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.
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.
Details
Genres
Shooter • Platform • Puzzle • Adventure
Game Modes
Single player
Player Perspective
Third person
Platforms and release dates
DOS
1997-01-19
Saturn
1997-01-24
PS1
1997-02-14
PS3 • PSP
2010-09-01
PC
2012-11-28
N64
Developers
Core Design
Publishers
Square Enix • Eidos Interactive • Sony Computer Entertainment
