Tomb Raider
Genres:
Shooter
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Themes:
Action
Survival
Sandbox
Perspective:
Third person
Game modes:
Single player
Released on:
25/10/1996
Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
DOS
Sega Saturn
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Vita
Language Support
▶Involved Companies:
Sony Computer Entertainment
Publisher
Eidos Interactive
Publisher
Core Design
Developer
Square Enix
Publisher
Summary
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.
History
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.
Expanded games
Bundles
Tomb Raider Anthology
Adventure
Tomb Raider 1+2+3
Platform, Adventure
Gold Games 3
Shooter, Platform, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Strategy, Pinball, Adventure, Arcade
Tomb Raider Collection 1
Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Remakes
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Shooter, Platform, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition
Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Remakes
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