This week in video-game history we take a look at Tomb Raider and a collection of Japanese games. Did you know that Animal Crossing was originally on the N64?

April 10

1982: Atari releases the home version of Pac-Man. Gamers hoping for a riveting port of their favorite arcade title didn't get quite what they imagined.

2003: Take-Two announces Tropico 2: Pirate Cove for PC.

2006: The Guinness Book of World Records announces that Tomb Raider's Lara Croft is the most successful human video-game heroine. 

April 11

2000: A fansite for Rare's Nintendo 64 games starts up. The Rare Witch Project was the brainchild of two accomplished Gameshark hackers who loved all things Banjo-Kazooie. The site served as a tips and tricks database for all of Rare's N64 titles.

2005: Microsoft debuts the 360 on MTV.

2006: Tomb Raider: Legend goes on sale on the PS2, Xbox, and 360.  

April 13

2004: Ubisoft signs a deal with Gearbox for a series of war games. Brothers in Arms is born.

April 14

1986: Nintendo releases Nazo no Murasame Jo for the Famicom Disk System. It was a curious mixture of The Legend of Zelda and the average rogue-like. It never saw a Western release, but it could be out on the 3DS store sometime in the future.

2001: Animal Crossing goes on sale in Japan. It was a originally an N64 game.

April 15

2003: Sony reveals its upgrades to the PlayStation 2. TThe system suffered from a malfunction-prone DVD drive at its launch. Sony fine-tuned the drive and internal mechanisms to combat this issue. A few years later the console would be completely redesigned. The hardware received further revision when PS2 Slim units started cooking themselves due to poor ventilation.

April 16

1971: Japanese developer Sunsoft opens its doors. The company is best known for its Nintendo Entertainment System games like Blaster Master and Fester's Quest, an Addams Family-inspired dungeon crawler.