Tomb Raider Chronicles Promotional

Promotional

Japanese Coffin Promo Photoshoot

The poster to the left was given away as a participation prize at an event at LAOX The Computer Game Store in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on June 2nd 2001, but there is a little story behind it. Along the bottom of the poster is the tagline "Will we never see each other again, Lara?" However as we now know, Lara didn't die at the end of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, hence no body in the coffin. What's more impressive is that we actually have behind the scene information and imagery of this advertisement being created; the photograph used in the advertisement was taken at a studio somewhere in Osaka.

Eidos Interactive's Webhunt Competition

To celebrate the release of Tomb Raider Chronicles, Eidos Interactive ran a competition from the 23 November 2000 until the 2nd January 2001. It involved searching specific websites for a secret webpage and on that page would be a password. To know which websites to search, Eidos gave four clues: four websites to find four passwords. In the words of Eidos "In the spirit of Tomb Raider, we’re sending you off on a treasure hunt! Or, more precisely, a Webhunt!!" Those passwords then had to be entered at a specific Competition site.

The prizes were as follows:

First prize: One person could win a copy of all five tomb raider games, a framed a2 size piece of chronicles artwork (signed by the team at core design!), a tmx grip clip analog watch, a lara croft figurine, a beach towel and a chronicles poster.
Second prize: Two people could each receive a copy of Tomb Raider Chronicles, a tmx grip clip analog watch and a chronicles poster.
Runner-Up: Ten people could each get a copy of Tomb Raider Chronicles and a Chronicles poster.

We've not found all of these hidden pages so we don't know what most of the passwords are.

Clue 1

When tombs and treasure are involved
Lara’s always in the know
But for the latest on the SCENE
There’s only ONE place she would go
Website 1 is: www.s******e.co.uk

Clue 2

Those who love the news and sport
Would come here every day
A shining STAR of laddish fun
And in a MEGA way
Website 2 is: www.m******r.co.uk

Clue 3

To hunt treasure ONLINE
You have to persevere
To find a true gem of a GAME
You have to visit here
Website 3 is: www.g***-o****e.com

Clue 4

If you like to SPOT things
You like being in the know
For every GAME under the sun
This is the place to go
Website 4 is: www.g******t.co.uk

Although it's not too hard to guess, we've put the answers just below this line...

CLUE 1 - www.sceneone.co.uk | CLUE 2 - www.megastar.co.uk | CLUE 3 - www.game-online.co.uk | CLUE 4 - www.gamestop.co.uk

The Websites:

~ SceneOne has a page that mentions the webhunt as they present a different Tomb Raider competition.

~ MegaStar has the landing page for the competition but you had to register with them first before you were given the clue. Seen here.

~ Game-Online's webhunt page does not exist.

~ GameSpot is the only site that still has the Webhunt page available to see. Players were greeted with this page to tell them that they had come across the correct page, and then they had to click to go to another page. This page gave the password of 'DUNSTAN' and an extract from Lara's diary:

"I could hardly believe it when Father Dunstan said he was going to the island that night. Winston tried to stop him because of the storm, but he said he had to get over there straight away. I grabbed a torch, quickly jumped out of my window and ran down to his boat. I hid under a tarpaulin and made up my mind to sort things out myself. It seemed like forever before I felt a bump and the boat mooring on the island. I waited and waited until I was sure he was gone and then I started climbing a hill in front of the boat. When I reached the top I saw him opening a secret passage in the rock. I followed him carefully so that he wouldn't see me..."

Misc Webart

SOURCES:
Japanese Coffin Promo Photoshoot
https://web.archive.org/web/20010802135712fw_/http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/consumer/tr5/report/index.html

Eidos Interactive Web Hunt Competition
http://web.archive.org/web/20010413225746/http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/newsinfo.html?nwid=65
http://web.archive.org/web/20010419003400/http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/comp/compinfo.html?cmid=12
http://web.archive.org/web/20010124051800/http://www.sceneone.co.uk:80/lara_croft/
http://web.archive.org/web/20010124042500/http://www.megastar.co.uk:80/site/today/features/power_on/lara_hunt.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20010124043500/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/news/2000/11/8718.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20001215160900/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/contest/mid15.html