Eugene Jarvis
Eugene Jarvis | |
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Jarvis speaks during the Vid Kidz panel at California Extreme 2016. | |
| Born | January 27, 1955 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Video game and pinball programmer |
| Known for | Firepower Defender Robotron: 2084 Cruis'n Nex Machina |
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. He co-founded Vid Kidz in the early 1980s and currently leads his own development studio, Raw Thrills. In 2008, Eugene Jarvis was named the first Game Designer in Residence by DePaul University's Game Development program. His family owns the Jarvis Wines company in Napa, California.
In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.