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Through a random work connection I got to chat with Larry DeMar (“LED”) who coauthored both Defender and Robotron and who, as such, was one of my personal idols

Through a random work connection I got to chat with Larry DeMar (“LED”) who coauthored both Defender and Robotron and who, as such, was one of my personal idols. He was super personable and was pretty curious to learn what our challenges were in making Crash for PS1. It was definitely one of those unique life events I’ll never forget..

msarnoff 5y ago
When I met Eugene I asked him to autograph the instruction card from my High Speed pinball machine. I had already got Steve Ritchie's autograph, so I remarked to him "Now all I need is Larry DeMar's signature." And Eugene went ahead and forged Larry's signature! What a guy. https://twitter.com/txsector/status/488077919630409728 https://twitter.com/txsector/status/488077919630409728
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  What did Eugene do on High Speed? ( I have Ritchie’s sig on my pin)
  - msarnoff 5y ago
    He's credited for sounds; his name is on the playfield, right below the "Drive Again" light. https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1176&picno=71282&zoom=1 https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1176&picno=71282&zoom=1 (I don't know if this is because High Speed reused sound effects from previous Williams games or if he contributed new code.)
  - joezydeco 5y ago
    At the time of High Speed, DeMar and Jarvis were still working as VidKidz. The software for High Speed was written by them as contractors to Williams. Eugene probably helped out with some code here and there.