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Tomb Raider Series

Tomb Raider

Shooter Platform Puzzle Adventure Action Survival Sandbox
81
User Score
463 ratings
85
Critic Score
1 reviews
October 24, 1996
Released 10739 days ago
PlayStation 3 Nintendo 64 PC (Microsoft Windows) DOS Sega Saturn PlayStation PlayStation Portable

About

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.

Storyline

Lara Croft is a Tomb Raider, an archaeologist who explores ancient sites in search of valuable artifacts, who 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.

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Release Dates by Platform

Sega Saturn Worldwide
Oct 24, 1996
DOS Worldwide
Nov 14, 1996
PlayStation Worldwide
Nov 14, 1996
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Nov 14, 1996
DOS Worldwide
Nov 22, 1996
PlayStation Worldwide
Nov 22, 1996
DOS Worldwide
Jan 19, 1997
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Jan 24, 1997
PlayStation Worldwide
Feb 14, 1997
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Aug 13, 2009
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
Aug 13, 2009
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Sep 1, 2010
PlayStation Portable Worldwide
Sep 1, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Nov 28, 2012

Game Info

Developer
Core Design
Publisher
Square Enix, Eidos Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment
Engine
Core Design
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Genres
Shooter Platform Puzzle Adventure
Themes
Action Survival Sandbox

Languages

Audio / Voice
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Japanese
Text / Subtitles
English, French, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, German

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