Tomb Raider 1+2+3

Let me just warn anyone that is considering buying this, don't! Tomb Raider 1 after downloading and installing something called Glidos works perfectly. However 2 and 3 have a serious problem when it comes to playing FMVs. Whilst it's true the games themself can be played with no problem, having fmv cutscenes that do not play properly ruins the experience slightly.

Not sure if this is just me but the game crashes fairly consistently. "DOSBox" regularly stops responding with no warning. I'm using a game controller and Xpadder to map the keys, the crashing tends to happen when i'm shooting and press the the backpack button at the same time. Other than that, the game is obviously brilliant. Just a shame the crashing makes it quite frustrating to play!

And I guess one cannot call it timeless, since nothing ever is. So yes, it has still cruel camera angles and controls. But at the same time it has also that weirdly compelling feeling of isolation that modern Tomb Raider games (which i still love) have not captured very well (maybe only Shadow of Tomb Raider did in places). I can see how gameplay may be shockingly clumsy for modern young gamer and maybe this is mostly for nostalgia-entertainment, but at the same time there is history lesson about making groundbreaking game of its own time and making some new rules about use of verticality in level design.

I have these on my PS1 still but had to buy for PC as there worth it. Tomb Raider 1 - A good game. But in this GOG version the game would load, but crash if i pressed 'ESC' or even when i had not saying "Dosbox has crashed" (on Windows 8) which is annoying as i got the game after reading GOGs own information saying its for 'Windows', its NOT it is in-fact the DOS game. to get this to work, i had to find & download 'TR!setup-1782' then follow the instructions given, after which the game now works fine (its much bigger though), but i have a problem where controller in-put seems to make the main menu options auto-rotate and iv not found a fix yet, but the game now works fully.. ok just found a fix for auto-rotate menu options (in dosbox.conf files under [joystick] turn 'timed=true' to false, thanks to someone else for this fix as it seems to be a dosbox option not a 'bug' sometimes). Tomb Raider 2 - Great game. The GOG version is a Windows version, it works pretty well & i could use a USB PS2 type controller on it without a problem at all (no auto-spinning menu options, for me anyhow).... only problem i found was that my controller input seemed a little laggy (but that could of been my test controller), keyboard input worked fine. Tomb Raider 3 - Awesome game (was my favorite on PS1) Just tested this one also & it seems to work fine even with my USB PS2 type controller, with keyboard its also fine. ==== Great Games Worth The Money No Matter There Age :)

There games still bring a fun experience in 2023