The gameplay presents a nice mix of action and puzzle-solving elements, which are true to the nature of her exploits on other platforms. To accomplish her mission, Lara graces five large levels with her presence, each of which contains several sub-levels. Now, treasure hunters from around the world are searching for the Nightmare Stone, hoping to release Quaxet from his snow globe cell.Lara's mission is to do whatever it takes to find the Nightmare Stone first. Like all Tomb Raider romps, the game begins with an obligatory Spielberg-ish legend to drive the action.When Spanish conquistadors first arrived in the New World, they discovered an ancient manuscript that spoke of a legendary 'Nightmare Stone.' Priests from Mayan, Aztec and Inca cultures joined forces to see off on an evil god named Quaxet, banishing him to spend eternity in a crystal orb.

Lara's debut on the portable scene is a side-scrolling adventure filled with puzzles, pitfalls and over 50 Lara-laden cut scenes for your viewing pleasure.

The author goes on to state that they expect the complete package will be able to fit within a 256Mbit ROM.After building up her reputation worldwide, Eidos Interactive's intriguing leading lady blasted her way into this all-new adventure on Game Boy Color. In what describes as an alpha version, OpenLara for the GBA currently only offers 3 levels of the game and excludes original FMV sequences, however the developer has expressed their intent to continue work on the GBA port by improving performance, trimming cutscenes down and more.

Lead engine developer has gone a step further and managed to scale the project down to run under the GBA's 16.78MHz arm CPU at a frame rate that appears to hover around the 16fps mark - an outstanding display of technical wizardry. OpenLara is open-source project that can function as a replacement engine for Tomb Raider (1996) and is available for a number of platforms (including but not limited to the 3DO, Raspberry Pi, Xbox and more). In what appears to be an impossible feat, GBAtemp member has managed to get the the original 1996 PlayStation and PC classic, Tomb Raider running on the Game Boy Advance.

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