Tomb Raider

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Released Oct 24, 1996

By: Core Design, Eidos Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix

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Tomb Raider is a 3D action game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. The game follows the exploits of Lara Croft, a British female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures. The objective of Tomb Raider is to guide Lara through a series of tombs and other locations in search of treasures and artifacts. On the way, she must kill dangerous animals and other creatures, while collecting objects and solving puzzles to gain access to an ultimate prize, usually a powerful artifact. The game was critically acclaimed and widely influential, it spawned a number of sequels and a franchise of related media.

Genres: Adventure Platform Puzzle Shooter
Platforms: DOS Nintendo 64 PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable Sega Saturn
Themes: Action Sandbox Survival
Franchises: Tomb Raider
Collections: Tomb Raider
Game modes: Single player
Perspectives: Third person
Engines: Core Design
Keywords: 60 fps on consoles achievements action-adventure adapted to - movie airplane animal cruelty archeology artifacts audio logs auto-aim auto-saving backtracking backwards compatibility balance platforms based on - comics bats been here before behind the waterfall betrayal bink video bloody boar book adaptation boss assistance boss fight bow and arrow british accent burning camera camping centaurs challenges character models based on actual people chicken climbing collectibles coming of age context sensitive controversy corpse crab crow cult damsel in distress darkness day/night cycle death deer destructible environment detective mode difficulty level digital distribution dinosaurs downloadable content dual wielding ea app egypt environmental kill environmental puzzles escape from exploding building exploration explosion extreme violence falling damage falling object falling sequence fast traveling female protagonist fetch quests finishing move forced slow walking franchise reboot full motion video games on demand games with gold gamescom 2012 gorilla greatest hits guided by radio helicopter heroic sacrifice horse human hunting inconvenient malfunction jump scare moment jumping puzzle kill feed leveling up mascot melee mercenary microtransaction motion blur motion capture animation moving bodies mud mummy murder non-player character on-site procurement original soundtrack release orphan over the shoulder parkour particle system pax east 2013 pax prime 2012 pilot playstation network playstation plus playstation trophies playstation underground point of no return polygonal 3d pop culture reference pre-order exclusive profanity promo vhs psone classics punctuation mark above head quick time event rabbit rat real-time combat realism regenerating health retail games with steam activation rpg elements run and gun running towards the screen same name reboot save point secret area self-referential humor sequence breaking shielded enemies single-player only skeletons skill points in game slow-motion snake snow sprinting mechanics stealth kill steam steam achievements steam pre-purchase rewards steam trading cards swimming tank controls tomb raiding traps treasure chest treasure hunt tyrannosaurus rex undead unlockables unskippable cutscene upgradeable weapons vision obstruction voice acting wasd movement water level weapons swap wolf working for the enemy xbox controller support for pc
Languages: English · Audio, Interface French · Audio, Interface German · Audio, Interface Italian · Audio, Interface Japanese · Interface, Audio Spanish (Spain) · Audio, Interface
Age ratings: CLASS_IND 16 ESRB T

Complete release history (15)

Sega Saturn · Oct 24, 1996
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DOS · Nov 14, 1996
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PlayStation · Nov 14, 1996
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Sega Saturn · Nov 14, 1996
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DOS · Nov 22, 1996
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PlayStation · Nov 22, 1996
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DOS · Jan 19, 1997
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Sega Saturn · Jan 24, 1997
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PlayStation · Feb 14, 1997
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PlayStation 3 · Aug 13, 2009
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PlayStation Portable · Aug 13, 2009
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PlayStation 3 · Sep 1, 2010
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PlayStation Portable · Sep 1, 2010
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PC (Microsoft Windows) · Nov 28, 2012
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Nintendo 64 · TBD
Worldwide · To be determined · Cancelled · IGDB