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Tomb Raider
Beginning in 1996, video game enthusiasts for the first time had a choice of consoles that not only represented cosmetic and hardware differences, but which supported software with thematic differences. Those who gravitated toward the N64 had family-friendly games likes Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings; those who were developing a taste for more mature content found on the Playstation Resident Evil and, a few months later, Tomb Raider. With its action-packed globetrotting storyline, its fearsome enemies and its brash, brainy, and buxom heroine, Tomb Raider was emblematic of a new generation of software that introduced more bullets, more blood, and more breasts, but which retained all the best elements found in action-adventure games.
