Remembering Tomb Raider From the 90's

*Bauer536* · 12-12-2012, 09:16 PM

So, are there any of you who have any great memories playing the first Tomb Raider games from the past?

*The Stryker* · 12-12-2012, 10:01 PM

I think the thing I remember most about those games is the 'Nude code' fiasco and all of that garbage.

*Bauer536* · 12-12-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Stryker

I think the thing I remember most about those games is the 'Nude code' fiasco and all of that garbage.

Interesting. I will ask this: have you ever played the game before? I know it was rated T for Teen, but I was like 7 or 8 when I got into Tomb Raider.

*The Stryker* · 12-12-2012, 10:18 PM

Played it once. Decided life was too short.

I was too busy playing Crash Bandicoot. Games that I enjoyed playing.

*CyberCubed* · 12-12-2012, 10:18 PM

The older games are garbage now, but the Tomb Raider reboot in 2013 looks amazing.

I hope it can be just as good as the Mortal Kombat reboot from 2011. They successfully revived what people considered to be a dying old 90's franchise.

Although to be fair, most games that started in the Playstation 1 era have decayed over the years, the only exception being Metal Gear Solid.

*Bauer536* · 12-12-2012, 10:20 PM

Okay . . .

Nevermind. I'm sorry I put up this thread.

*Cure* · 12-13-2012, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bauer536

Okay . . .

Nevermind. I'm sorry I put up this thread.

Hahaha, oh my God. Hilarious!

arizvega · 12-13-2012, 12:41 AM

I love Tomb Raider...

*Candy Kappa* · 12-13-2012, 03:50 AM

Wasn't a fan of the first game, the second was okay. but I never owned any of them.

TMNT_Guy · 12-13-2012, 06:41 AM

My sister played those games all the time. The butler in Lara's mansion always creeped her out, so everytime she played she would lock him in the freezer.

Ah, good times...

*Bauer536* · 12-13-2012, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by TMNT_Guy

My sister played those games all the time. The butler in Lara's mansion always creeped her out, so everytime she played she would lock him in the freezer.

Ah, good times...

Funny.

How about in Tomb Raider 3 where she can shoot at the butler, kill him, and then suddenly get back up? That was unexpecting.

*Bauer536* · 12-13-2012, 11:27 AM

I know the graphics were dated back then, but I just loved the architecture for each level. Here are some examples:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZdjlAtELE...414-tombr2.jpg

http://fotos.trucoteca.com/fotos/2/T...A_CROFT-4.jpeg

http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/...g/screen11.jpg

zodiac brave · 12-13-2012, 12:01 PM

hell yeah! i remember playing 1 and 2, though i never beat 2. i never played anything after til the anniversary one came out for the wii. i still have it, but yeah...its not that great. the reboot looks BADASS.

ah, the past...lol! tomb raider, final fantasy 7, final fantasy tactics and beyond the beyond...lots of good hours wasted away in the best way possible!

*Brodie* · 12-13-2012, 12:26 PM

Anniversary for the Wii isn't great. Anniversary on anything else it was intended for (PC, PS3, etc) is great.

I grew up with Tomb Raider and it was ok. Legends, Underworld, and the newer games are far better. Not just in terms of graphics, because its not really fair to compare the two series. But the gameplay itself, puzzles, and so on. Its striking how much more fun a game can be without it being grid based.

arizvega · 12-13-2012, 12:28 PM

I remember using game shark cheat codes too beat half of the levels...

http://www.gamerconnekt.com/images/e...C_1110-web.jpg

*sdp* · 12-13-2012, 08:48 PM

The new reboot seems terrible, that isn't Lara, it's SquareEnix trying to cash-in with a Uncharted like game. I wish for a reboot they had gone back to what made Lara Croft popular and it wasn't realism the opposite.

Legends and Anniversary where quite good, adding more realism but not too much I didn't play Underworld so I can't comment, this reboot doesn't look fun. I'd rather have an over the top adventure.

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Originally Posted by Brodie

Anniversary for the Wii isn't great. Anniversary on anything else it was intended for (PC, PS3, etc) is great.

Umm Anniversary was a PS2 game, the 360/PS3 versions where just basically HD ports. If anything the Wii version is truer to the PS2 version, not to mention it included newer fun puzzles, sure the graphics don't look as nice but this isn't something like The Force Unleashed port on the Wii that was a gimped version of the PS3/360 versions.

*Brodie* · 12-13-2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp

Umm Anniversary was a PS2 game, the 360/PS3 versions where just basically HD ports. If anything the Wii version is truer to the PS2 version, not to mention it included newer fun puzzles, sure the graphics don't look as nice but this isn't something like The Force Unleashed port on the Wii that was a gimped version of the PS3/360 versions.

It was on the PC and PS2 first. The PC didn't have stripped down graphics. The Wii version was a more direct port of the PS2 version, whereas the 360 and PS3 versions were uprezzed from the PC.

Fun puzzles? Give me a ****ing break.

Also, anything ported to the Wii after the fact is almost always a gimped version.

*AT-Man* · 12-14-2012, 05:24 AM

I played TR2 with my crappy PC back then, saved in the level 5 when I was on fire and had to play that terrible, TERRIBLE Opera House again. Never played the first one or the third. I quit playing 4 when I got to the City of Dead or whatever, but I did finish 5. Like the Opera House in 2, sometimes the levels were designed to crush all your desire to play the game and leave it forever. But then there was that Monastery level, probably my favorite level in any game ever.

Digital Ghost · 12-14-2012, 08:47 AM

I recall being amused in TR2, summersaulting off the Great Wall... And no, she didn't land in the water when I did it.

*Bauer536* · 12-31-2012, 09:44 AM

Speaking of falling off the Great Wall, here are clips on some of her most interesting game deaths from the games I have played. No, this is not my video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6bMBj5ZKrc

I'll give you some insight. I did get eaten by the T-Rex once, but that was only in Tomb Raider 1. I missed him in the second game.

I'll tell you this - the level with the falling swords and the lightning bolt device was my least favorite. I always died in that level.

Let's just say, whenever I hear Lara scream at the top of her lungs, it drives me up a wall. I kept falling now and then. There was even this one time where I saved a game at a point where I was falling.

When I first jumped onto the Midas hand, I was only a kid back then. I knew the story of King Midas, but I had no idea what was going to happen.

It's a clever but frightening idea that Core Designs put into the game.

And yes! I was whacked by that boss creature many times! I look at the scene now, and it just makes me laugh. It must really hurt to lose and die in the hands of a mutant with no legs.

As for Tomb Raider 2:

Oh my God! Those mines in the water DID blow me up quite some time when I couldn't figure out how to jump off the speedboat. And yes, I have attempted to use my snowmobile at new heights . . . and end up killing myself because of it.

But it's that level, THAT LEVEL, where I return to China that gets me. It had great graphics background wise, but no matter where you turned, there was booby trap after booby trap. There was no way I could pick up a medical pack without getting hit by spiked walls.

It was a real challenge, but the level was ridiculous. How do you expect to survive in those conditions?

12-12-2012, 09:16 PM	#1
Bauer536 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1,550	Remembering Tomb Raider From the 90's So, are there any of you who have any great memories playing the first Tomb Raider games from the past?

12-12-2012, 10:01 PM	#2
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	I think the thing I remember most about those games is the 'Nude code' fiasco and all of that garbage. __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

12-12-2012, 10:18 PM	#4
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	Played it once. Decided life was too short. I was too busy playing Crash Bandicoot. Games that I enjoyed playing. __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

12-13-2012, 03:50 AM	#9
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	Wasn't a fan of the first game, the second was okay. but I never owned any of them. __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

12-13-2012, 06:41 AM	#10
TMNT_Guy Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Home, PA Posts: 620	My sister played those games all the time. The butler in Lara's mansion always creeped her out, so everytime she played she would lock him in the freezer. Ah, good times... __________________

12-12-2012, 10:18 PM	#5
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,891	The older games are garbage now, but the Tomb Raider reboot in 2013 looks amazing. I hope it can be just as good as the Mortal Kombat reboot from 2011. They successfully revived what people considered to be a dying old 90's franchise. Although to be fair, most games that started in the Playstation 1 era have decayed over the years, the only exception being Metal Gear Solid.

12-12-2012, 10:20 PM	#6
Bauer536 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1,550	Okay . . . Nevermind. I'm sorry I put up this thread.

12-13-2012, 12:41 AM	#8
arizvega Thug Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Manhattan sewers.... Posts: 98	I love Tomb Raider...

12-13-2012, 11:27 AM	#12
Bauer536 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1,550	I know the graphics were dated back then, but I just loved the architecture for each level. Here are some examples: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZdjlAtELE...414-tombr2.jpg http://fotos.trucoteca.com/fotos/2/T...A_CROFT-4.jpeg http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/...g/screen11.jpg

12-13-2012, 12:01 PM	#13
zodiac brave Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 822	hell yeah! i remember playing 1 and 2, though i never beat 2. i never played anything after til the anniversary one came out for the wii. i still have it, but yeah...its not that great. the reboot looks BADASS. ah, the past...lol! tomb raider, final fantasy 7, final fantasy tactics and beyond the beyond...lots of good hours wasted away in the best way possible! __________________ what we were after, was lashings of ultra-violence.

12-13-2012, 12:26 PM	#14
Brodie Certified Teacher Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bizarro Metropolis Posts: 6,495	Anniversary for the Wii isn't great. Anniversary on anything else it was intended for (PC, PS3, etc) is great. I grew up with Tomb Raider and it was ok. Legends, Underworld, and the newer games are far better. Not just in terms of graphics, because its not really fair to compare the two series. But the gameplay itself, puzzles, and so on. Its striking how much more fun a game can be without it being grid based. __________________ Stupendous Monster

12-13-2012, 12:28 PM	#15
arizvega Thug Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Manhattan sewers.... Posts: 98	I remember using game shark cheat codes too beat half of the levels... http://www.gamerconnekt.com/images/e...C_1110-web.jpg

12-14-2012, 05:24 AM	#18
AT-Man I SEEN IT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: FIN Posts: 2,206	I played TR2 with my crappy PC back then, saved in the level 5 when I was on fire and had to play that terrible, TERRIBLE Opera House again. Never played the first one or the third. I quit playing 4 when I got to the City of Dead or whatever, but I did finish 5. Like the Opera House in 2, sometimes the levels were designed to crush all your desire to play the game and leave it forever. But then there was that Monastery level, probably my favorite level in any game ever. __________________ Through the Golden Door

12-14-2012, 08:47 AM	#19
Digital Ghost Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The lab Posts: 1,163	I recall being amused in TR2, summersaulting off the Great Wall... And no, she didn't land in the water when I did it. __________________ Instagram

12-31-2012, 09:44 AM	#20
Bauer536 Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1,550	Speaking of falling off the Great Wall, here are clips on some of her most interesting game deaths from the games I have played. No, this is not my video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6bMBj5ZKrc I'll give you some insight. I did get eaten by the T-Rex once, but that was only in Tomb Raider 1. I missed him in the second game. I'll tell you this - the level with the falling swords and the lightning bolt device was my least favorite. I always died in that level. Let's just say, whenever I hear Lara scream at the top of her lungs, it drives me up a wall. I kept falling now and then. There was even this one time where I saved a game at a point where I was falling. When I first jumped onto the Midas hand, I was only a kid back then. I knew the story of King Midas, but I had no idea what was going to happen. It's a clever but frightening idea that Core Designs put into the game. And yes! I was whacked by that boss creature many times! I look at the scene now, and it just makes me laugh. It must really hurt to lose and die in the hands of a mutant with no legs. As for Tomb Raider 2: Oh my God! Those mines in the water DID blow me up quite some time when I couldn't figure out how to jump off the speedboat. And yes, I have attempted to use my snowmobile at new heights . . . and end up killing myself because of it. But it's that level, THAT LEVEL, where I return to China that gets me. It had great graphics background wise, but no matter where you turned, there was booby trap after booby trap. There was no way I could pick up a medical pack without getting hit by spiked walls. It was a real challenge, but the level was ridiculous. How do you expect to survive in those conditions?