Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

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Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Eidos, Capcom (JP)

Developer: Core Design

Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2000-07-19	¥5,8005,800	T-1233M
US	2000-03^[1]	$49.9949.99^[2]	T-36806N
EU	2000-04^[3]
IT	2000		T-36804D-13
AU	2000	$89.9589.95^[5]
BR	2000		197216

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Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is the fourth Tomb Raider game, and was released for, among other systems, the Sega Dreamcast in 2000. As it is the fourth Tomb Raider game it is informally known as Tomb Raider IV, and in Japan by the extended title of Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (トゥームレイダー4 ラストレベレーション).

Gameplay

The Last Revelation continues an Eidos Interactive-demanded tradtion of Core Design releasing a Tomb Raider game every year. While choosing to target the PC as the main platform rather than the PlayStation gave the team more flexibility, the short time frame meant that much of Tomb Raider IV is built on the engine which powered its predecessor, Tomb Raider III: The Adventures of Lara Croft (itself an extension of the Tomb Raider II engine, which was built on the original Tomb Raider code).

Lara carries over her moveset from the previous game, but can now grab onto ropes and poles, and "shimmy" around corners. It is also less linear than its predecessors, allowing Lara to revisit levels once they are completed. Unlike previous games, The Last Revelation takes place entirely in Egypt.

History

Legacy

After working on these games continously since 1996, Core Design were suffering from creative fatigue, with the developers choosing to kill Lara at the end of the game (much to the distaste of management), and hence it was to be the last reveleation. However, despite this attempt to pause the franchise, a pseudo-sequel, Tomb Raider: Chronicles was released the following year.

Versions

The Dreamcast version of The Last Revelation was released a few months after its PlayStation and PC counterparts, and contains the same amount of content as both. Screen resolution, texture quality and draw distances are all higher on the Dreamcast compared to the PlayStation. The lighting engine is also simplified on the PlayStation, while on the Dreamcast has a more realistic look as a result.

The assets in the Dreamcast port of the game are a near match for the PC version running on high settings, although if pushed the PC can run in at higher resolutions and frame rates. However, to achieve these feats in 1999, much more expensive PC hardware than a Dreamcast console would have been required - for the average PC user, the differences would have been negligble in these areas.

The only major addition to the Dreamcast version is the inclusion of dynamic shadows. Polygon counts for character models and objects are the same across all versions (with the PlayStation exhibiting rendering problems seen in most 3D games for the hardware).

With fewer buttons on a Dreamcast Controller than on the PlayStation (even before a Dual Analogue or DualShock controller is involved), some actions require two buttons (or triggers) to be pressed.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation	Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Japanese	トゥームレイダー4 ラストレベレーション	Tomb Raider 4: Last Revelation
French	Tomb Raider: La Revelation Finale	Tomb Raider: The Final Revelation
German	Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation	Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation

Magazine articles

Main article: Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #139: "April 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #130: "May 2000" (2000-04-04)^[6]
GamePro (US) #140: "May 2000" (2000-0x-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2000-22ex: "2000-22 extra (2000-07-07ex)" (2000-06-23)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2000-25: "2000-25 (2000-07-28)" (2000-07-14)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #220: "March 2000" (2000-02-16)
also published in:

Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #7: "No. 7" (2000-03-23)^[8]

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #98: "Mars 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #3: "Mars/Avril 2000" (2000-xx-xx)^[9]

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #99: "Avril 2000" (2000-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

96

^[15]

Ação Games (BR)

95

^[16]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

75

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

91

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[4]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

100

^[17]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

80

^[18]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

80

^[19]

Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE)

PAL

80

^[20]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[21]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[3]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

87

^[22]

Dreamplanet (ES)

PAL

86

^[23]

Dreamzone (FR)

PAL

92

^[24]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

30

^[25]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

88

^[26]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[27]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

90

^[28]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[29]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

80

^[30]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[31]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[32]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

83

^[5]

Joypad (IT)

PAL

75

^[33]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

85

^[34]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[35]

Mr. Dreamcast (UK)

PAL

70

^[36]

Neo Plus (PL)

50

^[37]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[38]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[39]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[40]

Power Unlimited (NL)

78

^[41]

Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)

PAL

80

^[14]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

87

^[42]

Strana Igr (RU)

50

^[43]

Techno (UK)

80

^[44]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

88

^[45]

	76
Based on 37 reviews

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, UK
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, FR
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, DE
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, ES
Cover

Dreamcast, IT
Cover

Dreamcast, BR
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, UK (white label)

Disc

Dreamcast, DE (white label)

Disc

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ File:ODCM US 05.pdf, page 98
↑ File:ODCM US 06.pdf, page 103
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 07.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DreamcastMagazine UK 07.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:Hyper AU 079.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Hyper AU 079.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 128
↑ GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 7" (UK; 2000-03-23), page 11
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mars/Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 119
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:Arcade UK 18.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 18.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 099.pdf, page 108 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 099.pdf_p108" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:DCM_JP_20000728_2000-25.pdf, page 20
↑ File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:ROD ES 05.pdf, page 48 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ROD ES 05.pdf_p48" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 576 Konzol, "December 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Ação Games, "Junho 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-16), page 16
↑ DC-UK, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-16), page 10
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Mai 2000" (DE; 2000-04-13), page 68
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-25 (2000-07-28)" (JP; 2000-07-14), page 20
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Dreamplanet, "Mayo 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 26
↑ Dreamzone, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-03-18), page 68
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 163
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 275
↑ Famitsu, "2000-07-28" (JP; 2000-07-14), page 32
↑ Fun Generation, "05/2000" (DE; 2000-04-19), page 57
↑ GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 128
↑ GamesMaster, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-22), page 113
↑ Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 63
↑ Gamers' Republic, "June 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 67
↑ Joypad, "Aprile 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 65
↑ MAN!AC, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 65
↑ Mega Fun, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 48
↑ Mr. Dreamcast, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-30<em>No results</em>), page 84
↑ Neo Plus, "Maj 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 35
↑ Next Generation, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 98
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-09), page 8
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 102
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 8, Nr. 8, Augustus 2000" (NL; 2000-0x-xx), page 52
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 16
↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 21
↑ Techno (UK) (+0:00)
↑ Video Games, "05/2000" (DE; 2000-04-05), page 86

Tomb Raider games for Sega systems
	Tomb Raider (1996) \| Tomb Raider II (unreleased)
	Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (2000) \| Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000)
Sampler Discs
Tomb Raiders Taikenban Hibaihin (1997)

[:File:ODCM_US_05.pdf_p98-1] File:ODCM US 05.pdf, page 98

[:File:ODCM_US_06.pdf_p103-2] File:ODCM US 06.pdf, page 103

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[:File:EGM_US_130.pdf_p128-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 128

[:File:GamePro_US_140.pdf_p48-7] GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_07.pdf_p11-8] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 7" (UK; 2000-03-23), page 11

[:File:DLMO_FR_03.pdf_p119-9] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mars/Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 119

[:File:Arcade_UK_18.pdf_p88-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:Arcade UK 18.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 18.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:DCM_JP_20000728_2000-25.pdf_p20-12] File:DCM_JP_20000728_2000-25.pdf, page 20

[:File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf_p34-13] File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34

[:File:ROD_ES_05.pdf_p48-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:ROD ES 05.pdf, page 48 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ROD ES 05.pdf_p48" defined multiple times with different content

[15] 576 Konzol, "December 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_152.pdf_p52-16] Ação Games, "Junho 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_07.pdf_p16-17] Dreamcast Monthly, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-16), page 16

[:File:DCUK_UK_08.pdf_p10-18] DC-UK, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-16), page 10

[:File:DLMO_FR_04.pdf_p56-19] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:DDOM_DE_07.pdf_p68-20] Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "Mai 2000" (DE; 2000-04-13), page 68

[:File:DCM_JP_20000728_2000-25.pdf_p20-21] Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-25 (2000-07-28)" (JP; 2000-07-14), page 20

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-22] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamplanet_ES_05.pdf_p26-23] Dreamplanet, "Mayo 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 26

[:File:Dreamzone_11_2000_Scan.pdf_p68-24] Dreamzone, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-03-18), page 68

[:File:EGM_US_131.pdf_p163-25] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 163

[26] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 275

[27] Famitsu, "2000-07-28" (JP; 2000-07-14), page 32

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_52.pdf_p57-28] Fun Generation, "05/2000" (DE; 2000-04-19), page 57

[:File:GamePro_US_141.pdf_p128-29] GamePro, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 128

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_093.pdf_p113-30] GamesMaster, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-22), page 113

[:File:GameInformer_US_086.pdf_p63-31] Game Informer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_25.pdf_p67-32] Gamers' Republic, "June 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:Joypad_IT_04.pdf_p65-33] Joypad, "Aprile 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 65

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-06.pdf_p65-34] MAN!AC, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 65

[:File:MegaFun_DE_2000-06.pdf_p48-35] Mega Fun, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 48

[:File:MrDreamcast_UK_01.pdf_p84-36] Mr. Dreamcast, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-30<em>No results</em>), page 84

[37] Neo Plus, "Maj 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:NextGeneration_US_66.pdf_p98-38] Next Generation, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 98

[:File:ODM_UK_06.pdf_p8-39] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-09), page 8

[:File:ODCM_US_06.pdf_p102-40] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 102

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_080_200008.pdf_p52-41] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 8, Nr. 8, Augustus 2000" (NL; 2000-0x-xx), page 52

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_79.pdf_p16-42] Sega Magazin, "Juni 2000" (DE; 2000-05-03), page 16

[43] Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 21

[techno2000-04-13-44] Techno (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-05.pdf_p86-45] Video Games, "05/2000" (DE; 2000-04-05), page 86

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Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

External links

References