Tomb Raider (1996)
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Core Design | |
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Eidos Interactive | |
Release dates | |
DOS | November 14, 1996 |
Windows | 1997 |
Mac OS (Classic) | March 1999 |
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Tomb Raider (1996) | 1996 |
Tomb Raider II | 1997 |
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft | 1998 |
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 1999 |
Tomb Raider Chronicles | 2000 |
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | 2003 |
Tomb Raider: Legend | 2006 |
Tomb Raider: Anniversary | 2007 |
Tomb Raider: Underworld | 2008 |
Lara Croft (series) | |
Tomb Raider (2013) | 2013 |
Lara Croft GO | 2015 |
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 2016 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2018 |
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered | 2024 |
This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Tomb Raider: Anniversary. For the reboot, see Tomb Raider (2013).
Key points
- Use Tomb Raider Automated Fix or Tomb Raider Retail Fix to run the game on modern systems without DOSBox.
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[1]
General information
- Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | See Run the game without DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | Includes Tomb Raider II and Tomb Raider III. DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] |
Version differences
- Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business (Tomb Raider Gold) is a complete edition with four exclusive levels. This version is not sold digitally.
Essential improvements
Run the game without DOSBox
- Comes with additional useful features.
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Enable full draw distance
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Enable PlayStation water color palette
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"Shadow of the Cat" and "Unfinished Business" bonus chapters
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Hide 3dfx splash screen
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OpenTomb
OpenTomb is an open source remake of the Tomb Raider engine. It overhauls almost all aspects of the game engine, along with adding cross-platform support for modern operating systems and Lua scripting support.
Important links regarding the project:
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Menu spins with a controller connected
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Can't Alt+Tab (GOG.com)
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (224960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- DOS
- Windows
- Mac OS
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