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FREE SPINS FEATURE RULES
Three
or more Lara symbols displayed on the reels activate
the Free Spins bonus game.
You are awarded ten free spins.
All wins are tripled during the Free Spins bonus game.
If you have a scatter win and a normal win, you are
paid out for both wins, as the scatter symbol does
not need to appear on an enabled payline to win.
Free Spin wins are added to payline wins.
If three or more Lara symbols are scattered on the
reels during a Free Spins bonus game, you are awarded
another ten free spins. The extra ten free spins are
added to the remaining number of free spins.
The Tomb bonus game can be activated during the Free
Spins bonus game.
During the Free Spins bonus game the Tomb bonus game
wins are not multiplied.
Tomb bonus game wins are added to Free Spins bonus
game wins.
TOMB BONUS GAME RULES
The
following Tomb bonus game rules apply:
Three
or more Idol symbols displayed in a line on an enabled
payline, activate the Tomb bonus game.
To produce a winning Idol symbol combination, the
symbols must be next to each other on the enabled
payline.
Winning Idol symbol combinations pay out from left
to right. At least one of the symbols must be displayed
on the first slot reel. A symbol combination starting
from the second, third, fourth or fifth slot reels
does not activate the Tomb bonus game.
The Tomb Raider symbol does not substitute for the
Idol symbol to activate the Tomb bonus game.
Twelve idols are displayed. Behind the idols are bonus
win amounts.
To play the Tomb bonus game choose idols.
If three Idol symbols activate the Tomb bonus game,
you can select three idols.
If four Idol symbols activate the Tomb bonus game,
you can select four idols.
If five Idol symbols activate the Tomb bonus game,
you can select five idols.
Bonus wins are displayed in coins not credits.
Bonus win amounts displayed in the Tomb bonus game
are already multiplied by the initial number of coins
bet per payline.
Bonus wins are added to payline wins.
The Tomb bonus game can be activated during the Free
Spins bonus game.
During the Free Spins bonus game the Tomb bonus game
wins are not multiplied.
Tomb bonus game wins are added to Free Spins bonus
game wins.
WILD SYMBOL RULES
TOMB RAIDER SYMBOL
The
Tomb Raider symbol is a wild symbol.
The Tomb Raider symbol substitutes for other symbols
to complete winning combinations.
The Tomb Raider symbol does not substitute for the
Lara symbol to complete scatter winning combinations.
The Tomb Raider symbol does not substitute for the
Idol symbol to activate the Tomb bonus game.
Multiple Tomb Raider symbols on a payline create winning
combinations as shown in the Regular Payout Schedule.
Winning Tomb Raider symbol combinations pay out from
left to right. At least one of the symbols must be
displayed from the first slot reel. A symbol combination
starting from the second, third, fourth or fifth slot
reels does not pay out.
SCATTER SYMBOL RULES
LARA SYMBOL
The
following scatter symbol rules apply:
The
Lara symbol is a scatter symbol.
The Lara symbol does not need to appear in a line
on an enabled payline to win. The Lara symbol can
be scattered anywhere on the five reels, provided
that two or more Lara symbols appear.
The Tomb Raider symbol does not substitute for the
Lara symbol to complete scatter winning combinations.
Winnings are calculated by multiplying the Lara symbols
combination payout by the total number of credits
bet.
Scatter wins are added to payline wins.
Three or more Lara symbols displayed on the reels
activate the Free Spins bonus game.
PAYOUT RULES
Winnings
are paid out on the highest combination on each enabled
payline only.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only.
Scatter wins are added to payline wins.
To produce a regular or bonus winning combination,
the symbols must be next to each other on the enabled
payline.
Regular and bonus winning combinations pay out from
left to right. At least one of the symbols must be
displayed on the first slot reel. A symbol combination
starting from the second, third, fourth or fifth slot
reels does not pay out, except for scatter wins.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only, except for scatter wins. The Lara symbols
can appear in any position on the reels.
If you have a scatter winning combination on the reels
and a regular winning combination on an enabled payline,
you are paid out for both wins. The Lara symbol does
not need to appear on an enabled payline to win.
Regular and Bonus wins are displayed in coins, not
credits.
Scatter wins are calculated by multiplying the Lara
symbols combination payout by the total number of
credits bet.
The RTP for Tomb Raider is 96%.
GENERAL INFORMATION
You
can bet five coins per payline in Tomb Raider.
Winnings are paid out on the highest combination on
each enabled payline only.
All regular and bonus game payouts are in coins.
Malfunctions void all plays and pays.
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Profile
Tomb
Raider is a series of action-adventure games, comic
books, novels, theme park rides, and movies, centring
around the adventures of the female fictional British
archaeologist Lara Croft. Since the release of the
original Tomb Raider in 1996, the series developed
into a lucrative franchise of related media, and Lara
went on to become a major icon of the video game industry.
The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised
Lara Croft as the "Most Successful Human Videogame
Heroine" in 2006. Six games in the series were
developed by Core Design, and the latest two by Crystal
Dynamics. All the games were published by Eidos Interactive,
which holds the rights to the Tomb Raider trademark
and characters of the franchise. To date two movies,
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider:
The Cradle of Life, have been produced starring American
actress Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft.
Lara
Croft
The
central character in Tomb Raider is the sexy, no-nonsense,
British archaeologist Lara Croft, a female character
similar to Indiana Jones in search of ancient treasures.
Lara
was created by one-time Core designer Toby Gard, and
grew out of a number of ideas discarded in early concepts.
She appears almost invariably with brown shorts, a
blue top, holsters on both sides of her hip for dual
wielded pistols and a small brown backpack. Over the
course of the series, she has undergone minor adjustments,
such as smoother facial features, enlarged (and later
reduced) breast size and free moving hair.
Several
real-life persons have taken on the role of portraying
Lara Croft in flesh, most notably British actresses
Nell McAndrew (who was an official model) and Rhona
Mitra (in the early days of the games' success), and
American actress Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider
movies. In addition, playing Lara at game conventions
is a popular type of modelling work. Alison Carroll
is the current official portrayer of Lara.
Ten
years after the release of the original game, Lara
is still one of the most durable and recognisable
video game characters. Alternatively viewed as a feminist
icon or a sexist stereotype, the impact of her character
on popular culture is undeniable.
Continuities
There
are two different continuities to the game series.
The first encompassing the first six games, and the
second starting with Legend and including Anniversary.
Although Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb
Raider, the story has been revised to fit into the
second continuity, although plot elements present
in Tomb Raider Legend are not explicitly referenced.
The
first continuity is often referred to as the Core
Design continuity and the second is usually referred
to as the Crystal Dynamics continuity, based on the
company that developed each game. Differences between
the continuities are particularly apparent in Lara
Croft’s backstory, as well as her personality.
Croft Manor also looks extremely different between
the continuities. It could also be stated that there
are additional continuities in the Tomb Raider series
as the movies and comic books have significant differences
from the games. For example, in the first continuity
and in the comics, Lara lost both her parents and
her fiancée in a plane crash that occurred
during her early-twenties. However, in the second
continuity, it is noted that this crash happened when
she was nine, and she lost her mother as an indirect
result of the crash. Both the second continuity and
the film continuity mention the loss of her father
in Cambodia.
The
second continuity borrows some elements from the films.
For example, the layout of Croft Manor in both Legend
and Anniversary is extremely similar to that featured
in the films.
Game
features
The
original game, titled Tomb Raider, made its début
on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC. Despite being
released on the Saturn first, it was one of the titles
responsible for the PlayStation's success in the mid
90s. The games present a world in 3D: a series of
tombs, and other locations, through which the player
must guide Lara. On the way, she must kill dangerous
animals and other creatures, while collecting objects
and solving puzzles to gain access to an ultimate
prize, usually a powerful artefact. In later games,
Lara's targets become predominantly human, which has
sparked some criticism from gamers who feel the games
became too violent.
Tomb
Raider is an earlier example of the 3D genre. The
game is a third-person shooter since Lara is always
visible. The player's camera follows her, usually
over her shoulder or from behind. Up until Tomb Raider:
The Angel of Darkness, the game was characterised
by the cubic nature of the world in which Lara inhabits.
Ledges, walls and ceilings sit at 90 degrees to each
other, although the game designers use some clever
tricks to make this less obvious.
A
reason for this orthogonality can be explained by
the fact the creators took the 2D platform game genre
and extended it to a 3D world. This is shown through
Tomb Raider's gameplay, which is very reminiscent
of older platform games like Prince of Persia and
Flashback that had a heavy focus on timed jumping
interspersed with combat. Each game has introduced
new weapons and moves; by the fourth game, Lara could
backflip off ropes and turn around in mid-air to grab
a ledge behind her. Tomb Raider: Legend introduced
an electromagnetic grapple that Lara can attach to
metal objects and can, amongst other things, be used
to make rope swings and pull metal objects (and enemies)
toward her.
Standard
moves in Lara's range of abilities include the somersault,
a roll, climbing techniques, the ability to swim,
a swan dive manoeuvre, and a handstand. The last two
abilities are purely aesthetic and serve no other
function in the game. In Tomb Raider III, a sprinting
move was introduced that allowed Lara to quickly speed
up
while
a bar in the lower corner of the screen drained her
stamina. In Tomb Raider: Chronicles, Lara was able
to somersault/roll out of crawl spaces higher than
ground level.
The
storyline is usually driven by the quest for a powerful
artefact, with Lara in a race against a sinister shadow
league who want to obtain the relic for their own
purposes. These artefacts usually possess mystical
powers and may be of supernatural, or even alien,
origin. Often in the series, the antagonist uses the
artefact or bits of it to create terrifying mystical
monsters, creatures, and mutants in which Lara must
defeat throughout the journey.
Future
instalments
After
the success of Legend (more than 2.6 million units
sold worldwide in five weeks), Crystal Dynamics is
planning an eighth instalment in the Tomb Raider series.
Music
The
basic instrumentation for the Tomb Raider scores is
orchestral, though the games adopt different instrumentation
and tone with each instalment in the series. The majority
of Tomb Raider music has been created using electronic
technology, such as samples and synthesizers (though
the Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness soundtrack was
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra). The symphonic
sounds of the earlier games were created using Roland
Corporation's Orchestral Expansion board for their
JV series keyboards. Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
brings the "next generations Lara" and also
a new perspective (constant music) on the Tomb Raider
music, because the first 5 games of the series, not
only that uses the same engine but the music remains
unchanged, the instrumentation is the only aspect
that suffers variations.
Some
short in-game tunes of the first 5 games of the series
were used to prevent the player about the danger will
come. The "danger tunes" are loud and scary.
Other short tracks were used after the player discovers
a new chamber or reveals new places. On the moment
you enter and discover a new chamber, while the player
is supposed to be gazing at the place and thinking
about solving the new puzzle of this chamber, a short
track starts playing. The aftermath of the "reveal
tunes" is that on the moment they start they
trigger the feeling of mystery of the place where
and the need to unlock its puzzle.
The
sound effects of the games are also edited by the
main composers of each game.
The
most recognizable sound of the game is a short vibraphone
sound which is played Lara finds a secret element
of the game. The sound has been used in the first
five Tomb Raider video games, including Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: Anniversary though it has some insignificant
sound variations.
Movies
The
idea of Tomb Raider was extended beyond being just
a video game, including the 2001 movie Lara Croft:
Tomb Raider and the 2003 sequel Tomb Raider: The Cradle
of Life, both starring Angelina Jolie.
A
fair percentage of fans of the game argue that the
movie adaptations are a poor tribute to their video
game heritage, though Jolie, after some initial published
criticism mostly centred around her being an American
playing a British character, was considered an ideal
choice for the role of Lara Croft.
Lara
Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Tomb Raider
A
member of a rich British aristocratic family, Lara
Croft is a "tomb raider" who enjoys collecting
ancient artefacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc.
worldwide, and doesn't mind going through death-defying
dangers to get them. She is skilled in hand-to-hand
combat, weapons training, and foreign languages -
and does them all in tight outfits.
The
planets of the solar system are going into astronomical
conjunction (which occurs every 5,000 years), and
a secret society called the Illuminati is seeking
an ancient talisman called The Triangle of Light that
gives its possessor the ability to control time. The
Illuminati need a certain clock/key called the All-seeing
Eye to help them in their search, and they have to
find it in one week or wait for the next planetary
alignment to find it again which will be in another
5,000 years. Lara happens to find the All-seeing Eye
hidden in a wall of her mansion. The Illuminati steal
it, and Lara gets an old letter from Lord Richard
Croft, her deceased father, telling her about the
society's agenda (Her father was a defected member,
who hid the key). Now, she must retrieve the key and
find and destroy the talisman before the Illuminati
can get their hands on it.
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Lara
Croft returns in the sequel to the original video
game based film. This time, she is trying to find
Pandora's Box which supposedly contains one of the
deadliest plagues on Earth, before evil scientist
Jonathan Reiss can get his hands on it. The key to
finding the Box, which is hidden in the mysterious
Cradle of Life, is an orb that is supposed to be some
type of a map. When Croft goes to get the orb, it
is stolen by Reiss's henchman and so she recruits
an old friend, Terry Sheridan, a former mercenary
who spent his last couple of years in prison in Siberia,
to come to help. Lara and Terry embark together on
an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to
regain the orb.
Comic books
Tomb Raider (comics)
Tomb
Raider has been licensed to Top Cow Productions, which
has published a large number of Tomb Raider stories
in comic book form since 1999. The series ended in
2004 with the release of its final and fiftieth comic
book.
Original
novels
Ballantine
Books, in conjunction with Eidos, began publishing
a series of original novels in the spring of 2004,
beginning with The Amulet of Power by Mike Resnick,
which was followed by The Lost Cult by E. E. Knight
in August 2004 and then The Man of Bronze by James
Alan Gardner in January 2005. They generally followed
the continuity of the video games (particularly Angel
of Darkness) rather than the movies, although Lost
Cult contained references to Cradle of Life. Man of
Bronze differs from the first two books in that it
is told in first-person narrative from Lara Croft's
point of view.
Ballantine's
contract only called for three novels, and it is not
yet known if the book series will continue.
Theme Park Rides
Tomb Raider (comics)
The
film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and subsequent sequel,
having been distributed & licensed by Paramount
Pictures were fair game for inclusion in the six Paramount
Parks, theme parks owned and operated by Paramount
(and later, CBS Corporation. As such, three "Tomb
Raider" rides were opened at various Paramount
Parks: Tomb Raider: The Ride (both a HUSS Giant Top
Spin at King's Island and a flying roller coaster
at Canada's Wonderland) and Tomb Raider: FireFall
(a suspended HUSS Top Spin at King's Dominion). The
Paramount Park's sale to Cedar Fair, L.P. was accompanied
by a loss of rights to the Tomb Raider name, and subsequently,
King's Island's "Tomb Raider: The Ride"
and King's Dominion's "Tomb Raider: FireFall"
were renamed "The Crypt" (to which there
is much controversy) while Canada's Wonderland's "Tomb
Raider: The Ride" was renamed "Time Warp."
With
it's investments & licensing pulled from the former
Paramount Parks, the Tomb Raider ride franchise was
started anew with Tomb Raider: The Machine at Movieland
Studios, Italy. The ride, manufactured by Zamperla,
looks very much like the HUSS Top Spin ride, but is
actually a new ride called a Windshear].
The
original (and only indoor, themed) Tomb Raider: The
Ride at King's Island was
celebrated
for the way it turned what is generally a typical
"boring" thrill ride like a Top Spin (something
found at most carnivals) into a highly interactive,
themed dark ride complete with lava pits, volcanoes,
icicles, and a giant goddess carving on the wall with
laser eyes. The ride was synchronized to a specially-made
Tomb Raider soundtrack and featured the real, six
armed "Durga" goddess and water vase from
the first movie, as well as the monkey warrior statues
that come to life in the film.
Animation
Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series
GameTap
aired a ten part animated short series called "Re\Visioned:
Tomb Raider Animated Series" from July 10th,
2007 to November 13th, 2007. The series is comprised
of various artistic talent's renditions of Lara Croft.
Minnie Driver provides the voice for Lara Croft. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
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