Blast From The Past

Thanks to the good folks at Midway, I can play two of my favorite arcade games, Defender and Robotron, online!

Here's a link: http://www.midway.com/rxpage/ClassicGames.html

For you people who are clueless, those two games are classics from the brilliant mind of Eugene Jarvis, the designer of those games. Those that know me are fully aware that I'm a self proclaimed video game history buff that can give you some background on most famous game designers (except for the Japanese guys. Shigeru is the only one I can think of :) Mr. Jarvis was an employee for Williams Electronics back in the 70's and early 80's. In 1980, he and his partner Larry DeMar programmed and released Defender. After the success of Defender, Jarvis and DeMar used the money to form Vid Kidz, their own independent company. At Vid Kidz, they developed a sequel to Defender called Stargate (1981). They used the money from this success to develop Robotron: 2084 (1982). This was Jarvis's next big success, becoming a smash hit and a classic for decades to come.