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Game Groups > Protagonist: Treasure hunter

This group includes games that feature protagonists who spend a significant portion of their lives treasure hunting, to the point that it can be considered a full-time occupation. Treasure hunters seek valuable historical or prehistorical artifacts without undertaking any kind of scientific research at the place of discovery, as practiced in modern archaeology. Some such characters can have an archaeological background, like Indiana Jones, since that is certified by an academic degree, but no modern self-respecting archaeologist would actually stoop to treasure hunting. Many early archaeologists, such as Heinrich Schliemann, are considered ordinary treasure hunters. Modern treasure hunters may employ costly state-of-the-art equipment, and use science to search for artifacts, but they have little interest in researching their historical meaning in the context of the site, culture or entire civilization.

Limitations * Games where seeking treasure is a secondary occupation for the protagonist, for example as a part of a quest or wilderness exploration in medieval fantasy RPGs, should not be included in this group. * Pirate protagonists should be included in their own separate group and are not part of this one, since their primary occupation is piracy.

Related sites * Wikipedia: List of treasure hunters

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Title Platforms Released
box cover thumbnail Atlantis no Nazo NES, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Nintendo 3DS 1986
box cover thumbnail Aztec Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PC-88, Sharp X1, FM-7 1982
box cover thumbnail Blade Arts: Tasogare no Miyako R'lyeh PlayStation 2000
box cover thumbnail Blades of Time Windows, Xbox 360, Macintosh, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch 2012
box cover thumbnail Blades of Time: Dismal Swamp Macintosh, Windows 2012
box cover thumbnail Chagunitzu DOS 1990
box cover thumbnail Colossal Adventure Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Camputers Lynx, Enterprise, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Oric, Memotech MTX, Nascom 1982
box cover thumbnail Deadfall Adventures Windows, Xbox 360, Linux 2013
box cover thumbnail Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City NES 1990
box cover thumbnail Digging for Buried Treasure DOS 1994
box cover thumbnail Disney DuckTales: Remastered Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, iPad, Windows Apps, Android, Windows Phone, iPhone, Fire OS, tvOS 2013
Disney's DuckTales Dedicated handheld 1991
box cover thumbnail Disney's DuckTales Game Boy, NES 1989
box cover thumbnail Disney's DuckTales 2 Game Boy, NES 1993
box cover thumbnail Hamilton's Great Adventure Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now 2011
box cover thumbnail Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure Nintendo DS 2009
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures Windows 3.x, Macintosh 1996
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Macintosh, Xbox 360, Xbox One 2003
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Linux, DOS, Windows, Amiga, Macintosh, FM Towns, Antstream 1992
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis:... DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC 1992
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Game Boy Color 2001
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Windows, Nintendo 64 1999
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull J2ME, BlackBerry 2008
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade NES 1991
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The... DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, Amiga, NES, Atari ST, Game Gear, SEGA Master System, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC 1989
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The... Linux, DOS, Windows, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, CDTV, FM Towns 1989
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Lost Puzzles J2ME, Windows Mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android 2009
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Relic of the Viking Windows 2020
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings PlayStation 2, Wii 2009
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings PSP 2009
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Nintendo DS 2009
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom DOS, Amiga, NES, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Arcade 1985
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Temple of Spheres Windows 2009
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients DOS, Apple II, Macintosh 1987
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom Commodore 64 1984
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures SNES, Wii, Antstream 1994
box cover thumbnail Jewel Jones Windows 2003
box cover thumbnail La-Mulana Windows 2005
box cover thumbnail La-Mulana Windows, Wii, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, PlayStation 4, Macintosh 2011
box cover thumbnail La-Mulana 2 Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Macintosh 2018
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Browser, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, iPad, Stadia, OnLive, Gloud 2010
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia 2014
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft GO Linux, Windows, Macintosh, iPhone, Android, iPad, Windows Phone, PS Vita, Windows Apps, PlayStation 4, tvOS, Blacknut 2015
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Relic Run iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, iPad 2015
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary J2ME 2007
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary Windows, PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox 360, Macintosh, Wii, OnLive 2007
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend Game Boy Advance 2006
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PSP, Xbox 360, OnLive 2006
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend Nintendo DS 2006
box cover thumbnail LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Nintendo DS, PSP 2009

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