Tomb Raider (1996 video game)
Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 1996 for Sega Saturn, PlayStation and MS-DOS. "Tomb Raider" was released for N-Gage devices in 2003, and for the PlayStation Network in North America in August 2009, and in Europe in August 2010. "Tomb Raider" follows the exploits of Lara Croft, an English archaeologist in search of ancient treasures.
Galleon (video game)
Announced in "Edge" in 1997, the game went through various incarnations and publishers. As the original designer of Lara Croft, Toby Gard left Core Design shortly after the first "Tomb Raider" game was released. "Galleon" was to be his first independent title following the original "Tomb Raider". "Galleon" was delayed and eventually ported from the original PlayStation to the Dreamcast to the GameCube (as "Galleon: Islands of Mystery") and eventually to the Xbox. The graphical style of the game was intended to have a comic book feel as well as being influenced by Ray Harryhausen's "Sinbad" films and Burt Lancaster vehicles. Gard has since returned to Eidos Interactive as a design consultant for the "Tomb Raider" franchise. The soundtrack was originally composed by Lee Nicklen, though due to breach of contract and the publishers not paying him, the music is now available for free under the GNU license.