Finally, there are three levels that take advantage of the SNES’ fancy Mode 7 chip, placing you in a 3D perspective. Then there are what I like to call “gimmick” levels that present you with a key moment from the movies, like Indy running from a giant boulder at the beginning of Raiders or avoiding gunshots in a nightclub in Temple of Doom, and these break up the standard platforming by forcing you to run forward to survive or duck behind cover. Every now and then you’ll get a level that expands upon something not really seen in the films - for instance, a snow section that shows Indy in Nepal trying to reach Marion’s bar. For the most part, though, you’ve got traditional platforming stages inspired by most of the major moments in each film, like Indy exploring the Well of Souls, beating up Thuggees in the tunnels beneath Pankot Palace, and facing the traps leading up to the resting place of the Holy Grail. Greatest Adventures doesn’t stray quite as far from the source material, though the last boss of the game is a goofy skeleton version of Donovan after he drinks from the wrong Holy Grail. (Remember how Luke had to go toe-to-toe against a Sarlacc pit monster in the beginning of A New Hope?) I haven’t played those, but a quick look online shows that they’re renowned for being hard as hell and featuring levels that take quite a few liberties from what was in the movies. The game, published by LucasArts but developed by Factor 5 and JVC Musical Industries, runs on the same engine as JVC’s three Super Star Wars titles. And so after I finished watching the films I decided to give Greatest Adventures a whirl, since it’s easily accessible by emulation these days.

A game full of levels inspired by all three Indy movies?! Genius! I never actually played it as a child, since I didn’t have a SNES growing up, but the concept stuck with me. I first saw a screenshot of it as a kid in Issue #9 of The Adventurer, a magazine that LucasArts put out to advertise their products, and I thought it looked neat as hell.

This brings me to Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures for the Super Nintendo, one of the few video games that decided to capture the magic of all of Dr.

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