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Eugene Peyton Jarvis is an American game designer and video game programmer, known for producing pinball machines for Williams Electronics and video games for Atari.Most notable among his works are the seminal arcade video games Defender and Robotron: 2084 in the early 1980s, and the Cruis'n series of racing games for Nintendo in the 1990s.
Raw Thrills was founded in 2001 by Eugene Jarvis, Deepak Deo, and Andrew Eloff.Early on, the staff also consisted largely of other former Midway Games employees.. At the beginning, the company made game designs for IGT including Super Times Pay Poker, Multi-Play Blackjack, and Turbo Reelette.
[34] [35] Vince considered him one of the originators of "high-action" and "reflex-based" arcade games, citing Robotron: 2084 ' s gameplay among other games designed by Jarvis. [27] In 2007, IGN listed Eugene Jarvis as a top game designer whose titles (Defender, Robotron 2084, and Smash TV) have influenced the video game industry. [35]
Designed by Eugene Jarvis, [3] the game was inspired by the paranoia in the United States after the September 11 attacks. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Raw Thrills felt that such an "outrageous", controversial premise would give them publicity.
Cruis'n is a series of racing video games created by Eugene Jarvis and owned by Nintendo. Midway Games published various installments under license from Nintendo. The series distinguishes itself from other racing games with its over-the-top presentation and fast-paced gameplay, featuring a wide variety of vehicles and tracks based on a number of real world locations.
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Mindscape was founded in October 1983 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the holding company SFN Companies. [1] [2] Mindscape's founder, the Australian entrepreneur Roger Buoy, had previously been a computer analyst for Rolls-Royce and later worked for the software division of Scholastic Inc. before being hired by SFN.