Tomb Raider Speedrun Redo - The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid in 5:36.

No big shortcuts in this level except for the corner bug at the end to completely avoid Natla. This is 3:51 faster than the original run.

Original Great Pyramid run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOQmCEuu3w
^^ Just noticed that run was added June 8, 2007. Coincidence? :)

Final Overall Time:
1 Hour 19 Minutes 27 Seconds (1:19:27)

My redo of Tomb Raider 1 is now complete. Many big improvements were made throughout the game. I'd like to give a big thanks to AKA and MMAN who've given me tons of tips and newly found shortcuts to use. Also all of you guys for your support and some of you who have also given tips. This is my favorite game of the series and I'm happy to have a really great run of it. Overall, this redo is 44:54 faster than my original TR1 run.

Next will be Tomb Raider Legend.
A NO-GLITCH RUN for a change.
Starting it around July.

Visit http://tombrunner.createforum.net for more.

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• Tomb
• Raider
• TR
• TR1
• Lara
• Croft
• Speedrun
• Speed
• Run
• Redo
• The
• Great
• Pyramid
• Atlantis
• RadxxRyan

[GreenApple968]

Wouldn't it release a bit of pressure if you saved the game at every other blue saving crystal?

[RadxxRyan]

Yeah but then I'd feel like I'm taking the easy way out. I only segment if the level is long with several luck-based encounters, or if there's a very hard jump or bug to get past.

[yodenman]

RadxxRyan............

As you have previously stated mate, these runs take enormous amounts of practice and numerous lives lost. Your skill cannot be faulted, but what people may forget is the incredible patience you must have. Surely you have almost reached the end of a level, and then missed a jump or received more damage than you expected on a fall etc. Is there the temptation to just think "Stuff this", and go out for a pint instead !

[RadxxRyan]

Thanks and yeah it can definitely be frustrating especially when an absolute perfect run gets messed up by something so simple, it happens to all speedrunners, so I just learn to have confidence in myself and know that when I do it, people like you will appreciate the effort.

[swedencharlie]

wow, no one could play it like you. I tryied but I allways die or catch fire or or or.. but please, how do you do the cheats? is it played on ps1? I searched the net for the cheats but couldn't find them. please help

[RadxxRyan]

They're not cheats so you won't find them on the net. The corner bugs like at the end with Natla just take a little practice and when I skip the fall from the collapsing tile, just press L2 or R2 when you're standing on it.. Yes this was on PS.

[icemaker15]

nice run! so its ur fault that natla was alive in underworld... =)

[PharlaTheDragonness]

ahahaa shitgun XDD

[Axelotl38]

I remember I felt like versing natla in a glitch run, just to try it, I got really freaked out when she was following me

[076trankill]

Epic run, no other words for it

gg man ^^

[lighttheskiesss]

the sounds of those uzis.... love it!

[TheEthanovic]

@icemaker15

hahaha that's a good one

[blainyrules]

Epic speedrun, also looks relatively easy compared to some other games, you tried speedrunning Final Fantasy IX before? They even put a bonus weapon in one of the final areas if you reach it within 12 hours of gameplay (of course the record smashes that, I think it's about 8 hours)

[KurtKokaine1]

@kfish2007 Well contrary to what it may look like, I'm sure he didn't do this run "effortlessly". Quite the contrary actually. It probably took more effort than I'm willing to spend in a lifetime.

[KurtKokaine1]

Isn't it a trip that you don't actually have to kill Natla to complete the game. Meaning Lara's whole objective here is just to slide down that last ramp. Wtf Core Design? Anyways, what exactly was happening at the very end (before the cutscene)? Did Natla just chase you down the ramp or did something glitch up? It's not real clear.

[ArashiNoShadow]

4:55 - About 3 hours to hit that DAMN HOLE OF WATER!

[NEC234]

some discussions have been going on whether natla was counted as 2 kills or that the scion is an additional kill. well, you completly ignored natla so i think you confirmed the scion was the extra kill.

[kfish2007]

Dude how you get through this so effortlessly still amazes me. You are the tomb raider ledge. That part with the swinging axes and boulders always takes me forever to negotiate