Indiana Jones: Fountain of Youth Demo

Indiana Jones is one of the greatest adventurers out there, even if he never really existed and his deeds are quite exaggerated even in the movies. However, his charm and clever ways of getting out of sticky situations have won him the admiration of the public forever, which is not a feat many fictional characters manage to achieve.

Indiana Jones: Fountain of Youth is a retro point-and-click adventure game in which you get to play Indy’s role and try to solve a variety of exciting puzzles, in order to find yet another buried treasure. Even if this demonstration was released only a couple of years ago, the graphics style is reminiscent of a long-gone era, although that doesn’t mean it’s not pretty and detailed.

As far as the story is concerned, everything revolves around the island of Bimini, which supposedly holds a fountain that can provide the people who drink from it with immortality. Naturally, everyone’s favorite archeologist cannot miss the opportunity to find out more about this wonder and decides to explore the island and learn more. However, it would appear that the Nazis are already here, digging around for the same thing, which means additional troubles for Indy.

To play the game, all you need to do is select the desired actions and try to come up with solutions to a variety of different puzzles. The actions Jones can use are displayed at the bottom of the screen, while every other object in the environment is interactive in some way. Sometimes, you might even need to combine certain items, or pay close attention to details in order to notice something out of place.

As previously mentioned, both the interface and the graphics are designed to look like something released in the early 90s, which is quite nice and well executed. However, the small resolution can prove rather difficult to work with on today’s widescreen monitors, so you might run into a bit of trouble every now and again.

When it’s all said and done, Indiana Jones: Fountain of Youth comes pretty close to resembling an old classic. It is quite clear that a lot of work went into the development process, but it is also obvious that it needs a lot more in order to be complete. Hence, if you are curious about yet another Indiana Jones adventure, this can prove to be the game for you.