Video Games | Cotswold Video Games Minisheet FDC

Description

Issue Date: 21st Jan

Description:

By the mid-1990s the increase in computer processing power was such that a new generation of games consoles was launched with the ability to render gameplay in 3D. A pioneer in this field was Tomb Raider which features the exploits of heroine Lara Croft, and the miniature sheet stamps chart the evolution of the game.

Stamps & Postmarks:

1^st Class – Tomb Raider – 1996

1^st Class – Tomb Raider – 2013

£1.55 – Adventures of Lara Croft – 1998

£1.55 – Tomb Raider Chronicles – 2000

Raider Close, Romford | Adventure Pl, Stoke-on-Trent | Lara Croft Way, Derby | Game St, Oldham

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