The makers of popular computer game Tomb Raider issued a public apology to a French archaeologist who was miffed that a character appearing alongside cyber heroine Lara Croft seemed to resemble himself. In a statement published in a French daily, Eidos Interactive Ltd said any likeness between Jean-Yves Empereur and the archaeologist Jean-Yves in version four of its adventure game was purely coincidental. Empereur, famous for discovering the remains of the Pharos lighthouse - one of the seven wonders of the ancient world-near the Egyptian city of Alexandria, objected to the character of the same name and profession in Tomb Raider Four, which is partly played out in Egypt. The British computer games maker and its French distributor said Tomb Raider Four would continue to be sold in its present state for technical reasons, but that no such character would appear in any of its games in the future. Tomb Raider is one of the most popular computer games around the world, having sold almost 25 million copies since 1996. Version five, which does not include the Jean-Yves character, has been on sale since the start of 2000 and was turned into a Hollywood film starring Angelina Jolie as the intrepid Lara Croft.


　　流行电脑游戏《古墓丽影》的制造商向一位恼怒的法国考古学家公开致歉，因为游戏中与网络女英雄劳拉·克罗夫特一同出现的一个角色似乎是以他为蓝本。爱多思互动公司在发表于法国一家日报上的声明中说，其冒险游戏第4版中的考古学家让-伊夫斯与让-伊夫斯·恩佩如之间的任何雷同纯属巧合。恩佩如以发现古代世界七大奇迹之一的法罗斯灯塔遗迹闻名，该遗迹位于埃及亚历山大城附近。他对《古墓丽影Ⅳ》中的一个角色提出了抗议，这个角色与他名字相同，职业相同，而且出现的场景有一部分就是在埃及。这家英国电脑游戏制造商及其法国分销商说，由于技术原因，《古墓丽影Ⅳ》将照原样继续出售，但此类角色不会再在该公司以后推出的任何游戏中出现。《古墓丽影》是世界上最风靡的电脑游戏之一，自1996年来累计销量已达2500万。没有让-伊夫斯的第5版游戏已在2000年初面市，并被改编成好莱坞电影，由影星安吉丽娜·朱莉饰演无畏的劳拉·克罗夫特。

Remarks：看了这条消息，我忽然有点想去买《古墓丽影》游戏了--你说怪不怪？