Slashdot Mirror
Eugene Jarvis to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Eugene Jarvis, creator of games such as Defender, NARC, and Smash T.V., is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Game Developer's Conference in March. From the article: "The IGDA's award for Lifetime Achievement is considered the game industry's most prestigious award. Recipients are selected by the Choice Awards Advisory Board, comprised of a diverse set of developers from across the globe. Past recipients of this award include: Mark Cerny, Gunpei Yokoi (posthumas), Yuji Naka and Will Wright." Mr. Jarvis' achievements have been discussed previously on Slashdot Games.
You could move in 8 directions, and shoot in 8 directions independantly, which was the first time I ever remember movement and fire-control being independant for an overhead shooter. Before Smash TV, it was Icari Warriors-style, where direction-of-movement and direction-of-fire were always bound together.