Lost Tomb Raider remake seems uncovered, made partially playable

A seemingly lost remake of the original Tomb Raider game has been discovered and made partially playable – and it may also have been planned as a possible Indiana Jones or National Treasure game.As reported by PC Gamer, Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary is now being kept. on the Internet Archive and is playable with some tinkering. The files include several levels, including Croft Manor, but no enemies are present.

The version was originally posted by Tomb of Ash, who says in a playback video that the files were sent by a former Core Design developer. Per Tomb of Ash, Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary was developed for PSP by Core Design, the original creator of Tomb Raider, before being canceled in 2006.

Interestingly, these files apparently represent a version of the game created after this cancellation, when Core Design may have attempted to resign their work and create a game based on Indiana Jones or National Treasure. Modder XProger apparently discovered a main menu screen that includes a National Treaure logo, but an Indiana Jones pattern. A tweet from Emircan mentions that, in the game files, the Indiana Jones model on this screen is named “Cage” (potentially referring to Nicholas Cage, star of the National Treasure series). You can watch several videos of the construction in action on Roli’s Tomb Raider channel on YouTube.

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As for the sequel to Tomb Raider, publisher Eidos asked Crystal Dynamics to create their own remake of the first Tomb Raider, resulting in Tomb Raider: Anniversary, launching on PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo Wii and mobile. . devices in June 2007.

Here’s our review of Tomb Raider: Anniversary, from 2007. In other Tomb Raider news, Crystal Dynamics’ Shadow of the Tomb Raider is currently one of the PlayStation Plus games for January 2021.

Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.