3.9  How do I get into the basement and outside the front gate and
         into Lara's trophy room and.....

    There are several things that have been discovered about some of the
    TR games that were undocumented in the literature.

    Chief amongst these was the existence of the hidden basement in the
    TR2 training level. It can be reached by flipping the switch in the
    secretive part of the hedge maze and then running back to the house
    before the secret door under the stair closes.  The hidden part of
    the maze is reached by a tunnel whose opening is near the wall
    farthest from the maze entrance.  There is very little margin for
    error when trying to reach the basement before the door closes --
    you might be able to get away with bumping the walls once or twice
    but no more.  What is actually in the TR2 basement I'll leave for
    you to discover....

    In TR2 to get outside the house grounds you need to know about the
    corner bug (the Croft Times site has a good description and 'How to'
    page so I recommend going there). To get outside the front gate use
    the corner bug from the tower on the assault course where you get on
    the flying fox -- after using the bug you should find yourself on
    top of the tower and able to leap onto the wall surrounding Lara's
    house and grounds.  From there simply walk around the top of the
    wall sightseeing until you reach the front part and then safety drop
    down outside the front gate.  Please note that there is no
    motorcycle here no matter what Jeeves the Butler says (see 'The
    Butler's Tale' in section 5.1.3).

    In TR3 there are even more things to do in and around Lara's newly
    redeveloped mansion.

    To get into Lara's new trophy room you must first press the key
    behind the diving board in the pool. This opens up a secret room in
    the main entrance hall.  In this room is a timed switch.  Press it
    and the wall behind you opens up to reveal Lara's new trophy room.
    Immediately after flicking the switch press roll and run towards the
    open door.  Just before you go past the main door press sprint (if
    you sprint sooner than this she'll run out of steam before the door
    closes and won't make it) and when getting close dive (usual jump
    button) through the rapidly closing door to enter her own treasure
    chamber.

    Also in TR3 Lara's hedge maze has gone!  So what's there now?
    Barring your path to where the hedgemaze used to be is a locked
    gate; the key to which is liquidly located in Lara's old treasure
    chamber under the stairs. I'm not going to completely give the game
    away here -- reaching the key provides some useful basic TR
    exercises. Though I will suggest that doing some research in her
    upstairs library might yield a clue or two.