That talk about Tomb Raider once possibly appearing on an N64 reminds me of an N64 game I saw in Nintendo Power that as far as I know was never released.
It was slated to come out in 2000, or somewhere late (or in the latter half) of the N64's "lifespan". It looked like a third-person adventure game much like Tomb Raider and also featured an adventurous female character, not unlike Lara Croft, who wielded two guns. I think she wore green, including a green baseball cap. Or some kind of hat.
The name "Riqa" popped into my head just now as I was writing this. If it wasn't called that, it was something similarly exotic at least. I wonder if that game was any good, and if it actually was released or exists in some form? (EDIT: According to
Wikipedia's list of cancelled video games, "Riqa" became the current-gen game "Rogue Ops". That game did star a woman who had guns...I haven't played Rogue Ops, but it looks different from how I recall the N64 Riqa did...ah well, never mind then!)
As for Tomb Raider on a Nintendo console, can't the Game Boy Player play GBC games as well, including the GBC game Tomb Raider: Curse Of The Sword? Okay, it's not a true console game, but still...
I played (Lara Croft -) Tomb Raider: Legend on the PC. First Tomb Raider game I seriously got into. I thought she was overrated and not that good-looking (at least the face) but after the series got a reboot with Legend, and Lara herself redesigned, and seeing that it played much like the recent Prince Of Persia games, I gave it a shot and I love it. Now that I have a new computer, I may try it with "Next Generation content" enabled and get the remaining artifact things.
Not really sure what the point of releasing it on the GameCube is. I mean, the GameCube does need more games, but I've already played this one. They really should've tried to make it simultaneous with all the other console (and PC) releases. If it means more support for Nintendo from Eidos or Crystal Dynamics or whoever, I guess that's good.