


The character went through several changes before Core settled on the version she became famous for. The team consisted of six people, among them Toby Gard, who is credited with the creation of Lara Croft. The title was crafted by Core Design of Derby, England, who took 18 months to develop it. Preliminary work on Tomb Raider commenced in 1993, but it was not until November 1996 that the game actually saw the light of day as a retail product. Some areas in the game require precise and exact movements in order to proceed past them. The player controls Lara as she runs, guns, swims, leaps, and jumps her way through the various level environments presented in the game. At Natla's request, Lara sets out on an expedition to recover a mysterious artifact called the Scion from the lost tomb of Qualopec, in the mountains of Peru. The story then continues in the present day.Īfter Lara Croft returns from an expedition in the Himalayas she is contacted by an American named Larson, who works for the wealthy businesswoman Jacqueline Natla, owner of Natla Technologies. The device is set into motion and reveals a frozen lifeform. A nuclear test causes an earthquake which exposes an ancient device buried beneath the desert. The story opens with a prologue in Los Alamos County, New Mexico.
