the Target: Terror update kit. Since the release of Target Terror, the company has experienced strong growth, developing or releasing titles including Nicktoons Nitro, Guitar Hero Arcade, H2Overdrive, the Big Buck series of games and Jurassic Park Arcade among others. In 2006, Raw Thrills purchased game developer Play Mechanix which is led by his friend George Petro. Together the two companies have developed arcade and video redemption games for ICE and Bandai Namco Amusements America. In 2008, Jarvis was named DePaul University's first Game Designer in Residence. His involvement at DePaul's Game Development program includes lectures, supervision of game projects, and input on curriculum. He was recognized as the NY-AMOA Man of the Year in 2009 and he received the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Pioneer Award in 2013 Jarvis is the only video game designer to have his work featured on a U.S. postage stamp two 1980's era children are depicted playing Defender on the video games stamp for the "Celebrate the Century" series. He also appeared in a cameo on the TV series NewsRadio (in the 3rd season episode "Arcade") as "Delivery Man #3", a character who delivers a distracting arcade video game machine to the office. That arcade game is his own creation Stargate, which within the episode is called Stargate Defender and is described as being about "saving the humanoids" while avoiding the "Yllabian Space Guppies". In 2018, Defender was included in the Chicago New Media 1973-1992 exhibition, that was curated by Jon Cates. Games Pinball Atari Time 2000 Airborne Avenger Superman Williams Laser Ball Firepower Space Shuttle High Speed F-14 Tomcat Video games Defender Stargate Robotron: 2084 Blaster NARC Smash TV Total Carnage Cruis'n series Target: Terror The Fast and the Furious (2004 video game)The Fast and the Furious: Drift Nex Machina Further reading Bearns, Melissa H. . The Medill News Wire. November 17, 1999. (Interview with Jarvis.) Hague, James. "Eugene Jarvis". Interview from Halcyon Days. June 2002. Williams, Wayne Robert. . JoyStik (article hosted at GameArchive.com (defunct)). September 1982. References External links IGN interview Full list of Eugene Jarvis games at Arcade-History.com Interview at DPerry.com FirepowerPinball.com: Interview with Eugene Jarvis (PDF) Living people American video game designers American video game programmers Pinball game designers DePaul University faculty UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni Atari people Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Pioneer Award recipients Game Developers Conference Lifetime Achievement Award recipients Year of