Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Produced by	Lucasfilm
Distributor	Paramount Pictures
Formats	BD, Beta, Digital, DVD, LD, VCD, VHS
Released	Los Angeles film premiere: May 8, 1984 Film, US: May 23, 1984
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was the second film in the Indiana Jones series.

It premiered in Westwood, Los Angeles, U.S. on May 8, 1984. It then received a wide release on May 23, 1984. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was produced by Lucasfilm and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

In 1935, a Shanghai crime boss named Lao Che tried to kill Indiana Jones. Jones, a woman named Willie Scott, and a young boy named Short Round jumped out of a plane and survived using an inflatable raft and sledding down the Himalayan mountains.

The three arrived at the Indian village of Mayapore. There, Jones learned that the Thugee cult kidnapped children and forced them to be slaves. The cult possessed three of the five Sankara stones that were given to humanity by the Hindu gods to fight evil. The children were forced to mine in a cave system searching for the two remaining stones.

Indiana Jones had to acquire the stones before the Thugees could get them so that he could defeat the cult and rescue the children.

Comic book adaptation

A comic book adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was written by David Michelinie with art by Jackson Guice. It was published by Marvel Comics in three parts from June to August 1984.

The story follows that of the film. However, it does differ from the film in minor ways with some differing dialog, locations, and character appearances.

The comic book adaptation was reprinted in "Indiana Jones Omnibus: The Further Adventures Volume 2" by Dark Horse Comics on September 30, 2009.

Video game adaptations

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was developed and published by Atari Games for arcade market in August 1985. Atari Games developed ports to several home computers which were published in North America by Mindscape and in Europe by U.S. Gold. These systems included Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, and ZX Spectrum.

Tengen, the video game console division of Atari Games, developed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom for the NES. It was published by Mindscape in North America on December 21, 1988. The following year, the publishing rights returned to Tengen, which published it from that point forward.

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures was a Lego video game that contained an adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom alongside adaptations of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Windows, and Xbox 360 versions were developed by Traveller's Tales. The Nintendo DS version was developed by TT Fusion. Each of these versions of the game were published by LucasArts in North America on June 3, 2008, in Oceania on June 4, 2008, and in Europe on June 6, 2008. A macOS version was developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Feral Interactive worldwide on December 4, 2008.

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues was a Lego video game that contained an adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade alongside adaptations of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was developed for Nintendo DS, PS3, Wii, Windows, and Xbox 360 by Traveller's Tales and was published by LucasArts in North America on November 17, 2009, in Oceania on November 20, 2009, and in Europe on November 25, 2009. A macOS version was developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Feral Interactive worldwide on April 2, 2011.