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FMV stands for Full Motion Video and is the format of the Cinematics full-screen cut-scene videos used in the Classic Games. While they only support extremely low quality by today's standards, back in the 1990s this was an acceptable trade-off for in-game video, since they could be played back on even very slow hardware like then common first generation Pentium and 486 PCs.

In the Tomb Raider I-III Remastered version of the games they have been replaces with up-scaled videos in the OGV format, which is an Ogg Video container format that can contain any number of encoded video and audio streams. Both original FMV as well as OGV versions of the cinematics can be found in the game folders, e.g. on the Steam versions in X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Tomb Raider I-III Remastered\1\FMV.

FMVs in Tomb Raider

The following FMVs can be found in the original Tomb Raider from 1996:

• CAFE.FMV

Cut scene that is being played after selecting "New Game". It shows the test at Los Alamos and the conversation of Natla and Lara Croft in Calcutta.

• CANYON.FMV

Natla takes the Scion.

• END.FMV

This one is being shown after finishing the game. The Atlantean Pyramid explodes while Lara runs for her life and finally sets off into the sunset.

• LIFT.FMV

Lara enters Natla Technologies by burning through the rope holding a lift outside the building.

• MANSION.FMV

Croft Mansion as seen before entering Lara's Home.

• PRISON.FMV

Natla imprisoned by her fellow Atlanteans.

• PYRAMID.FMV

The Atlantis pyramid is being revealed.

• SNOW.FMV

Second cut-scene from the beginning of the game that shows Lara and her Peruvian Guide travelling through the snow of the Peruvian Andes towards the City of Vilcabamba.

• VISION.FMV

Lara's vision after acquiring the Scion.

FMVs in Tomb Raider II

The following FMVs can be found in the second game, Tomb Raider II:

• ANCIENT.FMV

The Dragon attack on the Great Wall of China, when the Dragon was killed the first time by pulling out his heart, the Dagger of Xian.

• CRASH.FMV

This one starts with Lara ascending from the depth and getting into a plane which she then crashes in the mountains of Tibet.

• END.FMV

Lara's exit from the Dragon's Lair.

• JEEP.FMV

Lara steals a Jeep and is being chased through the snow by Mercenaries.

• LANDING.FMV

Lara lands her plane and enters the Offshore Rig.

• MODERN.FMV

Lara descends on a rope from a helicopter to the Great Wall.

• MS.FMV

Lara hangs onto a Submarine that takes her to the Maria Doria.

FMVs in Tomb Raider III

The following FMVs can be found in the second game, Tomb Raider III:

• END.FMV

Lara steals a Helicopter and is being chased.

• HUEY.FMV

Lara and her helicopter pilot crash in Antarctica.

• INTRO.FMV

In ancient times a Meteor striks the earth in what is to become Antarctica where it is discovered by an expedition team.

• LAGOON.FMV

Lara arrives at the Coastal Village.