Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (Oct 13, 1998 prototype)

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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (Oct 13, 1998 prototype)
Build date Oct 13, 1998 07:40:34
Build name V.10.13
Dump status Released, redump needed
Released by Hidden Palace
File release date April 17, 2021
Origin CD-R
Lot Project Deluge
Labels Tomb Raider 3 V.10.13 Eidos
Dump method PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716UF 1.11 03/23/07 15:10 (CloneCD)
Game Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
System PlayStation
Genre Adventure
Final build JP Jan 22, 1999
EU Nov 5, 1998
US Nov 7, 1998
Release date JP Mar 4, 1999
EU Nov 5, 1998
US Nov 21, 1998
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A prototype of Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft for the PlayStation.

Notes

  • An NTSC-U build dated half a month before the final.
  • The game is missing the EIDOS logo animation in the startup sequence, as well as the introductory FMV animation for the game.
  • The title screen is missing music.
  • In the "New Game" menu, the player can choose which level they wish to enter.
  • Loading bars are missing on loading screens.
  • A number of the loading screens are unfinished.
    • This can be easily seen with the Jungle loading screen, as the building looks much more clean than it does in the final, which has a much more aged looking building.
    • Furthermore, the Lara's Home loading screen is the one from Tomb Raider 2.
  • The music is on by default in Lara's Home, rather than only turning on when the player presses a button in the house.
  • Lara appears to have no voice clips in Lara's Home.
  • The assault course timer in Lara's Home only has one decimal place, instead of two.
  • When picking up an item, an icon of that icon appears in the bottom right corner of the screen. For most items this is a rotating 3D model, though for guns, a slightly strange looking 2D sprite of that gun appears instead. Several items appear to have particularly strangely or glitchy models.
  • Skyboxes often have huge black holes at the top which can only be seen from certain angles, e.g. when climbing ladders.
  • Miscellaneous Notes:
    • Game is emulatable: Yes (as of April 17, 2021).
    • Game contains dongle protection: No.
    • Game contains debugging symbols: No
    • Dump was originally scrambled: No

Screenshots

Origin

Files

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Acknowledgments

A huge thanks to Hwd45 for doing the initial research on this prototype!

See also