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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.
[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]
J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just a Rather Very Intelligent System) is a fictional character voiced by Paul Bettany in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics characters Edwin Jarvis and H.O.M.E.R., respectively the household butler of the Stark family and another AI designed by Stark.
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]
The game received early praise from arcade operators as it exceeded earnings expectations during testing. [20] On June 16, 2021, Raw Thrills announced a port for its arcade game Cruis'n Blast, the latest installment in the Cruis'n video game series for the Nintendo Switch system. It marks the company's first console game, and its first port to ...
Cover art of Metaphor: ReFantazio, depicting various characters. Metaphor: ReFantazio is a 2024 role-playing video game by Atlus, set in a fictional fantasy world.It centers on a protagonist who sets out on a quest to save a prince from a curse by defeating an aspirant for the throne called Louis Guiabern, accompanied by several allies from different tribes.
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.
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.