Patches would eventually come out for several other cards including Matrox Mystique, S3 ViRGE and PowerVR, in a time that illustrated why per-vendor 3D APIs were so painful to maintain (something to consider for anyone who's only known the "OpenGL vs Direct3D" debate). 3dfx was formed only 2 years prior to Tomb Raider's release, in 1994. The MS-DOS version was noted for being one of the earliest titles to offer 3dfx powered 3D hardware acceleration via the Glide API, resulting in quite the visual spectacle for anyone wealthy enough to own a compatible setup at the time. The game itself was quite a technical feat for its time, with a full polygon environment.
Several real life models would be officially hired to cosplay Croft over the years, and eventually Angelina Jolie would play the character in two separate films. Her face would appear in countless magazines and media, even ones not with a gaming focus. Lara Croft herself would go on to be quite the personality, despite not being a real human being. Even with the solid controls, the game offered plenty of challenges, with death by some quite horrible traps and enemies a frequent event. This added a very fluid nature to the game, and also made for predictable controls that gave the player a sense of real control. The controls took queues from games like " Prince of Persia", where a certain number of steps were expected to allow the player through their range of motion. The game overcame many of the pitfalls (no pun intended) of early generate 3D with better-than-the-then-average camera movements to keep the player aware of Croft's movements and surroundings, responsive controls, and an intelligent weapon targeting lock-on system that meant the player could concentrate on the action of the game, without worrying about the third person camera making weapons frustratingly inaccurate. Croft is quite the athlete, as she can run, jump, climb and swim to navigate her way through these environments, seeking out the treasures and fighting enemies as she goes. The player takes control of Croft from a third person viewpoint to navigate underground "tomb" worlds, rendered in mid 90s polygons for a full 3D environment. Croft is a billionaire heiress archaeologist who travels the world looking for ancient artefacts.
"Tomb Raider" introduces the main character " Lara Croft", directly inspired by cinematic characters like " Indiana Jones".
"Tomb Raider" currently sits at number 9 in HG101's top 47,858 games of all time: Retro Let's Play for early February 2018: "Tomb Raider"ĭeveloped by British development house Core Design, and published by Eidos Interactive (now Square Enix Europe) on October 25, 1996, simultaneously for the Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation and x86/PC/MS-DOS.
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