Tomb Raider yo

[rose_of_pain]

This actually happened like...oh I don't know, over a week ago. But I totally forgot to write about it and I can't believe I didn't! And I suddenly thought of it...

Well anyways, a while back Dani2, Hamilton, and I started reminscing about the original Tomb Raider games back when they first came out and how much all 3 of us played them but never finished a single one. lol And then we realized Kat had some of them with her so we took out good old Tomb Raider II 'cause I remembered that one the most and Hamilton and Dani2 didn't think they played that one so I had to show them.

Welp I totally forgot how the hell to do the controls so that took forever to get used to. A lot of running into walls on the practice court. I wanted to show them how to lock the butler in secret passages but couldn't remember where they were.

So then we did the actual game and tag-teamed it and remembered just how freaking hard that game is. XP We had some pretty fabulous deaths including Dani2 getting mauled in the crotch by a tiger. And they didn't believe me on the difficulty of the booby traps til they got there. We got as far as the boulders (which is as far as I ever got in the game originally before I gave up, lol). And then the system started acting up and kept refusing to read the memory card, telling us the save file wasn't there, and then saying the controller wasn't in. So we gave up and took it out and put III in. Which is posessed! We didn't even touch ANYTHING and it said the controller wasn't hooked and yet it kept selecting things on the menu. o_o So we finally called it quits there.

Also didn't help that our TV HATES PS1 games. Not the PS2. The TV. Its an old TV too. So like whenever you put a PS1 game in, the screen bounces up and down. ^^;; So ya know, any normal person would probably find that obnoxious after just a few seconds and give up. Not us! We even developed a system of bobbing our heads in time with the screen to make it less disorientating. The sad thing is that it actually worked. XP

Ah, good times.

~Lyn

Comments

[starswan.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I remember being really impressed when TR came out...as far as the mechanics were concerned. It did have a steep learning curve like you said. Wasn't it loads of fun though when you had mastered them ? XD

It was sort of freaky though seeing Lara drown if you didn't make it through underground tunnels in time though. :S

I played it for the fun as well and never really finished it.