Raw Thrills, Inc. is an arcade video game entertainment company based in Skokie, Illinois. It is best known for developing arcade games based on films.
Raw Thrills, Inc. was founded in 2001 by Eugene Jarvis, Andrew Eloff, and Deepak Deo to create the finest arcade video game entertainment for the world market. Led by veteran arcade game designer Eugene Jarvis, whose credits include Defender, Robotron, NARC, Smash TV and the popular Cruis’n series of adventure driving games, Raw Thrills has brought new life to the arcade scene with the release of Target:Terror, The Fast and the Furious, DRIFT and SuperBikes.
In 2006, Raw Thrills merged with the renowned game development studio, Play Mechanix, to create a new world leader in arcade games. Founded in 1995 by George Petro, a former designer of Midway Games, Play Mechanix’s legendary design team are the creators of the famed Big Buck Hunter game series and Deal Or No Deal.