Tomb Raider 3 Walkthrough - Level 7: Area 51

Secret list:
Secret 1: 3:55 - Secret 2: 8:46 - Secret 3: 25:54

Game: Tomb Raider III - Adventures of Lara Croft
Platform: PC
Year: 1998
Developer: Core Design
Publisher: Eidos Interactive

[TravelVanningGamer]

One of the best Tomb Raider levels to date. I loved Area 51 when I was a kid, the whole mystery around what it was, and what was going on there? Remember finding the UFO and being totally blown away, felt like I'd found what no one else had haha.

[dancoulson]

I always find retro level design so interesting.
Rooms with seemingly no entrance or exit doors, switches that open floor hatches to the outside, etc.
Like how do these people get to work each day?

[tetuliosreg]

Área 51 gives only 2 save crystals, thanks god i played on PC.finished the game saving 500 times now starting the remaster.

[KyanoAngl_Mtvtks]

The PS1 demo version of this was my first Tomb Raider experience. It's one of the best classic TR levels and started my love for the franchise.

I remember the PS1 having dimmer lighting, which gave it a more interesting vibe and atmosphere imo.

[reddungeoneer]

The UFO in this game very much like the one in the flight of the navigator movie, same shape and very spacious inside!

[amazingman]

Imagine having to work in this place.
"How did jerry die again?"
"He was wacked by an out of control hook off a railless platform 50 feet above a laser grid."

[victorianmadonna]

I always get Doctor Who vibes when I see the outside and inside of the UFO.

[GameApologist]

Would you mind if I used clips from your video for one I'm working on?

[tev]

I remember playing this stage as a demo when I was a kid😭 so crazy that I’m using this as a reference guide since the released the remastered version 🤓

[rmzmssmd]

Mum, Dad, Im gonna quit my job to be a spaceship security agent !

[joepearson]

Can you get the MP5 in the South pacific or London? I forgot to get it and theres no restart level option on pc 😂

[ksinclair]

What if you dont kill the guard in time in the beginning before he turns on the beams?

[yashamaga]

I don't get it. Where's the lasers ?

[unidan]

14:55…. Can anyone tell me why those buttons??? There seems to be no reason to it… like how would u work that out without watching a vid like this

[shafqatishan]

How do u get the secret at 3:57? Whenever I try, it's closed.

[milagritoslovers]

Hola ayuda dime xk cuando llego a querer entrar en ese lugar del inicio me sale unas rayas rojas que me matan??

[unidan]

The first secret isn’t open for me and I cant work out why cos I’ve done exactly the same as you….

[stormmeansnowork]

I only played this game and this stage on the PS1 demo which is a shorter version of the stage. Nevertheless, I got to say that this is the real video games, not some present day HD third person shooting games. In those days, with practically no online game guides (let alone Youtube videos), we just need to work out all the puzzles in the stage with our own heads. This is even harder when I played on the demo that cannot save. Touching anything that is an instant kill such as the train track or an unsuccessful landing on top of the UFO or not realizing I need to evacuate from the rocket launch means I need to try again the next day AND hopefully realizing what was actually wrong, if not solving it right the way. I even remembered it took around a month to just get through the part where you have to race the double button door behind the UFO...

[MetalMoshin]

You have the graphic settings so messed up, that the lasers don't even show up??? lol

[viewport]

Lol, the button to launch the rocket is within the exhaust blast and would kill the person who pressed it unless they quickly run out of the way 😂😂😂