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I finally made the switch to a new virtual instrument library for my brass instruments, especially the lead trumpets, going from the ancient Vienna Fanfare Trumpets to the MUCH better Infinite Brass library. The update in quality in massive - just check out my reworked Opening, with trumpets sounding MILES better than what I had before: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (fan soundtrack) by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Michael Z. Land

Three more tracks added: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (fan soundtrack) by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Michael Z. LandIndiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (fan soundtrack) by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Michael Z. LandIndiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (fan soundtrack) by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Michael Z. Land

I don't think the failure of Dial had to do with the quality of the movie or the marketing (though I certainly question the expense of a Rolling Stones song as the calling card for the trailers and TV spots). As a movie property at least, Indy just doesn't have a lot of currency among people beneath a certain age, and Skull already Hoover'd up the "long-anticipated revival of a legacy franchise" money. Skull was impervious to word of mouth -- the last memory of the series was the beloved Last Crusade, so everybody wanted to see it for themselves to form their own opinion. In addition, the idea of Spielberg/Lucas/Ford joining forces again still kind of meant something as a marketing hook in 2008, even to younger audiences. Dial was in just the opposite position. In some respects, I suspect Dial was left to settle Skull's check. Besides which, Disney/Lucasfilm did practically nothing to keep the property active since Skull's release, whereas by contrast they've been outright overprinting Star Wars, with oodles of movies and TV shows. Left unexploited, Indy firmly became Dad Movie material, and there was no multi-generational Top Gun: Maverick situation in the wings because Skull already got to fire that bolt. Combine that with all the weird, manufactured internet narratives that began before the movie even started shooting, a box office era that has proven time and time again to be merciless to movies that skew older (and the demographic data showed that Dial did), and a COVID-inflated budget, and you have all kinds of fine reasons for this to have failed before you even consider the movie itself. I'm not suggesting creative moves weren't made that might have turned audiences off, but an audience has to see a movie before they can hate it. I for one am pleased that Disney made this financial mistake, because I think, arguments over quality aside, it finishes the series on a much more appropriate note than Skull did. Future marathons are going to be a lot more satisfying now. Disney's balance sheet is somebody else's problem.

i make an effort to get through it every 4 or so years. last year (my third attempt) was easily my most successful one. i suspect I got through 40% of the game. in the past, i'd bounce at the first RTS segment. still can't finish it though. I like everything about it conceptually. playing it is a whole other issue.

Why isn’t there a pancake offering called “The Great Circle”?

DOD didn't suffer from too little marketing, but from being a terrible film.

Indy 1, 3 and 5 make a great trilogy. Personally my only issue with 5 was the directorial style. I missed Spielberg's amazing blocking/staging. Otherwise it was great fun and poignant send off. (And Marion was back to being Marion!)

Tried it again and did better. Think I’m getting the hang of this! 👕 I beat #MojoleXtremiest #972 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 1/6 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

I finally made time to properly scan the "Computer Games Magazine" Issue 118, to also include the two pages I forgot to upload here a year ago. How can I get these moved over into the Mixnmojo Media Database? Escape from Monkey Island (Press). Bonus scan: Playstation Magazine Review for EMI.

Whoa! I just realised that the guy on the right might be Marcus Brody. (Anyone know for sure?) If so, the likeness is pretty good!

Whoa... shots just got fired. I'm just gonna have to completely agree to disagree with you on that one. I thought it was a wonderful film and a great send off for Indiana Jones. It brought something new to the table for Indy, all while keeping things adventurous and very true to the character. They even managed to dance around most of the modern tropes which could've weighed the movie down. Maybe it could've been half an hour shorter, but I'm surprised that someone could call it terrible. And I'm usually very critical about movies, especially modern sequels to classic films. The Great Circle stuff on the other hand... I'm not feeling it.

Cool bit of marketing from Bethesda Deutschland. Zepplin with Indy hanging off it

I'm already convinced and don't want to get spoiled too much. I hope I can resist! It sucks that the PS5 version is so far out, which means I'll definitely double-dip and get it for PC first at launch. Damn you, LucasfilmGames! Damn you, Bethesda! Damn you, Machine Games!

Those Aaron Venture trumpets are really something - and excellently brought to life by you - that turn around halfways through is really really tight. (Do I really need yet another brass library in addition to those other 5-6? Of course n... ... I do. Yeah. I really do. Wonder if Aaron is planning Black Friday or not this year 😁).

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A little peek at the theme I'm currently working on, which is actually used in several places in the soundtrack, in different arrangements (when Kerner steals the statue, during the car chase through Monte Carlo, and when Indy and Sophia escape from Atlantis). This is closest to the third variant. WIP and Stuff by Laserschwert When he steals the statue and escapes from Indy's office, we hear a "smaller" arrangement, which makes sense, as it is only a short brawl, not a big action setpiece. The car chase on the other hand uses slightly different instrumentation and a few bridge passages, to accomodate for a longer track .

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👕 I beat #MojoleXtremiest #974 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 3/6 🖤💚🖤🖤🖤💚💛 💛💛🖤🖤🖤💛🖤 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/ Oh NOW this is the solution, after I opened with it a couple of times before? According to those rules, I scored a -7/6 and a -5/6 Sometimes, it is indeed the same word over and over again, but Remi usually waits a day or two in between to catch us off-guard. The rascal.

There’s just a bit in the middle of that track that lands on the Trek melody line for a second, otherwise they’re unrelated. Sometimes a brain can’t help itself. This sounds great!

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I've polished a few of the tracks even further, and added another one: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (fan soundtrack) by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, Michael Z. Land

I think he’s a bit too harsh on the puzzle design. It came out when I was 12, I played it around my thirteenth and finished it in one go, and English isn’t even my first language! (I recall having to resort to a guide once, I think it was for the cat puzzle in Rubacava). Around the same time I couldn’t finish some other point ‘n click games (some of which Jimmy hails in his blog), because I didn’t understand the puzzles. It’s strange, but a lot of his commenters seem to echo his sentiments too. Apparantly some things that seem logical to some people seem illogical to others?

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Great work! I gave them the boutique treatment and filed them under their own galleries. That catchall EMI Press gallery is due for some cleanup. https://mixnmojo.com/media/galleries/Computer-Games-Magazine-Feature-September-2000 https://mixnmojo.com/media/galleries/Playstation-Magazine-Review-2001

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The feature on Iron Phoenix on this very site has him as Marcus: https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Iron-Phoenix-The-Lost-Sequel-to-Fate-of-Atlantis/6 Also, it's got to be him, right? Looks just like him! You can also see the in-game sprite for Marcus on page 4 of that feature...

Collectable Great Circle cup and inspired menu at IHOP restaurants https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/11/13/ihop-xbox-indiana-jones-great-circle/

That's what makes me so curious about what Iron Phoenix would have looked like had it actually gotten made. I suspect it would have been very close to The Dig, where the majority of the game would have inclined toward a relatively realistic style akin to Fate of Atlantis, but with the cutscenes being significantly cartoonier. The storyboards we have look a lot like the FMV stuff in The Dig to me:

I saw some well received fan attempt at an animated series treatment for Indy and it put everything so firmly into a kids entertainment space I had trouble buying it as the same franchise. Not to say Indy is for grown ups, but more that part of the appeal is the fact that it takes pulpy all-ages a venture tropes and infuses them with a touch of more complex humanity and “realism,” and you’re just inevitably going to lose some of that when you stylize everything for animation I think Fate of Atlantis gets away with feeling so much like a real Indy story in part because everything is so low res and tiny. Theres never a close up on a stylized face, the voice acting is scratchy and low res. My brain can take the presented outline of a story and its pacing and globe trotting map and postcard views, and imagine the Spielberg movie running on top of it. There aren’t a bunch of stylistic signifiers on top of it signaling to me “actually, this is something other than what your imagination is telling you it should be.” Great Circle looks like it will have its own vibe - inevitable in a conversion to another medium and of course being first person - but it’s still trading in the language of live action cinema, even though it’s a 3D video game, which excites me for an Indy product.

Ill be honest, i find KOTCS a chore to get through but I enjoy DoD, its not on par with the first 3 films but its okay for what it is plus it has a great soundtrack

Jeez... Where was all this stuff when Dial of Destiny was released?!?!

I guess he's indicting the puzzle in Year Four where you have to set fire to the flammable packing foam to bring it to the intention of the demons as a fuel source. It calls upon information you learned in Year One.

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New ads with new footage, including shots from the Raiders opening level.

I was wondering if there is any concept art circulating around - especially for the old Lucasfilm games / LucasArts adventures. In particular I am interested in the greatest adventure game of al time: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. While its predecessor The Last Crusade was probably created without any concept art in mind = directly on computer, the background art in Fate of Atlantis looks like like there were proper backgrounds first drawn and then scanned and rendered down to fit the 256 color palette. And of course the concept paintings are also interesting to be seen, as well as anything which helps to understand how this fantastic game was developed. Unfortunately there is not much circulating around, But there's been a couple intense interviews in the recent past with Noah Falstein and Hal Barwood. So maybe something may have finally surfaced. And that's why I am reaching out here. Also all the other games are quite interesting as well. Especially with the new game The Great Circle on the horizon it would be nice to revive the oldies once again.

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Turkish Suspense was my favourite track from that game

Always does. If anything from Staff of Kings merits reprisal, it's him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSjbjoPAsJM

Samples of the soundtrack, Gordy Haab has done a great job https://youtu.be/b07TM7VqH3c?si=iusEHDEKBYi3m1Sh

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Oh man, I finally found the part where the theme originated that's used when looking at the Hermocrates. Turns out, in the rip the cue is called Let There Be Light, which plays when Indy dives for Atlantis and manages to turn on the lights. So, is this really the Hermocrates theme? Because the book actually re-uses two themes from other parts of the game. I guess this could simply be called the Atlantis theme, because a variation of it can also be heard during Sophia's presentation, plus the Hermocrates discusses Atlantis as well. This cue puts a lot more weight behind the theme, making it much more important. Very fittingly, since Indy FINALLY sets foot in the lost city.

A Vampyre Story 2 is re-announced. They did it.

Wow. Also glad Aric talked to you about his TEMPLE OF DOOM prequel idea that covers how Indy found the remains of Nurhachi. I had the privilege of getting to do a similar rap session (unrecorded) with him as part of the research for Mojo's Iron Phoenix article six years ago, and I remember that coming up. As you've learned, Aric freely goes on tangents and they're all worth it. I'm glad these stories are out there.