With Tomb Raider Trilogy Remastered almost upon us, I thought now would be a fun time to look at this unique playable level.
Back in 1999, Core Design teamed up with The Times Newspaper to bring us a one off special level. It was made to celebrate both the anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb but also of course, to bring awareness to the release of Tomb Raider 4.
But what’s the story here?
Is it any good?
Let’s check it out.
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00:00 Intro
00:48 HISTORY
01:36 A GIRL CALLED LARA
02:32 DOWN AMONG THE DEAD
04:10 Physical Edition
06:19 The Cutscene
07:18 The Level
09:53 Extras
10:45 Final Thoughts
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easter eggs?
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Sources:
https://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=227960&highlight=times+exclusive+dead
https://www.virtuallara.com/tr-times-newspapers.html
Thanks to Virtuallara.com for some images.
Larazade advert from YouTube @TombRaiderEmpire
Music by Peter Conelly
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I feel stronger now…
Lost artefact is best
Great vid bro. I always thought Tomb Raider would be the main subject of your content given how much you loved Tomb Raider growing up. Keep the vids coming.
Interesting video, I'd never heard of this exclusive before. I didn't grow up with the Tomb Raider games but I remember playing a demo for one of them at some point. Well done with this video, another high quality production 👍
I did play this a few years ago when I was going through all the official expansions I didn't play before. I never knew it had a physical release though.
😫 I had this disc!
Can you still download it?
Why did you decide to go with the wrong aspect ratio though? That doesn't look like the game we played back then. It's stretched
Is there anything more magical than when the algorithm recommends you a video about something entirely esoteric and ultimately pointless, but equally fascinating and of great interest to your own tastes?
No there isnt. Love that this was recommended to me.
Miss exclusive CDs like this. PC Gamer had fantastic demo disks.
9:59 seeing these puzzles has made me remember that there was also a Kodak promotional disc (maybe I'm wrong about the brand, but it was photographic) that came along if you bought a pack of film rolls or something like that. There wasn't a real game inside, it was like an interactive environment (for the time, nothing remarkable, in the style of graphic adventures) where you explored a middle-eastern bazaar while someone kept asking you "do you like anything you see?" or something similar (quite pesky). You would click here and there and find promotional stuff like renders and I remember these puzzles were there too.
I work for The Times but I missed out.