BOX DESCRIPTION: Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artefact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style, she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way toward the truth of it's origins and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.

On this trail are the most breath-taking 3D worlds yet seen - where exploration, puzzle and platform elements blend in a seamless real-time environment.
  • ​Over 5,000 frames of animation on the main character, Lara, alone.
  • 16 massive levels encompassing four continents.
  • Unique multi-target acquisition system.
  • State-of-the-art intelligent third person perspective cinematic camera system.
  • Multi-genre immersive gameplay.
  • The first real 3D interactive exploratory adventure.​ ​
RELEASE: 1996 - 25th October - Sega Saturn | 14 November - PlayStation 1 and MSDOS. 
               1999 - Mac
               2002 - Pocket PC
               2003 - Nokia N-Gage
               2013 - 16th December - iOS
               2015 - 1st April - Android​
LOCATIONS: Peru | Greece | Egypt | Atlantis | England
LEVELS: 15 + Croft Manor Training Level
COMPOSER: Nathan McCree
DEVELOPER: Core Design
PUBLISHER: Eidos Interactive
MAIN ARTEFACT: Scion
NO OF SECRETS: 45
LARA'S V/A: Shelley Blond
OFFICIAL MODEL: Natalie Cook
LARA POLYGONS: 250
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
  • MS DOS 5.0 or greater, or Windows 95 DOS Mode (correctly configured)
  • An IBM or 100% compatible Pentium 60 (Pentium 90 recommended)
  • 8MB RAM
  • 20 MB free space for full installation
  • Dual Speed CD-ROM
  • SVGA VESA local bus graphics card SVGA monitor
  • Supports all major soundcards

​~ PC and Mac players were treated to an expansion pack: 'Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business'.
STORY FROM OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Lara Croft has just returned from a hunting trip in the Himalayas where, having bagged a 12-foot tall yeti, she's itching for a new challenge. While enjoying a little R & R, she's contacted by Jacqueline Natla, a conniving business woman who convinces Lara to recover a mysterious artifact from the tomb of Qualopec in Peru.

Wasting no time, Lara sets out on her quest to find one of the three pieces of the ancient Atlantean Scion, a talisman of incredible power. After discovering the fragment, things get ugly; Lara finds herself face to face with one of Natla's hired goons. Using her cunning wits and athletic strength, Lara escapes!

As she delves into the reasons why Natla would double cross her, she uncovers a mystery that reaches back before the dawn of recorded time to the treachery that destroyed the Atlantean civilization and the disasters that struck the world when it fell.

Enter the Tomb Raider world in 15 massive 3D environments within four lost civilizations:
  • Vilcabamba... A civilization that flourished for hundreds of years in the Peruvian rainforests of South America. Guide Lara through the lost Incan city while battling wolves, bats, bears, raptors, and more.
  • Labryinth...The Golden Age of Greece, and later Rome. Here Lara battles lions, alligators, crazed monkeys and more as she explores ruins of this ancient civilization.
  • Egyptian...Where the vast power of Egypt rose with the pyramids. Explore buried pyramids and a hidden sphinx while fighting pumas, crocodiles, and some surprising mystical monsters.
  • Atlantean...The pyramid of Atlantis where the mystery unfolds. Play and see!!!​