The name Lara Croft was supposedly taken by picking a name out from a phone book that was closest to Laura Cruz, whilst retaining a sense of Western impact. However, over time, Laura became a warmer character and Core Design decided to make Laura a British character, in order to make her feel more familiar to the intended American audiences.
Lara was born under the name Laura Cruz and was intended to be a cold blooded militaristic South African anti-hero. At around this time, the entire team decided that puzzles and stealth would be a more appropriate approach to developing the game than the all too common action archetype. It wasn't until Toby noticed many of his co-workers playing as female fighters from the game Virtua Fighter that he decided to alter the hero's sex and turn her into a heroine. Originally, the lead character was set to be male, essentially no more than an Indiana Jones clone. It was Toby Gard who, out of the team of 6, undertook the task of developing Lara. One of the reasons for this extensive development period is that the Core Design team consisted of only 6 people.
The developers were Core Design, who spent 18 months working on the game. On November 15, 1996, Tomb Raider was finally made available for public consumption. The development of Tomb Raider began in 1993, and took 3 years to complete. Following British archeologist Lara Croft, the Tomb Raider series of games, comics, movies, theme park rides and novels are a pop-culture phenomenon the world over.
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