Vid Kidz was a
video game developer formed in 1981 by ''
Defender'' programmers
Eugene Jarvis
Eugene Peyton Jarvis is an American game designer and video game programmer, known for producing pinball machines for Atari and video games for Williams Electronics. Most notable among his works are the seminal arcade video games '' Defender'' ...
and
Larry DeMar
Lawrence E. "Larry" DeMar (also known as L.E.D.) is a video game and pinball designer and software programmer. He is known as co-designer, alongside Eugene Jarvis, of the classic arcade games '' Defender'' and '' Robotron: 2084''.
He is the found ...
, following their departure from
Williams Electronics
WMS Industries, Inc. was an American electronic gaming and amusement manufacturer in Enterprise, Nevada. It was merged into Scientific Games in 2016. WMS's predecessor was the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded in 1943 by Harry E. Williams ...
. Williams contracted with Vid Kidz to design games for them. Vid Kidz was disbanded in 1984.
Games developed by Vid Kidz
* ''
Defender'' (1981) – developed by Jarvis and DeMar, but before the formation of Vid Kidz, while they were still at Williams.
* ''
Stargate'' (1981, AKA ''Defender II'')
* ''
Robotron: 2084'' (1982)
* ''
Blaster'' (1983)
References
Video game development companies
Video game companies of the United States
WMS Industries
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