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Eugene Jarvis Shifts From Terror To Fast, Furious

Posted by simoniker on from the arcades-not-quite-coughing-up-blood dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its interview with seminal game designer Eugene Jarvis, best known "for arcade titles from the eighties... including Defender, Robotron, NARC, [and] Smash T.V.", discussing his attempts to revitalize the arcade market. The article mentions his recently released, terrorism-themed Target: Terror lightgun arcade shooter, apparently "the number two most profitable arcade game in its first month in general release" - Jarvis comments of the content: "So Target: Terror is this extreme paranoia, but gosh, it could be real. We take it to the extreme--they're taking over the Golden Gate Bridge and you have to retake that." It's also revealed of Jarvis that "This Fall, his three-year-old, self-funded company, Raw Thrills, will debut its second arcade title, The Fast and the Furious, a driving title based on the Universal Pictures film of the same name." We previously covered Target: Terror earlier this year on Slashdot Games.

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  1. Oh my... by dmayle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've got a queasy feeling in my stomach, and it's got nothing to do with how much Mountain Dew I drink. :(

    You know, I expect this sort of shit to be made (Target: Terror), because for all the shitty people you know, there's always gotta be someone worse, someone more willing to take advantage of the fear in a population to further their own selfish goals... But that it's doing so well, this bothers me. This does not bode well for the country I grew up loving.

    I have this conversation with friends: Is this terrible little feeling the same that was felt by people championing civil rights, or women's suffrage? Is this the feeling our Founding Fathers had when they thought about what they could do? When we look around and see the stupid stuff being done in the name of what WE hold dear?

    They tell me that I shouldn't get so worked up, that terrible shit has always happened in our world, and the only difference now is that it's more visible. (Thank you, CNN, Internet, NPR)

    But when I speak my mind, I wonder about a knock on the door, and who might be on the other side. Does Abbie Hoffman have to go back into hiding, or they looking for someone new this time? Is a discussion enough to get a label applied to me? To be sentenced to an outcast life, for disagreeing with my older Brother? (Because let's face it, folks, it's happened before, and the proof is available for anyone who wants to go read about it.)

    I feel like a castaway, floating on a raft of sanity, in a sea of fear and hate. I hope that by talking about it, we pull a little closer to shore, and I dream of a day when I can sleep witout fear of the sharks...

  2. Drinking Beer or Dancing? by fozzmeister · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    look at http://www.rawthrills.com/tt3.jpg Is the guy on the left behind the counter drinking beer or dancing?