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to beat Van Croft:
The whole
of the second level is a simple race against Van Croft. To beat him here
are a few tips:
When you need
to swing on the bars do a running jump to get a headstart
When you need to jump over two pits, fall down the second pit and head for
the right hand corner and there is a shortcut so you can get in front of
him!
Level Skip:
Go to
the inventory screen and make sure that the compass is facing north. To
get the compass facing exactly north, hang from a ledge facing north. Otherwise,
the cheat won't really work. While in the inventory screen, go to Load Game,
press and hold H + E + L + P then release those keys and exit the inventory
screen.
All Items:
Go to
the inventory screen and make sure that the compass is facing north. While
in the inventory screen, go to small Medipack, press and hold G + U + N
+ S then release and exit the inventory screen
All Weapons,
Infinite Ammo, Sml Medipack, Lg Medipack:
Put in
the All Items code then go to the inventory screen and make sure that the
compass is facing north. While in the inventory screen, go to Large Medipack,
press and hold W + E + A + P + O + N + S and exit the inventory screen
Harder Route
to the Iris:
The whole
of the second level is a race against Van Croy. If you are a true tombraider
then you will be interested to know that there is another, alternative route!
To access it you must first collect all 8 of the golden skulls on the first
training level.
This route is much harder though!
Gold Skulls
in the Training Level:
--The
first skull is at the beginning toward the left.
-- The second skull found is in the shallow water below the very first jump
you are instructed to do.
--The third is below the running jump section of training.
--The fourth one found is in the water of your swim training session.
--The fifth one is found during the outdoor sequence where the old man is
fighting two of the wild boars. It's around to the right, all the way into
a right hand corner.
--The sixth one is on the floor on the right side of the room where the
spikes are near the exit door just before Lara goes out to learn to crawl
through the crawlspace.
--The seventh one is the one in the crawlspace (you called it the fifth
one.)
--The eighth one is on an elevated ledge/walkway that's off to the right
where Lara follows the old man up the ramp just before he makes the speech
about going left or right depending, because going left is harder.