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Tomb Raider: Gold

The Gold Edition of Tomb Raider adds two new chapters to the original release. The first chapter takes place in Egypt, and occurs several months after the events of Tomb Raider. Lara returns to the city of…

1 March 1998

Tomb Raider: Gold is an adventure developed by Core Design, released 1 March 1998 on Android, DOS, iOS and Mac.

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What Tomb Raider: Gold is

Tomb Raider: Gold is an adventure game developed by Core Design and released in 1998. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on Android, DOS, iOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shadow of the Cat: After recent floods in Khamoon, Lara returns to the local tomb to make further studies of the mysterious cat statue. When she returned, she saw that the main chamber was completely flooded - making more areas accesible and opening new opportunities for exploration. Lara explores new areas of the city and eventually uncovers the existence of a temple dedicated to the cat-goddess Bast, which houses a huge golden cat statue. Unfinished Business: Once satisfied with her raiding, Lara heads back to the remains of Atlantis. Her goal is to finish off the last survivors of the Atlantean army and destroy a well-defended mutant hatchery, so that they may never trouble mankind…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Tomb Raider series

Tomb Raider: Gold is the third of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft in 1998.

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What it launched against

Tomb Raider: Gold launched on 1 March 1998, within three weeks of Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding and Battlezone.

Released around the same time: Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding, Battlezone.

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When did Tomb Raider: Gold come out?
Tomb Raider: Gold was released on 1 March 1998 for Android, DOS, iOS and Mac.

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