Tomb Raider: Chronicles
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Tomb Raider: Chronicles is the fifth game in the Tomb Raider series and a sequel to Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. It was released, among other platforms, for the Sega Dreamcast.
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Gameplay
Being tied to a yearly schedule of producing Tomb Raider games, Tomb Raider: Chronicles recycles the engine seen in The Last Revelation, once again only making limited changes due to the strict development schedule. This would, however, be the last Tomb Raider game to use the engine dating back to the original Tomb Raider in 1996, as developers Core Design would employ a new engine for the PlayStation 2 sequel, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.
As Lara Croft is presumed dead after the events of The Last Revelation, Chronicles features four scenarios from Lara's past, which although are considered canon, are not directly tied to an overarching main plot like in the previous games. Much of Chronicles is reportedly made up of cut content and ideas from earlier Tomb Raider games.
Chronicles adds hand-to-hand combat and stealth elements to the formula, tightropes and grabbing and swinging on horizontal bars, though at its heart retains the same core gameplay as previous entries in the series. Also included is a grappling gun.
History
Development
Members of Core Design have gone on record about their distaste for Chronicles, having attempted to kill off Lara at the end of The Last Revelation due to creative fatigue.
Versions
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| English | Tomb Raider: Chronicles | Tomb Raider: Chronicles |
| French | Tomb Raider: Sur Les Traces de Lara Croft | Tomb Raider: On the Traces of Lara Croft |
| German | Tomb Raider: Die Chronik | Tomb Raider: The Chronicle |
| Italian | Tomb Raider Chronicles: La Leggenda di Lara Croft | Tomb Raider Chronicles: The Legend of Lara Croft |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Tomb Raider: Chronicles/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Tomb Raider: Chronicles/Technical information.
References
- ↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-15 16:16)
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- ↑ http://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=17989 (Wayback Machine: 2002-11-04 12:53)
- ↑ http://www.amazon.fr:80/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/557792/ref=vg_brbx_c_1_1/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-28 02:00)
- ↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=16201&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 08:06)
- ↑ http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
- ↑ 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ Ação Games, "Janeiro 2001" (BR; 200x-xx-xx), page 54
- ↑ Consoles Max, "Janvier 2001" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 2001" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "January 2001" (UK; 2000-12-21), page 58
- ↑ DC-UK, "Christmas 2000" (UK; 2000-11-17), page 48
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 17" (UK; 2000-12-28), page 62
- ↑ Edge, "Christmas 2000" (UK; 2000-11-29), page 106
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 2001" (US; 2001-01-09), page 133
- ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 276
- ↑ GamePro, "February 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 80
- ↑ MAN!AC, "02/2001" (DE; 2001-01-03), page 61
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "January 2001" (UK; 2000-11-30), page 80
- ↑ Play, "Marzec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 9, Nummer 3, Maart 2001" (NL; 2001-0x-xx), page 48
- ↑ Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Febrero 2001" (ES; 2001-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Dekabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Master Games, "Yanuari 2001" (BG; 2001-xx-xx), page 38
- ↑ Video Games, "02/2001" (DE; 2001-01-03), page 78
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