Some of the Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) staff involved in the creation of the original PlayStation video game console credit "Virtua Fighter" as inspiration for the PlayStation's 3D graphics hardware. According to SCE's former producer Ryoji Akagawa and chairman Shigeo Maruyama, the PlayStation was originally being considered as a 2D focused hardware, and it was not until the success of "Virtua Fighter" in the arcades that they decided to design the PlayStation as a 3D focused hardware. Toby Gard also cited "Virtua Fighter" as an influence on the use of polygon characters—and the creation of Lara Croft—in "Tomb Raider": "It became clear to me watching people play "Virtua Fighter", which was kind of the first big 3D-character console game, that even though there were only two female characters in the lineup, in almost every game I saw being played, someone was picking one of the two females." John Romero also cited "Virtua Fighter" as a major influence on the creation of 3D first-person shooter "Quake". Team Ico's Fumito Ueda also cited "Virtua Fighter" as an influence on his animation work.