Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones

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Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Brian A. Rice, Inc., Waterman Designs

Licensor: Lucasfilm Games

Sound driver: GEMS

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	Code
US	1994-03^[1]	1048
BR	199x
AS	1994	1048

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Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones is a side-scrolling action game based on the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series. It was released exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994. A European version was planned^[2], but failed to see release.

Gameplay

shoots, uses the whip, jumps and + throws grenades (, or if a Six Button Control Pad is used).

Levels

	India

	Egypt

	Tibet

	London

	Germany

History

Development

During development the game was known as The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (or just Young Indiana Jones), tying into the television show of the same name. All references to the (then cancelled) show, and its owner Paramount Pictures are missing from the final game. The project seems to have been troubled, with initial plans to release in late 1992, however the final builds of the game are dated January 1994, suggesting a delay of more than a year.

Instruments of Chaos was once planned for release on the the Sega Mega-CD, being shown at both Winter CES 1993^[3] and Summer CES 1993^[4] with a view of being released in June^[3], later July 1993^[5]). This version would have had "18 tracks of studio recorded CD music"^[6].

Production credits

Developed by: Brian A. Rice, Inc, & Waterman Design, Inc.
Programming: Brian A. Rice, Robert M. Birmingham, Joseph M. Guagenti, Chuck Batson, Rob McCool, Patrick J. Simmons
Graphics & Animation: Mark Waterman, Tom Brophy, Pascal Saint-Clair, Dennis Swiec
Graphics Management: Charles Wiltgen
Other Artwork: Mira Ross, Dave Pasciuto
Music & Sound Effects: Rolf Weber, Cliff Falls
Lead Testers: Julio Martinez, Wesley Gillens, Ben Szymkoviak
Testing: Rey Alferez, Michael Baldwin, Greg Becksted, Dusty Bedford, Blair Bullock, Joe Cain, Srini Chandresekara, Harry Chavez, Glen Cureton, Jason Epps, Dave Forster, Rich Gangwish, Joe Ganis, Casey Grimm, John Jansen, Lawrence Jeung, Darin Johnston, Jason Kuo, Wing Kwan, Vasily Lewis, Jeff Loney, Dermot Lyons, Tony Lynch, Simon Lu, Mike Madden, Ryan McLaughlin, Vy Nong, Adam Ornsted, Mike Palser, Mark Paniagua, David Perkinson, Andrew Podesta, Loran Pudinski, Kirk Rogers, Sam Saliba, Tim Spengler, Lisa Stuart, Conan Tigard, Kurt Tindle, Jeff Todd, Maria Tusso, Erik Wahlberg, Chrstine Watson, Katherine Weathers, David Wood, Cliff Falls, Ron Rydin, David Leszczak, Todd McClure, Russell Eberts, Tommy Hallahan, Ashley Nyhard, Charles Wiltgen
In-House Director: Charles Wiltgen

Source:

In-game credits

Developed by: Brian A. Rice, Inc.
Designer & Producer: Michael Latham
Programming: Brian A. Rice, Robert M. Birmingham, Joseph M. Guagenti, Chuck Batson, Rob McCool, Patrick J. Simmons
Graphics & Animation: Mark Waterman, Tom Drophy, Pascal Saint-Clair
Graphics Management: Charles Wiltgen
Other Artwork: Mira Ross, Dave Pasciuto
Music & Sound Effects: Cliff Falls, Rolf Weber
Lead Tester: Julio Martinez
Testing: Ben Szymkowiak, Wesley Gillens, Casey Grimm, Joe Cain, Lisa Stuart, Greg Becksted, Kurt Tindle, Blair Bullock, Mike Palser, Conan Tigard, Harry Chavez, Erik Wahlberg, Vy Nong, Katherine Weathers, Tim Spengler, Michael Baldwin, Srini Chandresekara, Rich Gangwish, Glen Cureton, Dermot Lyons, Kirk Rogers, Rey Alferez, Joe Ganis, Adam Ornsted, Vasily Lewis, Mark Paniagua, Dave Forster, Lawrence Jeung, Wing Kwan, Jeff Todd, Tony Lynch, Jason Kuo
In-House Director: Charles Wiltgen
Marketing: Pamela Kelly
Manual: Mike Yoffie

Source:

US manual^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[8]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

15

^[9]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

50

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

30

^[11]

Power Unlimited (NL)

25

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[13]

SuperGamePower (BR)

66

^[14]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

54

^[15]

Video Games (DE)

28

^[16]

	39
Based on 9 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, AS^†
Cover
Cart Manual Chinese Manual

Technical information

Main article: Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones/Technical information.

References

↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/rKWRkjF8YKk/m/C7AJOkDk2xAJ
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 95
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Game Informer, "March/April 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 38
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 11
↑ Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 97
↑ Sega Force, "1993 (July)" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 13
↑ File:InstrumentsofChaos MD US Manual.pdf, page 18
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 141
↑ MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 49
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 40
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 114
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 48
↑ Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 48
↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 90
↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 116

Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones
	Main page \| Maps \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1992 \| 1993-03-10 \| 09-23 A \| 12-28 A \| 12-28 \| 12-29 \| 1994-01-01 \| 01-03 \| 01-26 \| 01-27 \| 01-28

Indiana Jones games for Sega systems
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1990) \| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (unreleased)
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1992)
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1992) \| Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones (1994) \| Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (unreleased)
	Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (unreleased)
	Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (unreleased)

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[:File:SegaPro_UK_26.pdf_p95-2] Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 95

[:File:GameInformer_US_009.pdf_p38-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Game Informer, "March/April 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:MeanMachinesSega10UK.pdf_p11-4] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 11

[:File:SegaVisions_US_13.pdf_p97-5] Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:SegaForce_US_1993-07.pdf_p13-6] Sega Force, "1993 (July)" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:InstrumentsofChaos_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p18-7] File:InstrumentsofChaos MD US Manual.pdf, page 18

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 141

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-06.pdf_p49-9] MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 49

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p40-10] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 40

[:File:MegaForce_FR_32.pdf_p114-11] Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 114

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_011_199406.pdf_p48-12] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_33.pdf_p48-13] Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 48

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_002.pdf_p33-14] SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 33

[15] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 90

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-06.pdf_p116-16] Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 116

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