Was it Good? - Tomb Raider 1

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Join me as we go back to 1996 and replay the first legendary outing of socialite treasure hunter Lara Croft, in Tomb Raider 1.

Released for the Playstation 1, PC and Sega Saturn, the fantastical platformer set the foundation for one of the most successful video game franchises of all time.

Why was the square grid layout so great?
Why didn't you see environments moving?
What even is the plot?

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[totallytony]

Feel like the reason no one remembers all the crazy horror aspect is because none of us got that far 😂 this game was SO HARD. This video was fantastic. Thank you so much for taking me down memory lane! Loved it

[oathkeeperblade]

One of my fondest memories is me and my siblings huddled around the television while my mom read the strategy guide and my dad played. I miss those nights so much.

[PRoyStar]

I’ll never forget my dad waking me up in the middle of the night to excitedly share that he had beat natla.. we had been stuck at that point for some time, and my dad who normally never played video games had taken tomb raider as a personal challenge. It’s one of my favorite memories as a child. Just bonding playing this game with him.

[yeahright]

This man completes all the games i couldnt as a kid makes me so happy to finnaly see the credits to some of these games.

[deceptor]

I remember playing this with my daughter (4year old)back in the day when I still had hair. She spectated and directed me obviously. One night after she had gone to bed I fought my way down a waterfall then climbed a wall and found the valley of the dinosaurs. I was so excited about it I got her up out of bed ( it was around midnight) just so she could see a T-Rex chase after her dad.
She is now grown up and we both look back on Tomb Raider with great fondness. I played every game of TR and loved them all until the open world ones which never did anything for me. Long live Lara.

[MikeyBrisson]

Oh my god. I remember playing this on PS1 and I was so hyped. I remember my dad coming to my room and watching me play. He even went to the store late in the evening to buy me a memory card cause I didn't have one so I could save my progress. Amazing

[markus]

I’m old enough to remember playing this when it first came out and being blown away by the graphics. How times have changed 😂

[buddhastaxi]

I was 42 years old playing this game when it came out recovering from a hernia operation and divorce.
It is the only game I have ever completed.
It was immersive and amazing.
It took lots of retries and needed a save.
I sold the PS1 to buy an IBM PCand had hundreds of calls for weeks after sale.
The internet was tiny then .

[chillinon]

There's something so funny to me about Lara getting obliterated by the giant hammer trap. Like some ancient architect predicted that grave robbers would be too preoccupied wondering about what this strange pressure plate does to notice the colossal mallet looming above them.

[wiggypv]

The soundtrack didn't kick in much during gameplay anyway. That's what makes the game so atmospheric. You genuinely feel like you're alone in these places. Great game that brings back so many amazing memories.

[rdx_]

6:30
Animations are hand crafted.
Lara has around 150 Animations (which includes transitions into other animations) in the game's files, everyone of it is keyframed by hand.
Even Cutscene animations are handcrafted.

[louis]

That game was hardcore to try to complete. I remember getting stuck on nearly every level. They was exciting times for the gaming world. Playstations 3D graphics was mindblowing. Everybody wanted a playstation once you seen a snipit of a game in action.

[jeddster]

Never played this game, but when you jumped on King Midas's hand that was such an amazing death animation my jaw dropped, so cool for 1996

[laowhy]

You’ve inspired me to fire up my 1999 Mac G3, and play every single Tomb Raider in order. I just finished the first 4 levels of Tomb Raider 1, and I cannot believe how good the level design is, even today. Great series you have going here.

[Version]

The one thing I remember about this game was my friends telling me their game glitched because they got a dead end in a room with no way of progressing. It was the Midas room. They'd spent 2 hours killing everything in sight and trying everything on the locks and doors. When I figured out they had to turn the bricks to gold you'd have thought they in the presence of the smartest person in earth. My friends never respected me more than they did that day.

[WaffletheKodiak]

"the game starts off so grounded" sir the first boss was a t-rex

[tni]

It wasn't just good, it pretty much defined an entire Genre of games. A milestone in video game history.

[Arexion]

When I first played this game back as a teenager, I did not expect the fleshy walls level. It's a tone shift that reminds me of Earthbound's end. Just suddenly full on horror. Love it.

[a.g.m]

It blows my mind to see that her weapons were shown on her body back then when more than 20 years later most games still lack that detail

[ChiliCatCreates]

I was born 1996. My dad played all the Tomb Raider games - and I remember almost all of them. Not the crazy stuff - but the T-Rex for example. And I LOVED the Midas death! I still remember that! My dad told me a little about it and went out of his way to show me the sequence of Lara turning into gold. I really got into mythology later :'D