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I got a Tomb Raider bundle (1,2,3 & revelation) - what should I run it on?

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First post, by Matth79

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1 is DOS, the others seem to be 95/98.
As far as I understand, in real hardware, 1 would be fast DOS, preferably with 3DFX, or maybe very fast DOS without the 3DFX, I guess maybe DOSBOX with 3DFX emulated / passthrough to Glide wrapper... I don't have a real VooDoo.
3 wants a DX6 card, I think I can muster a Win98 system with that, I have the bones of a P133 one... is a Matrox G200 DX6, I really want to use the G200 if I can successfully flashfix it, as I never had one before, also have a Savage 4 and a NV-something equivalent to a FX5200 PCI. I like the P133 system as it's a small box, but I can probably find an Athlon setup for a more powerful 98.

Alternatively, emulate Win98, which is the best emulator to run it, maybe I can put them all on my main system under emulation... or maybe.... No I can't make my in progress Retro XP dual boot 98, as the GPU isn't supported, if I have to have 2 Retro boxes, I hope I could make the smaller one do 98

It's the Trilogy bundle, not sure if it's missing some documentation, and possibly gained an extra disk - charity shop purchase that I couldn't resist

Reply 1 of 3, by akula65

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For the original Tomb Raider, you might want to consider Paul Gardiner's GLiDOS. Paul made GLiDOS freeware some years ago. Note the GLiDOS subform here at VOGONS if you need assistance.

You might also find Stella's Tomb Raider site useful as well. This link is for the original Tomb Raider, but there are links for later games in the Related Pages section.

Good luck.

Reply 2 of 3, by RetroPCCupboard

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I think the P133 is too slow to use with an FX 5200. I was just playing TR3 on my Pentium MMX 300Mhz system with Voodoo 1. I think it was in DirectX mode rather than glide. It only supports DirectX 3 as far as I know, but TR3 worked fine.

Reply 3 of 3, by Matth79

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Now I definitely need to read some more... I thought GliDOS was a Glide emulator for DOS, but it runs in Windows?
And yes, the NVS 280 (similar to a FX5200 PCI) was a mistake, I got it when I thought my old S3 savage 4 had died... turned out it just didn't agree with the monitor I tested with

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