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Tomb Raider The Last Revelation is the first entry in the franchise to go multiplatform since the original. Much like the first Tomb Raider game, the other platform was a Sega one – the Sega Dreamcast in this case. Sony, smartly, locked up this franchise as a PlayStation console exclusive after the first game was […]
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Tomb Raider The Last Revelation Goes Multiplatform – November 22nd, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
November 21st, 2020 
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider Makes Her Professional PlayStation Sega Saturn and PC Debut – November 14th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 13th, 2020 Carl Williams Lara Croft made her debut in Tomb Raider and what a debut it was. This was the start of a franchise that is still going today. This game also represents the media savviness of, then, new to gaming Sony. Core Design, based in the United Kingdom at the time of development, were responsible for bringing […]
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To Guide or Not to Guide: Totally Unauthorized Tomb Raider II Pocket Guide (1997, BradyGames)
September 5th, 2018 Michael Crisman Having been thoroughly insulted by BradyGames’ treatment of Tomb Raider II in their Totally Unauthorized PlayStation Games Book, Volume 5, I decided to see if they could redeem themselves with this inexpensive strategy guide. Well, inexpensive as long as you were American. Canadians, as always, get plowed on the exchange rate, which should show them […]
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Tomb Raider Playable in Browser, Work in Progress
April 24th, 2017 Carl Williams When you think of retro gaming you must realize it is a subjective term. What is “retro” to me, being born in 1976, may be different to someone who was born in 2002. For me, the original Tomb Raider is retro. I remember seeing the first screen shots of Core Design’s new 3D adventure, starring […]
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Tomb Raider II Comes to Android and iOS with Gold in Tow
November 1st, 2015 Carl Williams Square Enix have released the second Tomb Raider game onto Android and iOS devices. The control scheme is almost exactly as it was in the original release from April of this year so if you hated it there, well, it isn’t better here. Tomb Raider II is one of the more interesting 3D action titles […]
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Anna Tyrie, Tomb Raider Fan Film and More Actress Interview
November 18th, 2013 Carl Williams We are big Tomb Raider fans here at Retro Gaming Magazine, and why not? What other lady in gaming has kicked so much butt and done so much cool stuff? Certainly not Princess Peach/Toadstool, all she could do is get kidnapped and hauled away to some far off place only to wait for Mario to […]
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Today in History: November 14th, 1996- Lara Croft Begins Spelunking in Tomb Raider
November 16th, 2013 Carl Williams Tomb Raider is one of those games that came along during a magical time of gaming, the transition from 16-bit to 32-bit. A time when developers were trying to show off new styles of games that the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. At first the games were pretty blocky polygonal messes on the new, for […]
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Six Absurdly Difficult D&D Adventures (That Are Not ‘Tomb of Horrors’)
July 30th, 2016 Michael Crisman Modern-day pen and paper RPGs tend to stick to the ethic that ‘telling a good story’ is the overriding priority on game night. The Game Master is there to referee and ensure everyone plays by the rules, but by and large, the GM’s job is to facilitate an enjoyable experience for all. There are exceptions–Paranoia, […]
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Making the PlayStation Classic a Must-Own
September 20th, 2018 Michael Crisman Yesterday Sony announced the imminent release of their newest throwback project, the PlayStation Classic. They described the hardware, showed off pictures, and teased us with a look at five of the twenty built-in titles we can expect to see come December. The $99 price point is going to make or break this thing though. Being […]
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To Guide or Not to Guide: Totally Unauthorized PlayStation Games Book, Volume 5 (1998, BradyGames)
June 29th, 2018 Michael Crisman “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?” — William Shakespeare Dear old Will never had video games in mind when he penned the […]
