Core Design Games

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider III, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider Chronicles, Rick Dangerous, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Curse of Enchantia, Project Eden, Chuck Rock, Fighting Force, Hook, Soulstar, Corporation, Fighting Force 2, Herdy Gerdy, BC Racers, Thunderhawk, Heimdall, Wolfchild, Jaguar XJ220, Asterix and the Great Rescue, Universe, Bubba 'n' Stix, CarVup, Ninja: Shadow of Darkness, The Big Red Adventure, Banshee, Wonder Dog. Excerpt: Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter. Tomb Raider was also released into the mobile gaming market, for Windows Mobile Professional in 2002, the Nokia N-Gage in 2003, the US PlayStation Network in 2009, and was released on the EU PlayStation Network on 1 September 2010. Tomb Raider follows the exploits of Lara Croft, an English female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures a la Indiana Jones. The game was commercially and critically successful, selling 8 million copies worldwide and earning a 91 aggregate score according to Metacritic. It is considered widely influential, serving as a template for many - if not most - 3D action/adventure games that would follow. It wasn't long before Tomb Raider and its star went from a single video game adventure to a full-fledged multimedia brand that spanned not only a number of game sequels but also a vast array of related merchandise and media, most notably two feature-length Hollywood films. Lara Croft herself would also go on to become a major video game icon, even eclipsing the popularity of her own games, a distinction she shares with only a select few other video game characters. The story opens with a prologue in Los...