Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure is an interactive DVD. It was released on November 21, 2006 in Europe
and December 5, 2006 in the United States
. It follows a simplified version of the story from Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.
The game uses recorded footage of the PC
version, with new shots inserted. The player can navigate through the game using the "Up, Down, Left, Right & Enter" keys to perform various actions like "Use Key, Jump, Shoot and Play Safe".
Both Lara Croft
and Kurtis feature, and Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness was chosen as a base for the Tomb Raider iDVD because Tomb Raider: Legend was still in development at the time and Angel of Darkness was the last game to have been produced.
Depending on the success of this new direction in iDVD entertainment, additional episodes of Tomb Raider could be converted. The iDVD can be played both on PC and Mac (with a DVD player and software like PowerDVD) or a normal home DVD player. It has been created and marketed towards nongamers and people who haven't played video-games before, or who are meeting Lara Croft and Tomb Raider for the first time.
There is a two-player mode function where people can compete against each other, the Tomb Raider iDVD has a completion time of around two to three hours. It also uses a points-based system which rewards players for additional exploration or wise moves. In lieu of a save game feature, players receive numeric passwords periodically that can be inputted to resume the game more or less where they left off.
Europe
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and December 5, 2006 in the United States
United States
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. It follows a simplified version of the story from Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.
The game uses recorded footage of the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
version, with new shots inserted. The player can navigate through the game using the "Up, Down, Left, Right & Enter" keys to perform various actions like "Use Key, Jump, Shoot and Play Safe".
Both Lara Croft
Lara Croft
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Square Enix video game series Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic British archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world...
and Kurtis feature, and Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness was chosen as a base for the Tomb Raider iDVD because Tomb Raider: Legend was still in development at the time and Angel of Darkness was the last game to have been produced.
Depending on the success of this new direction in iDVD entertainment, additional episodes of Tomb Raider could be converted. The iDVD can be played both on PC and Mac (with a DVD player and software like PowerDVD) or a normal home DVD player. It has been created and marketed towards nongamers and people who haven't played video-games before, or who are meeting Lara Croft and Tomb Raider for the first time.
There is a two-player mode function where people can compete against each other, the Tomb Raider iDVD has a completion time of around two to three hours. It also uses a points-based system which rewards players for additional exploration or wise moves. In lieu of a save game feature, players receive numeric passwords periodically that can be inputted to resume the game more or less where they left off.
External links
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure (Official website) - Contains background, preview and tutorial.
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure at Tombraiderchronicles.com - Contains images and media related to the game.
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Action Adventure at Tomb Raider Central - Movies, Screenshots, Wallpapers and more!
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure at PLANETLARA.com - Contains all that you need to get your iDVD content.