The Robot Guardian of King Nub's tomb, beneath the ancient pyramids of Meroë, was a massive, bronze mechanical guardian that was powered by electricity. The robot protected the inner sanctum of the crypt from intruders and only by defeating the machine would an individual be able to escape.
History[]
The Robot Guardian was activated when a ruby gem, called "Nub's Eye" interred with Nub's own coffin, was placed in a socket on the floor which opened up a panel that raised the advanced technology from up out of the floor, revealing the gem to be the creature's "eye". The giant bipedal beast, thus animated, could both attack its opponents with spinning bladed hands or by firing a high-powered, laser beam from its eye.
In 1947, an amazed Indiana Jones stumbled across and inadvertently activated the robot while exploring the crypt. As it pursued him in the room around Nub's sarcophagus, Jones successfully deactivated it by electrocution, luring the mechanical creature across various electrified floor panels and jumping from its head across to the crypt's only exit.
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- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine adventure guide/instruction booklet
Indiana Jones Masterpieces trading cards (Card: Video Games: The Infernal Machine) (Pictured only)