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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is a platform and third-person shooter game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the third installment in the Tomb Raider series and the…

20 November 1998

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is an adventure developed by Core Design, released 20 November 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Mac. The main story takes about 33 hrs to finish.

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What Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is an adventure game developed by Core Design and released in 1998. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft ventures to India, searching for a legendary stone that once belonged to the tribe of Infada. Shortly after recovering the precious stone, she encounters a Dr. Willard, the head of an organization known as RX Tech. Willard is interested in an ancient Polynesian city built by people of a now defunct civilization, which worshipped a mysterious meteorite that hit the Earth millions of years ago. Willard tells Lara that the Infada Stone is in fact one of the four artifacts the ancient Polynesians fashioned from the material contained in the meteorite's core. Willard suggests Lara should look for the other three, scattered and hidden in various regions of…
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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 III: Adventures of Lara Croft is the fourth of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. It arrived 9 months after Tomb Raider: Gold. The next entry was Tomb Raider II: Gold in 1999.

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How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 33 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 48 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft launched on 20 November 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and Thief: The Dark Project.

Released around the same time: Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, Thief: The Dark Project.

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Quick answers

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft — frequently asked questions

When did Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft come out?
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft was released on 20 November 1998 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft?
At minimum, Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft needs 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 graphics, 2 GB HD space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft?
The main story of Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft takes around 33 hrs, or 48 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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