Tomb Raider (1996 video game)
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| Developer(s) | Core Design |
| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Producer(s) | Mike Schmitt |
| Designer(s) | Toby Gard |
| Programmer(s) | Paul Douglas |
| Artist(s) | Toby Gard |
| Writer(s) | Vicky Arnold |
| Composer(s) | Nathan McCree |
| Series | Tomb Raider |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, PlayStation, N-Gage, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android |
| Release |
25 October 1996
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, puzzle-platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score | ||
| PC | PS | Saturn | |
| 1UP.com | A | ||
| CVG |  |
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| Edge | 9/10 | 9/10 | |
| Famitsu | 24/40 | ||
| Game Revolution | A | A | A- |
| GamesMaster | 95% | ||
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 | 8.5/10 | 7.9/10 |
| GameZone | 7/10 | ||
| IGN | 9.3/10 | ||
| OPM (UK) | 10/10 | ||
| Aggregate scores | |||
| GameRankings | 91.67% | 90.02% | 86.80% |
| Metacritic | 91/100 | ||
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for Sega Saturn, PlayStation and MS-DOS. Tomb Raider was also released into the mobile gaming market for N-Gage devices in 2003. The game was released for the PlayStation Network in North America in August 2009, and in Europe in August 2010.Tomb Raider follows the exploits of Lara Croft, an English archaeologist in search of ancient treasures.
The game was critically and commercially successful, selling around 7.5 million copies worldwide and earning a 91 aggregate score according to Metacritic and is considered widely influential, serving as a template for many 3D action-adventure games that would follow.
A remake of the game was released in 2007 in celebration of its 10th anniversary, and a reboot of its series under the same title was released in 2013.
The story opens with a prologue in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, when a nuclear test causes a great explosion which exposes an ancient device buried beneath the desert surface. The device unlocks and reveals a person in suspended animation. The story then continues in the present day.
At a hotel in Calcutta, Lara Croft is approached by an American named Larson Conway, who works for the wealthy businesswoman Jacqueline Natla, owner of Natla Technologies. At Natla's request, Lara sets out on an expedition to recover a mysterious artefact called the Scion (/ˈskiː.ɒn/) from the lost tomb of Qualopec, in the mountains of Peru. After successfully retrieving the object, she is attacked by Larson who attempts to claim it. She beats him then questions him, learning that the artefact she has is only a fragment and that a man named Pierre Dupont has been hired by Natla to collect the rest.
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