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Line 1: {{~~trope~~creator}} [[File:Eugene Jarvis at CA Extreme 2016.jpg\|thumb\|]] {{quote\| ''The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.''}} Game designer Eugene Jarvis created seminal arcade video games from the 1980s and 1990s, mostly for Williams and Midway. They included ''[[Defender]]'', ''[[Robotron: 2084]]'', ''[[NARC]]'', ''[[Smash TV]]'', and the ''Cruis'n'' trilogy of arcade games. Jarvis got his first programming chops, working for [[Atari]], where he programmed some of their pinball games, including Steve Ritchie's ''Airborne Avenger'' and ''Superman'', the latter title was was released after Ritchie left Atari to join Williams. Eventually, Jarvis joined Williams in 1979, where he programmed Ritchie's 1980 hit pinball game, ''Firepower'', the first solid-state electronic pinball game to feature multi-ball. Line 10 ⟶ 11: He always felt that CPU opponents should provide a challenge and be interesting. He felt that ''[[Space Invaders]]'' was too easy because it was just aliens marching downward and shooting as they move. They had a lack of individuality that should make them more interesting. He disliked the [[Artificial Stupidity]] in [[Space Invaders]]. ''Robotron'' best demonstrates his idea of gameplay: Each object has not only a different look but also different behaviors. Jarvis is busy running his own arcade game developer outfit, [http://www.rawthrills.com Raw Thrills], best known for making ''[[Target: Terror]]'', the ''[[The Fast and ~~The~~the Furious\|Fast and the Furious]]'' arcade game series, and ''Big Buck Hunter Pro''. Other Raw Thrills games include ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' ''Arcade'', [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|an arcade-ified version]] of ''Guitar Hero III'', and ''[http://kotaku.com/5137523/hydro-thunder-spiritual-sequel-on-the-way H2Overdrive]'', a boat racer developed by the same guys behind the classic arcade racer ''[[Hydro Thunder]]''. They also made a [[Light Gun]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMn-Hm1Qmf8&feature=player_embedded shoot-em-up] based on ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' that managed to avoid the trap of [[The Problem ~~With~~with Licensed Games]] that the console game based on the film fell into. {{reflist}} [[Category:Video Game Creators]] [[Category:Eugene Jarvis]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~