Tomb Raider: Legend (Dec 8, 2005 prototype)

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Tomb Raider: Legend (Dec 8, 2005 prototype)
Build date Dec 8, 2005
Dump status Released
Dumped by The Swarming Dark
Released by CVLT OF OSIRIS
File release date March 30, 2020
Origin XDK Hard Drive
Dump method dd + FATX Tools
Game Tomb Raider: Legend
System Xbox
Genre Action-adventure
Final build EU Mar 8, 2006
US Mar 8, 2006
Release date US Apr 11, 2006
EU Apr 7, 2006
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A prototype/prerelease build of Tomb Raider: Legend for the Xbox from 2005-12-08 (about 3 months before the NTSC release build).

Notes

  • This prototype features many test levels, unfinished areas, deleted features such as wall-jumping, and debug functionality.
  • Press X+B to open and close the debugging menu.
  • Press LT+RT+Back+Up to activate debug movement mode to access areas that are otherwise difficult to reach.
  • Playing this prototype requires an original Xbox development/debug kit, or a modded retail kit upgraded to 128MB RAM with a debug BIOS installed. It will not play on a modded retail kit with a retail BIOS, and it will not play in the original Xbox emulator on an Xbox 360 of any kind.
  • This prototype was recovered from an Xbox debug kit. The drive contained an earlier xbe file and xdb file with the same dates as the bigfiles for this build (2005-11-24), so the actual build may be from a few weeks earlier. Unfortunately, those files were already overwritten and lost.

Screenshots

Acknowledgments

Thanks to The Swarming Dark and two other anonymous donors who obtained and preserved this rare artifact of gaming history!

See also