Play Tomb Raider : Curse Of The Sword Online

Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword came out for the Game Boy Color in 2001, developed by Core Design. It was part of that wave of trying to bring big console adventures onto the small, limited screen. You knew you were getting a portable Lara Croft experience, but it was a very different kind of challenge from the 3D PlayStation games.

You control Lara through a series of side-view levels, moving screen by screen. Your main goal is to find the pieces of a magical sword before an evil sorcerer does. This involves a lot of running, jumping across pits, and climbing up walls. You fight enemies with your sword, which has a short, straightforward swing, and you also get a bow for hitting distant targets. The levels are dense, puzzle-filled dungeons where you push blocks, avoid traps, and hunt for keys. The pacing is deliberate, and it can be quite difficult, demanding careful timing on the jumps. Playing it feels like working through a compact, methodical obstacle course where every screen is a new test.