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This doesn't look unusual. I count 13 commands and Indy 3 had e.g. 14. If my memory serves well, that was quite normal.

Right... my memory is apparently skewed by later LucasArts games (like Indy and the Fate of Atlantis - https://cdn.mobygames.com/screenshots/15880259-indiana-jones...) that had whittled it down to 9 commands. Earlier ones (including Indy 3 and Monkey Island 1, https://www.myabandonware.com/media/screenshots/t/the-secret...) had more...