And yet it never would have happened if not for one pragmatic choice made by a programmer early in the game's development.

Here's the original episode description: Every aspect of the original Core Design Tomb Raider series (and by extension the franchise's success post-Core) comes back to the grid that lies beneath it - the majority of the puzzles the platforming the cavernous chambers and ruins and outdoor areas that provide a sense of isolation, of solitude and discovery and Lara Croft's iconic acrobatic movement style. I also put some time into cleaning up the audio, though it'll still sound rough compared to newer episodes - given the lower-fidelity recordings I was using then. To celebrate the 25th birthday of my favourite game franchise, I thought I'd pull out the old Tomb Raider grid episodes from Season 1 and merge them into one. Support The Life & Times of Video Games Learn more about your ad choices. A small donation of a few bucks a month on Patreon would go a long way, too, and it'd get you a bit of cool bonus content here and there on a private podcast feed. Music Credits: Main Theme and Castle Pandemonium from Final Fantasy II (composed by Nobuo Uematsu)'Requiem ~ dream shore' and 'Far Promise ~ Dream Shore' from Radical Dreamers (composed by Yasunori Mitsuda)Scars of Time from Chrono Cross (composed by Yasunori Mitsuda)Seeker by Kai EngelAnd a bunch of my own stuff The Life & Times of Video Games on the Web and social media Website: lifeandtimes.gamesTwitter: lifeandtimes.games/youtubeYou can make a donation to help cover running costs and allow me to rely less on freelance income via Patreon: lifeandtimes.games/patreonor PayPal: /mossrcPlease remember to subscribe and to leave a review on iTunes or whatever podcast platform you prefer. ROMs are easy enough to find, although I should note that downloading ROMs of commercial games is probably illegal in your jurisdiction. Relevant links: Final Fantasy II Demiforce translation patchRadical Dreamers Demiforce translation patchSpotlight: Earthbound on Lost LevelsDrymouthIf you're looking to try out console game emulation, I recommend OpenEmu (Mac-only) or RetroArch.

Featuring quotes from Steve Demeter, founder of one of the first fan translation groups, Demiforce, who was the driving force behind three high-profile ROM hacks - the Final Fantasy II and Radical Dreamers translation projects, and the Earthbound Zero prototype release. One of them decided to hack into a few of these and translate them, unofficially, with help from some friends - starting with Final Fantasy II for the NES. At the dawn of emulation and the World Wide Web, a group of fans discovered the Nintendo and Super Nintendo games that never made it over from Japan.

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