A Conversation with Larry DeMar: Co-designer of Defender and Robotron:2084

A few months back we had the pleasure of welcoming Larry DeMar to Arcade Club as part of the community run Defender meet, an awesome group of individuals keeping the classic scene alive here in the UK. In this, the feature length edition of our interview, we talk to Larry about Defender, Robotron, Pinball and his time during the early days of Vid Kidz and beyond. So sit back and enjoy, the gift that is...Larry DeMar

[@Splitscreen83]

Amazing game. Monumental back in the day and still today incredibleby tough and addictive. Possibly the greatest classic video game of all time. 😎

[@FelixTurner]

Defender also had the best sound design of that era. That intro baseline!!

[@robmcraf2765]

I will have both of those games in my arcade collection until I am too old to play them.

[@MrDirkles]

Modern games totally miss giving the player an amazing amount of power coupled with a feeling of urgency, a good risk reward mechanic and the cool factor.