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Tomb Raider
Matrox Mystique Accelerated Version 1.00Beta2
February 10, 1997
This is the update patch to the RETAIL version of Tomb Raider. This patch
will accelerate Tomb Raider on the Matrox Mystique card. Note that it will run
on 4MB Mystique boards ONLY. We are still investigating the possibility of
having a patch for 2MB Mystique boards.
Differences between V1.00Beta1 and this version:
[1] The Joystick support was put back into the game.
[2] The game will now run properly with the Win95 AutoRun feature of the
retail Tomb Raider CD-ROM.
Installing the MGA Mystique patch for Tomb Raider:
1) Install the original game. If installing under Win95, the game will then
run automatically after the installation is complete. Please exit the game at
this point as the Mystique patch is not yet enabled.
2) Unzip the tomb_mys.zip file into your Tomb Raider game directory. The
tomb.exe file should be overwritten and this tomb_mys.txt file will be added.
3) When under Win95, using the AutoRun feature of the Tomb Raider CD-ROM is
the simplest way to run the game. One could also create a shortcut on the
Win95 desktop. This shortcut will point to the tomb.pif file which has the
required MS-DOS box properties. Note that switching to the Win95 desktop
while the game is running will terminate the game. Even though all the Win95
shortcut keys have been disabled in the tomb.pif, some keyboards still have
the Windows Logo key that will interrupt the game and cause it to be
terminated. This is a not a great experience if the user didn't get a chance
to save their game! But, there exists a utility that allows the user to turn
off the Windows Logo key while in a DOS Session. It is up to the user to find
such a utility.
4) When running under regular DOS, run the game by just typing 'tomb'.
Running the game under regular DOS is recommended for better performance.
A note on savegames: With the Mystique Tomb Raider patch, it is possible to
load savegames that were saved with the VGA version of Tomb Raider. But, it
is NOT possible to do the opposite (i.e. load Mystique Tomb Raider patch
savegames with the VGA version of Tomb Raider).
A note on the Mystique patch color brightness level: Some monitors might make
the Mystique version of Tomb Raider look too dark. We are currently trying
to improve this brightness level so as to look better in a future release of
this patch.
Any questions or comments can be directed to Matrox Technical Support at
graph_ts@matrox.com