Each scenario is randomly generated by selecting each element (such as the item Indiana Jones must collect at each stage of the adventure) from a set of possibilities.

Trent Ward of GameSpot reviewed the game as having low-quality visuals and audio but being possibly useful for passing time.

[6] Billboard magazine mentioned the game's randomly generated environment and its target audience of "gamers on the go", and deemed it "An unambitious title that will rope you in.

"[9] Charles Ardai of Computer Gaming World wrote, "For a genius, George Lucas sure has a lot of bad ideas.

"[4] Rob Tribe of PC Zone called it "very, very addictive," though like Next Generation, he criticized the fact that the player character cannot shoot diagonally but enemies can.