I actually went back and played this one last year, and it still is a good game.
If you turned Lara into Larry, it would still be a very fun game to play. You have a fairly open environment, some cool puzzles, a pretty weird storyline, a trial and error type of jumping around rocks, a big ol dino, and ah that infinite ammo.
That aside, the graphics look really angula... read more
Description:Lara Croft is a Tomb Raider, an archaeologist who explores ancient sites in search of valuable artifacts. In the game, Lara Croft is hired to retrieve an artifact from a tomb in Peru, which turns out to be one of three parts of the Atlantean Scion. Soon betrayed by her employer, Lara Croft travels to Greece, Rome and Egypt to recover Lara Croft is a Tomb Raider, an archaeologist who explores ancient sites in search of valuable artifacts. In the game, Lara Croft is hired to retrieve an artifact from a tomb in Peru, which turns out to be one of three parts of the Atlantean Scion. Soon betrayed by her employer, Lara Croft travels to Greece, Rome and Egypt to recover the other parts before this powerful device falls into the wrong hands.
Tomb Raider is a 3D action/adventure game in which players control Lara Croft from a third person perspective. The camera follows Lara as she climbs, jumps, and swims through detailed environs overcoming environmental obstacles and deadly fauna. Moving through levels often involves finding spots where Lara can climb, looking for spots where Lara can use her acrobatic ability, and sliding blocks and pushing levers to solve puzzles and open passageways.
Lara is armed with, now trademark, twin pistols with infinite ammunition, but she can pick up higher caliber weapons to take on deadlier human opponents. Lara also comes across restorative health packs and has a compass with which she can orient herself. Lara’s opponents include animals, gunmen, as well as primeval and supernatural beings. Careful explorers can also find secret areas and avoid traps.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Eidos Interactive Release date : 14 November 1996 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0788687301633 UPC: 788687301633
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Last Played: 12/13/10 ~ 12/16/10
Purchased: 09/28/08 (First copy was a greatest hits)
Playthrough: ??? (A few times, but first time was on the Sega Saturn)
I should probably warn those reading that this little ditty on the original Tomb Raider is going to be a bit biased. Much like how Mega Man 2 was my first two-dimensional platformer Tomb Raider was my first three dimensional platformer when I played it on my cousin's Sega Saturn one summer vacation. The time I spent w"
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"When she first entered the scene in the late 90′s Lara Croft was accused of being an over-sexualized depiction of the female form that reeked of making women to be nothing more than sexual objects. Patches like the “Nude Raider” mod for PC allowed one to play as a nude character and led to an outcry both inside and outside of the gaming community proper."
"Last Played: 12/13/10 ~ 12/16/10. No.015
"Despite the fact that it probably doesn’t deserve a ten out of ten, the original Tomb Raider is easily one of the most influential games I’ve ever played. There aren’t many games I can say that about (the only other one that comes to mind is Mega Man 2) but along with Square’s Final Fantasy VII Tomb Raider sold me on the PlayStation. The bad part? The sequels don’t even come close - at all.""
Joek010 added this to a list 8 months, 2 weeks ago
"I do have to say that I still don't own this game myself.
Played it at a friend's house when I was a kid, but don't remember that much. It's just a bit too pixelated & old for my liking... Although I love the torso boss at the end. It was scary in this (original) unlike in Anniversary...
I like scary Tomb Raider. The Great Pyramid level was that.
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Gildeon Sena added this to a list 11 months, 1 week ago
“In the world of gaming, opinions vary as much as the food we eat and the drinks we drink. In picking and choosing what we play and experience, we sometimes forget how important contrasting views can be and how even negative ones can be blessings in disguise.
As if the ten out of ten didn't tell you, I love Tomb Raider. Well, I love the original Tomb Raider. The sequels are a different story altogether, and while my feelings towards them depend on which one we're talking about, there was something about Lara's quest to find the three pieces of the Atlantean Scion that simply seized the teenager I was in 1997 and continues to do so today. So why was Tomb Raider so attractive, why did it (and Final Fantasy VII) lure me away from the Nintendo 64? Why was it the right game at the righ” read more
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