. My dad started helping me, only to realize we were both stuck. 😂

the young inidiana jones chronicles and the recut version "the adventures of young indiana jones" was great. i recently discoveered it on disney+ and binged it all. all the loving attention to detail, the costume design, the faithful and believable characterizations showing us a character thata is very much indiana jones, but not yet as experienced and much younger without feeling like an entirely different character. not to mention remy. oh how i love remy. actually my favorite piece of indiana jones media after indy 3

Your videos are always a special treat for me. I don't always watch them the day they release, and I don't watch them all in one sitting, but I do watch and finish each and every one! This one is yet another excellent example of why I like your channel so much! I can't wait to see what your next video is!

Fate of Atlantis is the first real game adventure game I ever played. I remember playing through while sitting on my mom’s lap. We got stuck flying the balloon, which I eventually figured out on my own. It took a few years of repeated play throughs before I even realized that there were multiple paths. I’ve probably beaten the game well over a dozen times by this point. Fate of Atlantis has as fond of a place in my heart as any of the films, if not more. It is an equal part of the trilogy and possibly the best and most faithful movie tie-in ever made.

Emperors Tomb was one of the best games I ever played! Not sure why it didnt do well

Fate of Atlantis was a treasure growing up. Charming, fun, recognizable, witty. A 9 out of 10 in my opinion. My only issue was similar to yours about the Atlantis phase where it suffered classic point and click short comings. There's a part where the instructions for how to operate the giant drill are poorly scribbled on the wall ONE screen removed from its location, requiring you collect vaguely lever shaped items and just 'decipher' the scribble to know how to arrange them on the machine. An earlier puzzle along the same lines did a far better job integrating the proper stone disk combination into the murals of nearby walls, as if the clues weren't just poorly placed nearby but rather constructions of the backdrop. You had to soak in the entirety of the scene as opposed to just looking at the singular odd thing out.

Another fantastically produced, well researched video. Your standard is so consistently high I’m always thrilled when you upload. Would love to see a bonus episode or addendum to this when The Great Circle releases and see your views in context of the rest of the Indy games.

Hey i just wanted to tell you that your videos are absolutely amazing, its incredible how an almost 4 hour retrospective has me hooked the entire time, your videos have incredible pacing, sorry if i have bad english i am not a native English speaker but keep up the good work, you quickly became one of the best channels i have ever seen in this platform

Another excellent addition to your growing library of content. Thank you for the hard work and consistent quality as always.

Everyone is singing your well-deserved praises, but nobody seems to be pointing out your editing. Just in the last few minutes, you talked about how LucasArts failed to release a console game in four years while showing 1313 (RIP), then talked about how LucasArts was doing a poor job with Indy while showing Indy drive a Jeep off a cliff. Subtle, hilarious, heart-wrenching, and as well done as always.

Incredible video! Having only a passing interest in the films, but a lifelong obsession with video games, I’m surprised to realize I had never played one! Until thinking about how ALL games have some Indy in them some way or another… I had a blast looking through all these with your expert capture and editing of them. This is a tight near-4 hour journey, with just enough context and research given into every single projects behind the scenes snapshot to not drown out the game itself. Excellent work! Thank you.

Seeing this video after watching the first trailer of Indiana Jones and The Great Circle. A full fledge Indy game that is looking amazing. Thanks for the video.

I was sleep and i wake up to this what a great video keep up the good work

This was such a delight to sit through. I grew up with so many of these games, and I always adore any kind of "Here's every game in a particular licensed franchise" retrospective, so you're hitting my wheelhouse even harder than ever right now. I sat down on Monday morning and just binged the whole video while doing some mindless filing cleanup. This is probably my favorite of your videos to date. It’s got so much great info and great insights. Hope you'll indulge me as I write a comment that's a novella, but I just... you brought up so many thoughts and memories. 1) I was just a little kid when I played Raiders of the Lost Ark on our family’s Atari 2600. And in fairness to that game, the manual clearly tells you what every weird shape/icon is supposed to be - every item, every “person,” etc. So there really wasn’t much need to “figure out” the obtuse graphics since I could reference the manual for everything. They even tell you every single room you can possibly reach, and most of them are given pictures as well as explanations of what’s in each room. AND YET! Somehow, with all this information, the game is STILL ridiculously obtuse! At the time, I had no idea there was such a thing as game reviewers, so I had no idea that people loved this game and hated E.T.; I felt the polar opposite as a little kid. (Yes, my weird lil’ ass liked E.T.) Though admittedly, I was so small that I probably wasn’t very skillful OR very discerning… 2) I thankfully only ever rented the NES Temple of Doom during elementary school from a local shop. God, what a disaster. That was just a waste of a rental. I kept trying, but I barely knew what the heck I was doing; the rental didn’t even include a manual. And I didn’t even know it was based on an arcade game for another decade! When I finally played the arcade machine, I really did wonder why the hell the NES game was such a botch. 3) I think I was in middle school when I played (and replayed, and replayed) Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures. Let me gripe for a moment: FUCK the mine cart sequence. You have no way of knowing if the switches will be necessary or kill you without trial and error. Even if you can see and clearly aim at the switches, the game won’t always register your shots hitting (and sometimes you accidentally shoot too much and flip ‘em back!). I died so many times before I started using an off-brand controller with rapid-fire and “slow motion” (aka ‘rapid pause-and-unpause’) to guarantee I hit the goddamn switches. I also didn’t care for how you only got a password every few levels - and you have to pull off, what, four levels in a row at the end of Temple of Doom before you get another password?! But: That is the end of my complaints. And don’t let those detract from how AWESOME and JOYFUL this game has always been for me overall. Plus: Even the biplane fight that you mention being difficult looks easy in your footage because it only sucks until you realize you just need to fly HIGHER than the oncoming enemies -- both your planes and theirs can only ever shoot downward. Stay upwards and you can’t lose, essentially. 4) I ordered a copy of Infernal Machine for my N64 directly from LucasArts’ website when it went on sale. (Can you tell what an Indy fanatic I always was by now?) I had plenty of fun with that game despite all its jank - and WOOF, the jank is CONSIDERABLE. I got myself stuck on the Russian ship when every time I tried to grab a rope/chain to ascend to the next area, the game froze. Reload previous save? Still froze EVERY TIME. I eventually found a LONG workaround by backtracking through the level until I could jump down from above that landing. Also, the driving was pretty atrocious. Props to the music team for writing some great original themes. Definitely felt the ending was one of the weirdest, craziest endings in Indiana Jones’ history… at the time. 5) I actually didn’t get to play Fate of Atlantis or The Last Crusade graphic adventure until well into the sixth generation of consoles, when I finally found the ability to emulate SCUMM. (That’s right; I met Sophia Hapgood first through Infernal Machine). I never really did PC gaming before that. By now I was on a Windows PC in my college dorm room. Obviously, I loved them both quite a lot. This was also when NES emulators were first booming, and I got to play the Last Crusade games for the first time around the same period… I never saw those for rent as a kid, and the reviews in Nintendo Power made me avoid them until this moment. Didn’t play either for long. Also emulated the Genesis version, but yeah, you said everything that needs to be said. 6) Emperor’s Tomb is my personal favorite Indy title. I never got tired of the combat system (felt the same way about that Buffy title, actually), and I appreciated that the levels tried to offer occasional variety to the grind. Things once again got pretty weird at the endgame, but to me, less crazy than Infernal Machine. By now I’d realized that Indy starts every single movie, novel, and/or game feeling skeptical of whatever artifact in spite of all the crazy shit he’s consistently seen. So I guess I wasn’t that phased just bc I was too deep in the "extended universe"? Man, I never knew they tried to get a sequel done... sure as hell wish it had come together. (SIDE NOTE: I actually loved The Collective’s stupid-in-concept Da Vinci Code Game when I picked it up for $12. Though at that price, I suppose it’s hard to hate anything too much. It’s just got so many great puzzles in it that felt so awesome to solve! Would’ve been better off just being a narrative adventure, though - maybe even an old-fashioned point-and-click? The puzzles are where all the best stuff is. The stealth gameplay isn’t awful, but the combat is utter crap and feels out of place.) 7) I bought Staff of Kings for Wii immediately at launch ENTIRELY BECAUSE it includes Fate of Atlantis on the disk, with the Wii Remote as your pointer. I played through both games… struggled to get past some of the brawls in SoK for sure, damn the motion controls. You basically said everything that needs to be said about that one. But I’ve always been curious about the PS2 port; I wonder if the Wii game minus its motion controls might actually be… good? Some day, I hope to find out. (Two asides: I recall the Wii game includes a unique co-op campaign where the second player is Henry Jones Sr. I've never played it, but I hope to look into it someday. Also, I actually own the distinct PSP version and have had it in my backlog for few years but have never booted it up… I think you just convinced me that I should do that ASAP!) 8) So here I am, a child of the '80s that's never fully grown up, and I'm hopeful that Bethesda's game will be a new adventure worthy of the brand. But more than anything, I just hope it gets to exist. Seeing that early footage of the 360/PS3 game never amount to anything was always a huge letdown. Thanks for taking the time and effort required to play these, do this research, write this, record this, edit it all together… and thanks to everyone else who assisted you. Love and gratitude to you all.

A note about rogue squadron, it was bundled with creative CD-ROM drives… for many it was the first CD-ROM game.

I remember The Infernal Machine fondly and honestly it still baffles how I even managed to play through it back in the in the day when googling guides just wasn't how it is today. (I don't think google was even a thing back then) Hours upon hours of just wondering what to do till something eventually or accidentally clicks.

This channel is an unmitigated gem. Wish you had more subs, but the views you're getting right now are excellent. Please don't stop making these high-effort, long-form retrospectives, you have something incredibly special here.

Seeing this video pop up un my feed was the highlight of my week, thank you so much for this. I truly appreciate your work and the way you put these videos together.

Originally, to solve the two 'cutscene' puzzles in the Grail Temple in the Last Crusade adventure game, you had to consult the real life 'grail diary' supplement the game came with in order to know what part of the screen to click on, to get through the spinning blades and over the 'leap from the lion's head'. If you clicked on the wrong part of the screen, Indy died. An old form of game copy protection that was patched out of the modern rereleases.

I love these retrospectives, I’d especially love to see a retrospective of the batman games in those style

UKposts Autoplay is wild

Man, your videos are too good. Informative, entertaining, and your passion is clear. I wish you all the success possible on this platform. Thank you.

YES! Finally got a day off and this LEGEND drops a new video. Definitely one of my favorite channels so thank you, kind sir, for all the hours of entertainment.

Um. I just wanna give you a HUGE BRAVO! 👏 This was absolutely enthralling! So much research and great editing. Thank you for making this!

very good video, especially fun to revisit the speculation for the future knowing that indiana jones and the great circle is coming out pretty soon. hope it's good 🤞

Another brilliant one, your efforts and the depth that you go into each game is PERFECT. Feels like binge watching 2 years of a dedicated Indiana Jones Gaming channel, and I love that unique feeling from your videos. Marvel would be a wild one to tackle too!

You have no idea how much I wanted this video, since you announced it. I never really was a fan of the Indiana Jones franchise, never really watched the movies or played the games, except ONE, it was a PS2 game and I have very vague memories about it but 3 images are still very clearly in my head; Indiana Jones in Prague fighting the guys wearing black suits, Indiana Jones fighting in a Japanese/Chinese restaurant at the beginning of a level, and the image that I hate the most, the Kraken fight, that fucking Kraken man, I hated it SO MUCH, I don't think I ever cleared it as a kid, in fact I never finished the game because of it. I cannot remember the game's name at all, but I will edit the comment once you'll talk about it, meanwhile I'll just enjoy the video, thank you so much for it.

Indiana Jones really did not need any movies after The Last Crusade. But Fate of the Atlantic is so good, it feels like a wordy successor, unlike some actual films... cough. Also, lego Indiana Jones was the Lego game I played most as a kid I think it's really underrated.

Incredible retrospective. This was so artistically done

Such an amazing video, I was waiting for this one for a long time and got finally around to watching it! Thank you so much for the great content you put out!

Absolutely love your videos to death. It's an insane feat to make such lengthy ambitious videos, and make them thoroughly engaging from start to finish. Your quality, and consistency never ceases to amaze me. That being said...Batman comes up quite a bit during this retrospective. I'd love to see you do a breakdown on the Cape crusaders games, as there is quite a bit to uncover. When the time is right, of course.

You have to do a starwars one. This just makes me appreciate what we once had. As bad as they look compared to today, and janky as they were, those games back then had much more heart, soul and passion put into them. I wish I could go back to the 90s and 2000s so bad.

Really also shows how important different people are to a project. Lucas seems to have good ideas, making plans, and imagining worlds, but leaving everything to him can prove disastrous. Also fun to see how movies and games grew side by side

I found your channel from the Prince of Persia retrospective and I like that most of your videos are pretty lengthy, but it isn't too overcrowded with information that it goes on too long per segment. Anyways,I was always interested in Indiana Jones as a concept when I was a kid, but I never understood the movies myself so I never got to appreciate it. I've only come to appreciate it recently, and am pretty hyped for Dial of Destiny. This video made me find out about the point and click games existing, and reminded me about all the old games I've tried but never finished. Hearing that there's a bunch of games that are pretty good that I missed makes me glad as I really think games is like the best medium to get adapted if done the right way.

This has been my most anticipated video

Thank you for making this! Until about a week ago, I genuinely thought there were more Indiana Jones movies--to correlate with the many video game titles I've seen in game stores. I never knew there were so many individual and original stories in the games until this video.

did you see there was a new indiana jones video game announced? will there be a follow up video for it?

I just wanted to say that i literally just found your channel yesterday and its awesome. Im a trim carpenter, and i like to listen to podcasts or music while working, and your videos are great. Especially the rapid fire retrospective you did. Keep it up!

Smooth use of the Chrono Cross OST when talking about time in the beginning 🥰❤️

Casi 4 horas de Indy y videojuegos? Si, por favor! ❤ Gracias por tu trabajo y dedicación 😊

As usual, fantastic video! Props for suffering through some of those earlier titles.

As a 80's baby, I can say I had no idea there were so many Indy games. After watching your retrospective... No wonder I missed them, that might have been a conscious effort.

I'm like four minutes into the first video I've seen from your channel- subscribing. Really dig the voice and what you've got to say. Keep up with the retrospectives!

As always stellar production, research and voiceover!

Love these videos man, keep up the great work, gonna relax and watch this now :)

I remember really cherishing The Emperor's Tomb as a kid, didn't beat it until I was a little older but the variety of gameplay and freedom of the sandbox were really magical being younger. Getting rewarded with little trinkets to pick up by exploring unnecessary areas was really satisfying. The giant white croc scared me more than the sharks did lol

Seeing you give such honor to the point-click games made me want you do a review of The Dig. To me it's the best pint-click game ever made, being on an alien planet make the usual "why this doesn't work?" make sense, since it's alien technology. The message and story are superb, the characters amazing and with a "bad" and "good" ending.

Brilliant video as always bud, I've never played any game in this series and your insight and balanced breakdown of each game is well produced as expected. Another home run mate, well done!

Yars Revenge is such amazing game

Truth be told never played any of these games but love and respect all the time you put into the retrospective. Hope this is another 1million view video!

These videos are some of the best longform analysis video game out there, and I deeply appreciate yout work. Thank you.