TR1X: Tomb Raider 1 open source to Play on GNU/Linux
If you are a Linux Gamer passionate about Retro video games on computers and video game consoles, since you most likely play many of them today, through the use of retro video game console emulator programs or through the Steam application or other similar ones. However, many of these can be played today, natively using either the original game or through a modification (fork) or a free or open reimplementation of it.
And since the Tomb Raider video games are an iconic series within the Gamer field, today we will show you how you can play Tomb Raider 1 on GNU/Linux without using Steam or some retro game console emulator. Which is totally possible, easy and fast to do with the open source program called «TR1X».
But, before starting to read this publication about what the application called is and how to use it. «TR1X» to play Tomb Raider 1, we recommend the previous related post with the same video game, which can also be played locally and online:
OpenTomb is one of the most famous open source Tomb Raider engines, which has nothing to envy of the original game and will allow us to enjoy it from our Linux without problems.
TR1X: Tomb Raider 1 open source to Play on GNU/Linux
What is TR1X?
In the official section of GitHub of the video game «TR1X», it is briefly described as follows:
This is an open source implementation of the classic game Tomb Raider I (1996), made by reverse engineering the TombATI/GLRage variant of the original game and replacing the proprietary audio and video libraries with open source variants.
And since its creation and release in February 2021 (version 0.1) until its last known stable version in the month of January 2024 (version 3.1) has accumulated a total of 97 updates. Therefore, it is considered an active and functional project.
About Tomb Raider 1
Tomb Raider 1 was a classic 3D action-adventure game developed by Core Design in 1996 and distributed by the well-known company Eidos Interactive, distributor of the famous game Commandos. Besides, It was one of the first games with a completely 3D environment and scenarios., full of action and adventure, in which the mission was to take Lara Croft (British archaeologist) in search of treasures, relics and lost artifacts from the ancient world, to the end of the map.
All this, solving puzzles and puzzles, performing majestic pirouettes, jumps and somersaults to be able to move in the rugged environments and escape from the multiple dangers, traps and wild animals, as well with the help of a huge and powerful pair of guns.
How to download it and play on GNU/Linux?
To enjoy it, You just need to download and unzip the executable of your latest stable version, and also, have the original game files, either through the original CD-ROM or any other legal and ethical method available, such as those stored in the Internet Archive website. And more specifically the files in the folder «tomb_raider/TOMBENG/data/» found in the file called tomb_raider.zip. Which must then be copied into the folder «/TR1X-3.1-Linux/data/».
Once this is done, we just have to run the executable file called «TR1X» to start enjoying it, just as if we were in the year 1996 or a little more.
Game screenshots
Finally, if you want to play Tomb Raider 1 online and without installing anything, we invite you to explore the following link: OpenLara online. While, if you want to remember or learn more about said video game, we leave you its link about Tomb Raider 1 on Wikipedia. And soon we hope to be able to teach you about the following development: TR2Main (Tomb Raider 2).
Summary
In summary, «TR1X» It is an ideal, easy and current alternative to be able to play the long-awaited and fun Tomb Raider 1 video game from 1996. So, if you are a fan of this video game series with Lara Croft, and you do not have the technical and financial possibility of being able to pay and play through Steam on Linux on your current computer, so don't wait any longer and download it and enjoy it. Alone or accompanied, with friends or family with the same taste for said video games of yesteryear.
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