company industry interactive entertainment founded 2001 headquarters skokie illinois u.s. number of employees 25 website http www.rawthrills.com raw thrills inc. is an arcade game entertainment company based in skokie illinois . it is best known for developing arcade games based on films . contents 1 history 2 games 3 references 4 external links history edit raw thrills was founded in 2001 by eugene jarvis deepak deo and andrew eloff . the staff also consists of other former midway games employees . currently the staff runs around 25 employees most of whom have been with the company for the majority of its existence . 1 early on the company made games for igt including super times pay poker multi play blackjack and turbo reelette with later games involving modifications of the super times pay engine . raw thrills first independent coin op game was target terror a light gun shooter game 1 which was later upgraded to target terror gold also known as target force featuring bonus levels end of round awards and other performance enhancements . target terror was the first gun game designed under the direction of eugene jarvis . the company s second game was the fast and the furious 1 a racing game based on the universal studios movie of the same name . tsunami visual technologies later made a motion version of the game for large family entertainment centers . in 2006 raw thrills published two titles 1 big buck hunter pro developed by play mechanix ; and the fast and the furious superbikes . raw thrills released in 2007 a sequel to the fast and the furious titled the fast and the furious drift . 2 they also released a continuation of the successful big buck series big buck safari 3 in three different configurations which included a standard 27 cabinet a 42 lcd version 4 and an 8 x6 projected screen theater version . they would also release a new update to big buck hunter pro with big buck hunter pro open season 5 in 2009 . after the success of their fast and furious drift racing title the company set their sights on kart style racing with nicktoons nitro . 6 the game featured licensed characters from various nickelodeon cartoon shows including spongebob squarepants timmy turner avatar aang invader zim jimmy neutron and danny phantom . also in 2009 raw thrills teamed up with konami and activision to produce guitar hero arcade . 7 raw thrills engineered the game while konami and activision were involved to cover patenting and licensing issues respectively . 8 the game was a solid success selling over 2000 units in just three months . 9 in january 2009 it was revealed that raw thrills and specular interactive came together to produce a spiritual successor to the midway arcade racer hydro thunder with a game entitled h2overdrive . 10 specular interactive was made up of several ex midway employees who had worked on hydro thunder and this led to h2overdrive maintaining many of the ideas that hydro thunder had in place while adding in some new elements such as achievements a leveling up system and improved physics . it also received high praise from the critics . 11 12 13 14 15 the original version of h2overdrive came in a cabinet sporting a 42 lcd hd monitor and in march 2010 they produced a 32 version for smaller venues . 16 a motion based version was also produced in november 2009 that was being handled by bandai namco and unis . 17 unis also holds the rights to distribute the game in china . 18 in march 2010 raw thrills and play mechanix released terminator salvation a deluxe light gun shooter based upon the film of the same name that was released to theaters in may 2009 . 19 the game received early praise from arcade operators as it exceeding earnings expectations during testing . 20 games edit target terror 2004 the fast and the furious 2004 big buck hunter pro 2006 the fast and the furious superbikes 2006 the fast and the furious drift 2007 big buck safari 2008 nicktoons nitro 2008 big buck hunter pro open season 2009 guitar hero arcade 2009 h2overdrive 2009 terminator salvation 2010 wheel of fortune 2010 super bikes 2 2010 fast and furious super cars 2010 frogger 2010 redemption game big buck world 2010 dirty drivin 2011 big buck hd 2012 doodle jump arcade 2012 x games snocross 2012 batman 2013 aliens armageddon 2014 barrel of monkeys 2014 super alpine racer 2014 jurassic park arcade 2015 cruis n adventure cruis n redline 2016 references edit a b c d about us . rawthrills . october 14 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . the fast & the furious . rawthrills . october 14 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . games raw thrills inc . rawthrills.com . october 14 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . shaggy . new products from betson includes big buck safari deluxe . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . shaggy . raw thrills play mechanix unveil big buck hunter open season . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . games raw thrills inc . rawthrills.com . october 14 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . games raw thrills inc . rawthrills.com . october 14 2011 . retrieved october 18 2011 . http www.bemanistyle.com index.php news guitar hero arcade 1130 shaggy . betson 2000 guitar hero units have been sold in three months . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . shaggy . new boat racing game by raw thrills and the hydro thunder team to be at atei updated w screens & control info . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . http specular.com games h2overdrive.htm leone matt january 23 2009 . h2overdrive preview for arc from . 1up . com . retrieved october 18 2011 . first details on h2overdrive the spiritual successor to hydro thunder . destructoid . retrieved october 18 2011 . waves of orders make h2overdrive product of preview . coinoptoday.com . november 9 2009 . retrieved october 18 2011 . operator bowled over by h2overdrive . coinoptoday.com . march 5 2010 . retrieved october 18 2011 . shaggy . amusement expo 2010 raw thrills betson triotech booth . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . shaggy . iaapa 2009 videos dead storm pirates unis booth w. cooking mama & h2overdrive motion big buck hunter open season textminator . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . universal space to offer h2overdrive in asia . coinoptoday.com . december 9 2009 . retrieved october 18 2011 . shaggy . reminders for releases this month terminator salvation tank tank tank pump it up pro 2 & fiesta sega racing classic . arcade heroes . retrieved october 18 2011 . the results are in terminator salvation is the total package . coinoptoday.com . march 25 2010 . retrieved october 18 2011 . external links edit raw thrills website play mechanix website specular interactive website v t e raw thrills big buck hunter pro big buck hunter pro open season big buck safari dirty drivin frogger guitar hero arcade h2overdrive nicktoons nitro target terror terminator salvation the fast and the furious the fast and the furious superbikes the fast and the furious drift wheel of fortune winter x games 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