Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix

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Following the success of Fate of Atlantis, LucasArts began developing a sequel named Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix in 1993. The game was eventually cancelled and the script was adapted to be used in a four-issue Indiana Jones comic book published by Dark Horse Comics.

1 Plot
2 Cancellation
3 Comic book
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The plot began after World War II, with the Nazis' quest for the Philosopher's Stone, needed for the resurrection of Adolf Hitler.

[edit] Cancellation

The reasons for the cancellation included the clash between the drawing styles of the characters (art deco) and of the background (realistic), the retiring from the project of Aric Wilmunder, the main programmer, and finally, the problems with distribution in Germany, where censorship laws prohibit the sale of any products with explicit depictions of Nazi symbols. Earlier games could get away easily by simply removing the Nazi flags and references to them, but this could not be done with this game, as they were an important part of the plot.

After this game, LucasArts briefly considered making a game named "Spear of Destiny" (involving the spear of Longinus). They eventually abandoned the idea of creating a classical adventure game in the Indiana Jones series, instead focusing on Tomb Raider-style 3D action games. Thus, ending it with the release of 'Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine', followed by 'Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb' and another being released circa 2007 or 2008.

[edit] Comic book

Since the game, 'Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix' was cancelled, Dark Horse Comics released a four-part comic book series based upon it. A comic book was also created for the cancelled game, 'Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny'.