An infamous part of Tomb Raider’s history is a fan-made software patch dubbed Nude Raider. The patch, when added to an existing PC copy of a Tomb Raider game, caused Lara to appear naked. Contrary to rumour, there is no nude code in any console version of the game. During the original game’s production, a suggestive cheat code was suggested to Gard and Douglas, but they strongly vetoed it.
In April 2004, it was falsely alleged that an insider from Eidos reported to a Tomb Raider electronic mailing list that Eidos had begun suing players using the Nude Raider patches. Eidos sent cease and desist letters to the owners of the “nuderaider.com” URL that hosted the patch to enforce its copyright of Tomb Raider. Sites depicting nude images of Lara Croft have been sent cease and desist notices and shut down, and Eidos Interactive was awarded the rights to the Nude Raider domain name. As a response to the controversy, Core Design included a secret code in the sequel; allegedly a similar nude code, it in fact blew Lara up.