tomb raider is an action-adventure video game developed by core design and published by eidos interactive. the first instalment in the "tomb raider" series, 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.