“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 ...

Like the other classic arcade games on Xbox Live Arcade, Robotron: 2084 remains true to its arcade roots while including great additions like online scoreboards and multiplayer. If it's not the most ...

With a 5-o’clock shadow, heavy from neglect, along with a pair of tired eyes and sore wrists, David Gomez emerged victorious against friend and foe — Robotron 2084. Gomez, 44, an information ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has announced a new Halo game - for arcades. That's right, there's a new Halo game in the works for all those arcades that don't exist anymore. Halo: Fireteam Raven is an arcade shooter for ...

It is always a treat to speak with Eugene Jarvis - even when it is over a wobbly Skype video call early in the morning, and even when he was out partying in Helsinki the night before. "The party was ...

With a 5-o’clock shadow, heavy from neglect, along with a pair of tired eyes and sore wrists, David Gomez emerged victorious against friend and foe — Robotron 2084. Gomez, 44, an information ...

If you're going to make a dirty, dirty port of Robotron: 2084 for high-end handsets, like the Sony Ericsson S710, the least you could do is include all 255 waves of mind-bending chaos. Instead, ...