I had a similar problem and, yes it may sound stupid, I solved it just updating my video drivers .

Thank you, Kaminari, I haven't had the time to try your advise, I'll do asap, but I have found my flaw: the video drivers. I updated them and all works great. This maybe can be useful to somebody.

Hello everybody, I'm new and I got a VDM problem with Tomb Raider 1. I must say that time ago I installed an played it without problems in my computer with XP SP2. Now I got a new installation, a bit tweaked and updated and I'm not able to play TR1. I followed the guide from tombraiderschronicles. …