Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

Infobox VG
title = Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb


developer = The Collective, Inc.
publisher = LucasArts
designer =
engine = Slayer
version = 1.01 (April 21, 2003)
released = Xbox cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/data/561295.html | title = Xbox release dates | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-02-18]
vgrelease|North America|NA|February 24, 2003
vgrelease|PAL Region|PAL|March 28, 2003
Windows cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/561303.html | title = PC release dates | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-02-18]
vgrelease|North America|NA|March 25, 2003
vgrelease|PAL Region|PAL|March 28, 2003
PlayStation 2 cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/582270.html | title = PS2 release dates | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-02-18]
vgrelease|North America|NA|June 26, 2003
vgrelease|PAL Region|PAL|August 29, 2003
Macintosh cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/mac/data/943556.html | title = Mac release dates | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-02-18]
vgrelease|North America|NA|December 3, 2003
genre = Action
modes = Single player
ratings = ESRB: Teen (13+)
ELSPA: 11+
platforms = Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox
media = CD (2)
requirements =
input =

"Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" is an action video game developed by The Collective and published by LucasArts in 2003 featuring cover art by Drew Struzan. The game is a new adventure of fictional archeologist Indiana Jones. The story is set in 1935, just before the events of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", and is available for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Macintosh and Windows.

Plot

"Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" begins in the jungles of Ceylon, where Indiana Jones is searching for the idol of Kouru Watu. After retrieving the idol, Indy meets a Nazi named Albrecht Von Beck, who is attacked by a giant alligator, allowing Jones to escape. Back at school, Chinese officials Marshall Kai Ti Chan and his assistant Mei Ying inform Dr. Jones of the Heart of the Dragon, a black pearl buried with the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi. Mei Ying breaks open the Ceylon idol to find the first piece of the "Mirror of Dreams", an artifact that will help navigate through the Emperor's Tomb and reveal the entrance to Huangdi's crypt.

Indy flies to a castle in Prague to acquire the second piece of the mirror, only to be captured by Von Beck and his men. Jones wakes up in a cell in Istanbul when Mei Ying appears and frees him. He makes his way to the sunken palace of Belisarius to collect the final piece of the mirror. Mei Ying appears again and tells him that Kai is working with the Nazis to get the Mirror for himself and control the Heart of the Dragon. At the Golden Lotus Opera House in Hong Kong, Mei Ying and Indy wait for Wu Han, a character from "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". When Mei Ying is kidnapped by Kai's men, Indy and Wu Han chase them down to the dock, where they discover that they are heading to Kai's private island. Wu Han and Indy follow them in a junk.

Indy makes his way to the peak of Penglai Mountain, the site of the Black Dragon Fortress, where he finds Mei Ying guarded by the Feng twins, Kai's female bodyguards. After killing the twins, he falls down a shaft into the temple of Kong Tien, where he finds a magical Chinese boomerang-like weapon called the Pa Cheng. Indy finds Kai assembling the Mirror of Dreams and sacrificing Mei Ying to the demon, Kong Tien, who possesses Mei Ying. Indy frees her and escapes with the mirror to the Emperor's Tomb. In the temple, Indy escapes from Von Beck, who is pursuing in a tank, and enters a portal to the Netherworld.

After crossing a Netherworld Great Wall of China, he finally finds Huangdi's crypt and the body of Qin Shi Huangdi. When Indy takes the Heart of the Dragon, the emperor awakens, and Kai takes the pearl from Jones. He uses its power to summon a dragon to battle Indy, creating a shield to protect himself. Jones uses the Pa Cheng to penetrate the shield and steal the Heart of the Dragon, fleeing with Mei Ying as Kai is eaten by the dragon.

Back in Hong Kong, Wu Han reminds Indy that Lao Che has hired them to find the remains of Nurhachi, leading into the opening of "Temple of Doom".

Music

The game's score was composed by Clint Bajakian, utilizing "The Raiders March" by John Williams. Thirty-three minutes of music were recorded by a 65-piece orchestra at the Bastyr University Chapel. Additional, synthesized music - mostly in the realm of softer, non-action music - was created by Bajakian. Samples of the score are available for download at the game's [http://www.lucasarts.com/products/indiana/supplies.html web site] .

References

External links

* [http://www.lucasarts.com/support/update/indyet.html Official "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202181054rn_2/www.lucasarts.com/products/indiana/ Original Official "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" website (Waybackmachine]
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* [http://www.aspyr.com/games.php/mac/indy/ "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" Macintosh website] at Aspyr