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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.
Smash TV is a 1990 arcade video game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams Electronics Games. [1] It is a twin-stick shooter in the same vein as 1982's Robotron: 2084, which was also co-created by Jarvis.
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. [53] Barton and Loguidice stated that the game helped establish Williams and Jarvis as key figures in the arcade game industry. [9] Sellers echoed similar comments. [7]
Pac-Man (1980). The 1980s was the second decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of highs and lows for video games.The decade began amidst a boom in the arcade video game business with the golden age of arcade video games, the Atari 2600's dominance of the home console market during the second generation of video game consoles, and the rising influence of home computers.
Battlestars (game show) Beat the Clock; The Big Spin; Blackout (game show) Blockbusters (American game show) Body Language (game show) Bowling for Dollars; Break the Bank (1985 game show) Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak; Bullseye (1980 American game show)
Games that were featured in an episode of their own were Cliff Hanger, Dragon's Lair, Pole Position II, Track & Field and the 1983 Star Wars game. [4] Certain segments of the show were set to the in-game theme music from the game Xevious. The final first-run show aired on February 24, 1984, with reruns airing in syndication until September 1984.
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The 1990s was the third decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of marked innovation in video gaming. [1] It was a decade of transition from sprite-based graphics to full-fledged 3D graphics [1] and it gave rise to several genres of video games including, but not limited to, the first-person shooter, real-time strategy, survival horror, and MMO. [1]