Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
As Indiana Jones, you’ll travel to 1935 China to prevent a powerful artifact from falling into evil hands. This globe-spanning adventure pits you against evil Nazis and the Asian underworld. It’ll take more…
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is an adventure developed by The Collective, released 24 February 2003 on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is an adventure game developed by The Collective and released in 2003. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Slayer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in 1935 as a prequel to the events of Temple of Doom, the story follows adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones as he is enlisted to recover the Heart of the Dragon, a legendary black pearl said to grant immense power, buried with China's first emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. His quest begins in the jungles of Ceylon and carries him across the globe, from Prague and Istanbul to Hong Kong, as he races rival treasure hunters and Nazi agents seeking the same prize. Along the way Indy must piece together the mystical Mirror of Dreams needed to unlock the emperor's hidden tomb, contending with betrayals and ancient guardians at every turn.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Indiana Jones series
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is the 19th of 34 entries we hold in the Indiana Jones series. It arrived 2 years after Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. The next entry was LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures in 2008. Its critic score of 59 is 16 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine at 90.
How it was received
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points below the year average. Players rate it 66, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c and 256 MB VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb launched on 24 February 2003, within three weeks of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy X-2, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and Unreal 2: The Awakening. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy X-2, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, Unreal 2: The Awakening.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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