Tomb Raider (1996)
Game Info
- Released
- October 24, 1996
- Developer
- Core Design
- Publisher
- Eidos Interactive
- Genre
- Action adventure
- Platforms
- Sega Saturn, PlayStation, MS-DOS
- Length
- Roughly 15 hours
- Rating
- Mature
- Setting
- Peru, Greece, Egypt, Atlantis
- Writer
- ---
Story
Tomb Raider is an action adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and MS DOS platforms.
Lara Croft receives a commission from Jacqueline Natla, the CEO of Natla Technologies, to unearth a mysterious artifact believed to be hidden in a Peruvian tomb. Lara discovers that the artifact is only a fragment of a more powerful object, the Scion, from the lost continent of Atlantis. She soon realizes she is not the only one searching for it, and her employer has secrets of her own.
The game spans 15 levels across South America, Greece, Egypt, and Atlantis. Although the controls and graphics feel dated now, Tomb Raider was one of the first games to blend exploration, puzzles, and combat in a cinematic way, making it a classic in the series.
PC and Macintosh
- Level Skip Walk 1 step forward, walk 1 step backward, turn around 3 times, jump forward.
- All Weapons and Max Ammo Walk 1 step forward, walk 1 step backward, turn around 3 times, backflip.
PlayStation
- Level Skip (NTSC) Inventory screen — L2, R2, L1, Circle, Triangle, L1, R2, L2. Press Select.
- Level Skip (PAL) Inventory screen — L2, R2, Triangle, L1, L1, Circle, R2, L2. Press Select.
- All Weapons (NTSC) Inventory screen — L1, Triangle, R2, L2, L2, R2, Circle, L1. Press Select.
- All Weapons (PAL) Inventory screen — L1, Triangle, L2, R2, R2, L2, Circle, L1. Press Select.
Sega Saturn
- Level Skip Inventory screen — X, Y, X, Y, Z, Z, Z, Z, Y, X, X, X, Start.
- All Weapons Inventory screen — X, Y, X, Y, Z, Z, Z, Z, Y, Z, Y, X, X, X, Start.
