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Although my games and companies have received numerous awards over the years, this is the first time I have been personally recognized by the arcade game industry. Jarvis states, “Being honored by the NY-AMOA as Man of the Year is especially meaningful to me. Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix have received many industry accolades including “Manufacturer of the Year” award for 20 from the American Amusement Machine Association, as well as numerous AMOA, IAPPA, and AAMA awards for their best selling games. Meanwhile, the Raw Thrills studio has continued to innovate with the introduction of the hits Guitar Hero Arcade and H2Overdrive in 2009. This combination of talents developed such arcade hits as Big Buck Hunter Pro, Big Buck Safari, Big Buck Open Season, and the recently previewed Terminator Salvation. In 2007, Raw Thrills merged with Play Mechanix, the creators of Big Buck Hunter and Deal or No Deal.

Their hit games such as Target: Terror, The Fast and The Furious, Drift and SuperBikes all reached #1 in industry revenues charts. with Midway alumni Andrew Eloff and Deepak Deo., Raw Thrills has enjoyed the continued success as a game design and development firm. During his time with Williams/Bally/Midway, Eugene was responsible for the creation and development of a number of chart topping and industry changing games including Firepower, Defender, Robotron, NARC, Smash TV, and the record breaking Cruis’n driving game Series: Cruis’n USA, Cruis’n World, and Cruis’n Exotica.Īfter Midway left the arcade game business in 2001, Eugene co-founded Raw Thrills Inc. In 1979, Eugene headed to Chicago to program pinball games for Williams Electronics with the “King of Pinball,” Steve Ritchie. Like many teenagers in the 70’s Jarvis spent way too much time in game rooms playing pinball, and those new fangled TV games like PONG, Tank, and Breakout. In 1977, Eugene graduated from the University of California (Berkeley) with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and started his career in the game industry with Atari as a game designer working under the design legend Nolan Bushnell. This year the NY-AMOA will bestow the honor of “Man of the Year” on Eugene Jarvis of Raw Thrills at the annual dinner held at Riccardo’s by the Bridge in Astoria Queens, New York. Eugene Jarvis Named NY-AMOA “Man of the Year”Īt the beginning of each year, the NY-AMOA honors a selected industry professional who continually contributes and positively impacts the coin-op industry.

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