Friday, June 24, 2011

Eugene Jarvis and News Radio

Here's a bit of trivia you may not know.  Eugene Jarvis, inventor of some of the most landmark classic arcade games in history (e.g. Defender, Stargate, and my personal favorite, Robotron: 2084), appeared on a sitcom in the late 90's.

The sitcom was News Radio, and in Season 3, Episode 4, the show revolved around the replacement of a sandwich machine with "Stargate Defender", an obvious homage to Stargate.  Eugene's cameo is a non-speaking role, but you can see him as one of the vending machine company's movers, as he pushes out the sandwich machine to reveal a modified Stargate cabinet. 

You can find most of this information on Eugene's wikipage, but what you might not know is that you can stream this episode to see it for yourself instantly if you are a Netflix subscriber.  Enjoy!