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Tomb Raider

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First release
Oct 24, 1996
Developer
Core Design
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Shooter, Puzzle · Action, Survival
Platforms
Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation 3, DOS, PlayStation Portable, Windows Mobile

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.

Also known as Tomb Raider 1, Tomb Raider featuring Lara Croft, Tomb Raider I, TR
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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.Read more

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.

Release dates
Sega Saturn
Oct 24, 1996
Sega Saturn
Nov 14, 1996
PlayStation
Nov 14, 1996
All 16 release dates
DOS
Nov 14, 1996
PlayStation
Nov 22, 1996
DOS
Nov 22, 1996
DOS
Jan 19, 1997
Sega Saturn
Jan 24, 1997
PlayStation
Feb 14, 1997
Windows Mobile
Jul 2002
PlayStation 3
Aug 13, 2009
PlayStation Portable
Aug 13, 2009
PlayStation 3
Sep 01, 2010
PlayStation Portable
Sep 01, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 28, 2012
Nintendo 64
Date to be confirmed
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
9h
Main + Extras
19h
Completionist
24h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
helicopter, hunting, exploration, dinosaurs, bloody
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At a Glance

Critic Score
85
Main Story (IGDB)
9h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
19h
Completionist (IGDB)
24h
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