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BOX DESCRIPTION: Lara Croft returns in her most daring adventure to date - Tomb Raider III. In a search to find four mysterious artefacts fashioned from the heart of an ancient meteorite, Lara journeys from the Jungles of India to the depths of the mysterious Area 51, she has new weapons, vehicles and moves to outwit her foes. The Lost Artefact includes 5 brand new levels that provide a continuation of Lara's adventures in Tomb Raider III. After receiving a strange invitation to a Scottish estate, Lara now learns of the existence of a fifth. Lost for many years, this final piece will complete the set. A hazardous trail riddled with traps and enemies takes her from a Scottish castle's subterranean laboratory to the Paris Catacombs. Be ready for anything and prepare to be amazed.

Features
- New graphic enhancements include multi-coloured lighting, rippling water, reflections, fog and changing weather effects
- Select the order in which you undertake Lara's adventures and also choose the path you take within the levels
- New vehicles including Kayak, Quad Bike and Underwater Propulsion Unit
- New weapons such as Grenade Launcher, Desert Eagle and Rocket Launcher
- New moves including dash, crawl and monkey swing
RELEASE: 2000 - PC
LOCATIONS: Scotland | Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, England |  Channel Tunnel |
​                   Parisian Catacombs, France
LEVELS: 6 + Croft Manor

COMPOSER: Nathan McCree
DEVELOPER: Eidos USA
PUBLISHER: Eidos Interactive
MAIN ARTEFACT: The Hand of Rathmore
NO OF SECRETS: 15
LARA'S V/A: Judith Gibbins
LARA POLYGONS: 450


MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
  • Windows 95/98 compatible computer system with 16Mb of RAM (32Mb recommended)
  • Direct X 6 (Drivers supplied on this CD)
  • Pentium 166MHz (200MHz recommended)
  • Quad Speed CD-ROM drive
  • Supports most major 3D acceleration graphics cards, compatible Soundcards and Joysticks through Direct X 6
STORY FROM OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Only minutes have passed since the hideous creature that Dr. Willard had become gasped the last breath of its violently short life cycle. The experiment had failed, the gleam of immortality returned to the stars from which it came.

Lara looks on silently, oblivious to the press of the bitter Antarctic wind. Suddenly a ragged figure emerges from the dark, gaping hole of the meteor cavern -- it is Willard, the human reborn, but in the throes of death. A hand gestures wildly, a final guttural laugh tears through the silence, the figure slumps forward and is still.

With the snow already forming a ghastly shroud over the body, Lara quickly tears an object from the dead man's grasp. A wallet, its monogrammed 'W' now standing sadly against Willard's earthly remains. Inside, the usual collection of tattered mementos, a hodge-podge of foreign currency and... but this cannot be! A familiar expression glides across Lara's face -- an eyebrow raised by a wry and knowing smile. Before her, a telegram urging an immediate return to take possession of another artifact now secure beneath the Scottish mists at Willard's Loch Ness estate.

"The adventure continues," says Lara, to nothing but Willard's dark laughter still ringing in her ears. "So there was a fifth..."

The Lost Artifact.

Virtual Lara ~ Official Fansite
Circa 2020


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