“Robotron” co-creators Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar are speaking at this weekend’s California Extreme classic arcade games show in Santa Clara. A version of this tribute ran on the SFGate.com blog ...

This week on Shack's Arcade Corner we are taking a look at Robotron: 2084, the 1982 arcade classic. Developed by Vid Kids and published by Williams Electronics players had to kill waves of enemies and ...

From quarter-munching classics to genre-defining milestones, arcades shaped how people play and share games together. The ...

In a gaming era where software pushes millions of 3D polygons with advanced lighting effects and texture design, and titles feature complex control systems, real-life acting and storylines, it can be ...

The developer of Super Stardust and Resogun is working with arcade design legend Eugene Jarvis, designer of Defender, Robotron: 2084 and Smash TV, on a new game. Resogun lead Harry Krueger announced ...

Eugene Jarvis took to the stage at GDC to talk about his 1982 Williams arcade hit Robotron 2084, a 2D shooting game noted for its insanely fast-moving action and chock-a-block busy screens. Robotron ...

"Robotron: 2084" is essentially an arcade perfect port, of the classic arcade game, for the Xbox Live Arcade. Complete with the everything that made that game great back in 1982, and some new upgrades ...

“Only 72 years until the Robotrons conclude that the human race is inefficient and must be destroyed. Only the mutant produced by a genetic engineering accident can save us now!” –Church of Robotron ...

Eugene Jarvis had a normal Menlo Park childhood in the 1960s and early ’70s; blowing up Army men with firecrackers, throwing dirt clods at his friends and remaining ignorant of the existence of video ...

The creators of Resogun and Smash T.V. combine their talents to create one of the best arcade games of the generation. Back in the early days of the Xbox 360, the cliché for downloadable indie titles ...