Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is an arcade action game created and released by Atari Games in 1985. The game is inspired by the 1984 film of the same name. It’s the first Atari System 1 arcade game to feature digitised speech, including voice recordings of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones and Amrish Puri as Mola Ram, as well as music from the film by John Williams.

The game takes place over three distinct levels as the player takes on the role of Indy. The first level has you running around a cave, climbing ladders in an attempt to free the slave children from their cages. You will need to avoid or beat Thugee guards as you go. To do this Indy is armed with his trusty whip which can be used to open the cages, whip the guards and traverse gaps.

The second level has Indy escaping in a mine cart whilst being chased by guards. Avoid dead ends, whip guards and oil drums to slow down the pursuit.

The final level takes place in the temple where Indy must grab the Sankara stone.

The game repeats this four times with the difficulty increasing each time. On the final run through the temple alter scene is replaced with the final showdown against Mola Ram on a rope bridge. Should the player prevail then the game enters a bonus level which remains until all lives are lost.

The game remains a firm favourite and is one we have been after for some time. One might say it was one of our Holy Grail cabs.