Initial Release: November 2000Metacritic Score: 57-63 ESRB/PEGI Rating: Teen/12Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast. Later: Macintosh, PlayStation 3 and PSP (via PlayStation Network).Spoiler-free Synopsis: After being buried alive in the Temple of Horus at the end of The Last Revelation, our heroine is presumed dead. Friends and colleagues gather at Croft Manor to pay their respects and reminisce over Lara's past deeds. In flashback sequences the player gets to relive four of these adventures: The hunt for the Philosopher's Stone in Rome, a deep-sea dive off the coast of Russia in search of the Spear of Destiny, a brush with Hellspawn in old Ireland, and a foray into a high-tech office complex to retrieve the Iris artifact.

Lara's fate is still unknown, but these four mini-stories helped fill the gap between The Last Revelation and The Angel of Darkness.Tomb Raider Level Editor (TRLE): This is included on a separate CD sold with the PC and Macintosh version of Chronicles. Console players can download the software but it can only be used to build levels for PC or Mac. My page includes more information and download links.What's New Since TR4: The game engine is pretty much the same as in Last Revelation. Lara has some new outfits—arctic camo for the Russian sub base levels, even an Extreme Depth Suit for swimming in icy waters—and in the Irish adventure, we get to play as the teenage Lara. Lara also gets a few new moves: She can now tightrope walk, swing around horizontal bars and somersault out of tight spaces.

May 17, 2006  Tomb Raider Chronicles Review Tomb Raider Chronicles is a worthy enough 'sequel' to the original and can deliver an adequate number of thrills, though nothing unique or surprising.

(See the page for details.)Saving Your Game: There are unlimited saves on all platforms; however, players using the PC version may encounter a bug that prevents saving the game at all. Fortunately this is easily fixed. See the bug note at the start of the for details. (PC and Macintosh are available in case you make a bad save, want to skip a level, etc.).

Secrets: There are 36 golden roses in the game. If you find them all, after the credits you'll be able to access 'Special Features' from the options menu. This is a collection of storyboards, etc., created during the game design.Bonus Levels: No official add-ons, but check out the page for links to sites with player-created levels you can download.Classic Tomb Raider Games on New Systems: Chronicles was designed for Windows 98/Me but can be patched to run in newer versions of Windows. There are also a number of fan-made mods to enhance your gaming experience. See the page for details. For help running the Macintosh version on newer systems, visit.An updated version for PC that requires no patching is available for download from.

The PlayStation Store has versions for PS3 and PSP. Unfortunately the PSP/PS3 version of Chronicles is not available in all regions.

Secrets: 3

You’ve been trapped in the crewman’s quarters. Look for the Broken Handrail in between the rows of bunks and use Action to pull it off so that you can use it like a Crowbar.

Use the Crowbar on the vent in the far left corner of the quarters from where you started the level. Crawl through the duct towards the fan and then climb up the ladder.

Crawl through the duct and then drop backwards over the edge of the shaft. Hold on and climb down to a passage on the left, a few blocks up from the bottom. Pick up Golden Rose #1 from the end of the duct and then walk back to the shaft. Take a standing jump to grab onto the wall of the shaft directly opposite and climb up.

When you are at the top traverse across to the right, pull up and climb up the ladder by the fan. When you are at the top turn to the right, crawl through the gap and then hang over the edge of the shaft with the dangling wires. Traverse to the left, to the middle passage and pull up.

Use Action to open the grating and then drop down to a storeroom. Search the shelves for a Small Medipack and the drawers for a Battery(-). Climb onto the brown crate and then back into the duct.

Hang back over the edge, traverse to the left, pull up and then climb up the ladder by the fan. Crawl through the passage. When you’re halfway through Lara will stop to listen to a conversation.

After the cut-scene continue crawling through the duct. Climb down the ladder and then open the trapdoor. Drop down into the kitchen below. Walk slowly towards the Cook and when you’re behind him use the Crowbar to knock him out. Be careful of the stove burners. If you touch them you’ll catch on fire.

When the Cook dies he drops a Bronze Key. Use this to open the door to the storeroom. Search the shelves and drawers to find a Silver Key and Pistols. Use the Bronze Key to open the other door leading out of the kitchen.

Kill the 2 Soldiers in the Mess Hall and the third Soldier who comes out of the door to the bathroom in the in the far right corner. When he dies he drops Shotgun Shells.

Turn around and go through the passage at the opposite end of the mess hall. At the t-junction turn left. Follow the passage around and kill the next Soldier that attacks around a corner.

At the next t-junction take a right and turn the Wheel to open the door. Go up the ladder and follow the passage around to a room with crates. A Soldier pops out from behind one of the crates. Climb up the crate he was hiding behind for the Shotgun.

Jump across to the large white crate. To the left of the brown crate you’ll find an Aqualung and on a crate to the far left you’ll find a Large Medipack. Drop down to the floor and use the Crowbar on the damage brown crate to open it. Inside is Golden Rose #2. Toy hexa blast.

Leave the room, climb back down the ladder and follow the passage back to the Mess Hall. Run to the opposite end of the Mess Hall and turn the Wheel to open the door in the far right corner.

The first right leads to a Storeroom. Kill the Soldier lurking inside and then climb onto the crate. There’s nothing in the shelves. Jump up to open the trapdoor and then climb back into the ducts.

As you crawl through stop at the third grate. Here you can stand up. Light a Flare and look up.

There’s a secret passage up and to your right. Climb into it for Golden Rose #3. Drop back down and continue crawling along the duct. Open the trapdoor and drop down into a Dark Storeroom.

When you stand in front of the door leading out of the storeroom you’ll be attacked by a Soldier. Search the drawers for a Battery(+).

Go through the exit were you killed the soldier and follow the passage around until you come to a t-junction. Continue straight ahead and climb down the ladder. Follow the passage to another t-junction and kill the Soldier at end of the passage. He drops Wide Shotgun Shells. Head past the where the soldier came from and into the Bunk Room.

To the left side of the room you’ll find a Small Medipack. Return the way you came and take a right at the intersection. Turn the Wheel to open the door and kill the Soldier on the other side. Climb the ladder at the end of the corridor which leads to the Diving Suit Area.

Turn the Wheel on the first hatch to the right and go inside. Kill the Soldier and pick up the Suit Console that he drops. Leave the room, turn right down the corridor and enter the next room on the right. Kill the Soldier so he doesn’t bother you and then turn around and turn the Wheel to open the door directly opposite. This room has an accessible diving suit.

Stand in front of the torso section of the diving suit and combine the Suit Console with the Aqualung. Then use the Suit Console on the Diving Suit. Combine Battery(+) with Battery(-) and then use the Suit Battery on the Diving Suit.

This automatically ends the level and Lara gets into the diving suit ready for an adventure outside.

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