Vagrant's...
Journey to Sumeria

| While traveling in the Middle East... Lara falls into a deep sleep & slips into a dream. the vision of warrior ..Queen Sammeratu travels across time to her as a ghostly apparition. The Assyrian ruler denounces the infidels who are plaguing her lost, hidden city in Babylonia & implores Lara for help...

" I say unto thee ....... vermin I shall
strike you with my sword,burn your cities and strip thine
live body of skin,
for the amusement of my friends,
and

who so ever.... loves me naught?

shall perish by my cleansing flame...
yay! do not spurn my affections, for
Sammeratu rules your world..."
(ok, so she's a rough girl...)
join Lara Croft on a Journey to Sumeria
a new custom TR3 game level...

to help Queen Sammeratu rid her hidden city of
nefarious types who would turn it into:
#1: a TombRaider Theme Park.#2: a movie. or (soon)
#3: a *next generation* PC soap opera..

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about the level...

JTS is my first TR3 level build; it's based on the Crash level.
I started this in June 00' ....still not completed as I wanted it to be.
I created a new TR environment with this level map
by using original textures for this Babylon world..

One small problem however; I'm tired of working on it
So in the tradition of the Vagrant; I release it
Before it's Time. This insures that the project has *resolve*. i.e,
"it sees the light of day" ...insted of being forgotten on my hard drive...

It may be of interest to other level builders; it's not yet a game really.
I had spent so much time creating the rooms, their textures, their geometry,
that I could never get a handle on putting items into this...(as I easily do
with TR1 and TR2 levels..)...so, it is offered "as is"...

included are the .tre, .msg and variations of the .itm files...

I'll understand your dissapointment; I'm sorry, I apologize:
but I tried as hard as I could; it just simply developed into a
time-consumming trap...

I have so much else to do in my daily life...(as we all do)
I'm sure that I'll get back to complete this level in the future
I need a rest from it now...
thank you, Kevin

P.S, any questions about the level and it's construction are welcome;
I'll NOT take to kindly to "requests for help in re-building parts of JTS";
as I stated, I'll get back on this project when I want to...

This level runs just fine in 3Dfx; if it doesn't run well on your
machine, I'm sorry, perhaps try a different level....

about the Story...

Who hasn't been enchanted with the legends & images of mighty Babylon?
The Tower, the City of blue tiles, the hanging gardens, the Empire of
King Nebuchadrezzar, the fantastic engineering/sciences/arts of Babylon.

I'd always wanted to do a TombRaider game in this location & when I read
a text about Queen Sammeramat of Assyria(900 B.C),I knew I'd found
something unique.

the Queen enjoyed military campaigns with her hubby(the King)...
apparently, she was an excellent rider, hunter & proficient w/ weapons.

After the King's untimely death, Sammeramat poisoned a few family
members and had some subordinates publicly drawn & quartered to
consolidate her rule of the Assyrian Empire.

In keeping with Assyrian tradition, she embarked on a tenure of war &
conquest to expand the Empire, employing the Assyrian policy of
"collecting ideas,arts & sciences" from the conquered nations...

Samm...had a harem,collected art,played musical instruments &
filled her court with musicians & artists from far-away nations.
she was assassinated after 14 yrs. in power...

Queen Sammeramat was not the first
female to rule a nation(in recorded history)

she was the first known as a ..
WarLord

Folders in this .zip file:

"Maps" contains the Babylon.tr2 level file.
this level's Oct20.tre file & Oct15.msh files..

Items.html | 5 .itm files that can be used in JTS level

Tombpc.dat | a special.dat file for JTS;thanks Odjo!

TR vid cards | my *rant* againest people who refuse to get a 3Dfx card for the TR games...

"Image" folder; .bmp files of this .html.