You can now play the original Tomb Raider in your browser

The OpenTomb team wasn't able to retrieve the original Tomb Raider source code from Square Enix, so developers simply decided to re-make the game from the ground-up. The developers created their own engine and wrote their own code to remake the Tomb Raider games.

The result is OpenTomb, a browser-based open-source recreation of the original Tomb Raider engine and, after four years, the first playable level is complete, and you can give it a go yourself on Windows, Mac or Linux PCs.

This is thanks to the work of developers that are part of the OpenTomb project.

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When they weren't able to lay their hands on Square Enix's original source code for Tomb Raider, a group of hobbyist developers chose to embark on an ambitious project to recreate the early Lara Croft games from scratch. Their post continues, "No matter how advanced your patcher is, you are limited by original binary - no new features, no graphic enhancements, no new structures and functions". However, this is not the case with the open source engine of OpenTomb. The level also offers controller support for players who would like to move away from the keyboard and into a gamepad.

Nonetheless, touring Lara Croft around familiar levels at higher than ever framerates-the original was locked at 30 FPS-is great fun, particularly when you can do so instantly from your browser. Still, the team has been active in the Tomb Raider forums enough to have a dedicated subforum where interested players can check in for further updates.