UTILITIES

This page lists various useful programs, that perform a variety of game related tasks, but which cant be done by standard official software. They can all be downloaded via this site. Most of these programs are achieved in as files that have a *.ZIP extension, in which case you'll need WinZip or another archiver program to extract the file. After downloading the file you want, create a folder for the program on your HD. (You might want to put it in Program Files/Core Design with your other Tomb Raider programs.) Then extract the contents of the downloaded file in to the folder you just created. Next double click the main program icon you find there, to run the program, eg- TRSEdit.EXE. The first time you run the main program, be sure to click its "About" button for some important notes about the program. If you need help extracting the program from a ZIP file, see this zip help page. 

EMULATORS

Emulators are programs that are designed impersonate another computer as they were it, thus enabling the usage of non-standard software, like games, to be played on them, without the need to buy a different machine to the one you normally use. A good emulation website is retrogames.com, but you can also try emuhq.com or emuunlim.com. They have most emulators there.  Also if you are looking for a good PSX emulator, try epsxe.com. Many people like it but it takes a bit to get it working. They it takes most of the weekend to get working, but was worth it. Just make sure you have the newest version of DirectX(8a) before configuring your controller. The ePSXe emulator is the one many use. The plugging that works for most games is Pete's D3D driver, Pete's Direct sound, bios 1001. If you don't like to configure the emulator then I suggest you try to find VGS (virtual game station 1.41), an though graphics aren’t good, most games people try work with it. The current Tomb Raider games for PS1 can be played on PS2. Other decent Websites are - top50emu.com; zophar.net; ngemu.com.

Glidos

This is a program that bridges the DOS/Windows boundary, allowing DOS games to be played with better graphics, by using Glide Wrappers. Download Glidos, and see Tomb Raider I as never before. Windows 95+, NT, 2000 and XP supported. Info, screenshots and download available on their site. Use Glidos to Play Tomb Raider #1 in high resolution on any compliant video card. Until now, early DOS 3D games, such as the first episode of Tomb Raider, have worked with only a limited range of now-mostly-obsolete graphics cards. Without one of these specific cards, these games achieve only low-resolution, pixelated graphics. Often these games use a 3D system called Glide, which is officially supported only by Voodoo graphics cards. Several "Glide Wrappers" have been written to support Glide on non-voodoo cards, but these work only with Windows-based games, leaving classics such as Tomb Raider unsupported.

TombEdit

by Norbert Wiesinger is a nifty little program that helps you edit savegame files. Use the graphic interface (right) to open a savegame. Click a few boxes to change the available weapons, ammo, medipaks, items (keys, artifacts, etc.), bring up your health or air meters, and/or give Lara unlimited health or air. Then save the file, load it and you're back in the game.

Download it from the TombEdit site.

Tomb Raider Level Selector (TRLS)

The Tomb Raider Level Selector (TRLS) is a program that allows PC users to load savegames from any level in any of the core five (5) Tomb Raider games into your savegame folder. The savegames included in this package happen to have savegames from the beginning of each level and edited with maximum ammunition, all the weapons, and each item found in that level already in Lara's inventory. This program was primarily made for the person who has already beaten the game, but enjoys going back to certain levels with all weapons, ammo, etc.

If you'd like to try this new program and send your feedback to the creator, Brad White, you can download a copy using the link below. Please be sure to read the included 'readme' and 'beta testers' text files before using the program. If you have questions about the program, please email brad@tombraiders.net.

(NOTE: The TRLS program only includes savegame files that were made with the original, unpatched versions of the games, so they may not work for players using the patched game programs.)

Download: TRLS.zip (2.3 MB)

Tomb Raider Savegame Editor (TRSEdit)

This great new savegame editor was created by Kgy SOFT (György Kõszeg). It will edit PC savegame files from all the Tomb Raider games. You can give Lara extra weapons, ammo, medipaks and flares, increase her health, extinguish her if she's on fire, increase the number of secrets found and much more. Check it out to see for yourself. For help with this program please contact György.

Download: TRSEdit.zip (340 KB)

VARIOUS PROGS...

Savegame Editor by Paul Walton can be downloaded from Shotgun City or Paul's site. It enables users to edit savegames for all of the TR PC games. Paul also offers a Position Editor, with which you can edit Lara's position in all games. And Shotgun City has other editors plus great info on configuring Tomb Raider for various 3dfx hardware.

Eidos EscapePlay - Stand-alone viewer for the FMV (full-motion video) movies in the PC Tomb Raider games. You can copy the movies to your hard drive or open them directly from the CD-ROM using this software.

QuickTime Player - Serves the same purpose for the Macintosh games. QuickTime Player is installed with QuickTime 4, which is needed to run the game. So you should already have it on your system. If you need help running the movies, please visit MacRaider. This also includes a list of all the Mac movie files.

GetRight - Download manager software. Lets you pause and resume downloading (where the server supports it), download while you're away from your computer, etc.

Microsoft Logo Key Control Utility - Tomb Raider 1 runs in DOS. So if you're playing on a PC with a Windows operating system, accidentally pressing the Windows button will cause the game to crash to the desktop. This can be prevented by downloading and using the Microsoft Logo Key Control utility (formerly called "Doswinky"). You'll need to download a collection of "Kernel Toys" from the Microsoft site. Instructions for installing and using Doswinky are included. NOTE: Microsoft moves this page around from time to time. If the link comes up dead, search the site for "Kernel Toys" and/or "Logo Key Control".

VirtualCD - This is a CD emulator that allows you to run CD/DVD applications and music CDs directly from your hard drive. Virtual CD creates compressed images of CDs on the hard disk and emulates up to 22 CD drives at a time. Eliminates disk swapping, saves wear and tear on your CDs and speeds up load times. For more info, including a demo download, click its link just above.