Larry DeMar

Lawrence E. "Larry" DeMar (also known as L.E.D.) is an American 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.

DeMar was a longtime fan of pinball, and he and his family were friends with Alvin Gottlieb, where he sometimes played pinball. He graduated from MIT, and during his time there made notes about the quirks, physics, and logic of the pinball machines he played. After sending letters to Bally, Williams, and Gottlieb with two programming faults he had found, and thoughts about the future of solid state technology he was offered a job by Ken Fedesna at Williams. He initially turned it down to take a job at Bell Laboratories, but quickly reversed the decision to accept the job at Williams.

During his earlier years at Williams he worked as a software engineer. By 1993 he was director of pinball engineering.

He is the founder of design firm Leading Edge Design (LED), which creates gaming concepts for the casino industry. He has 38 U.S. patents, predominantly for amusement games.

DeMar's games Video games Defender Stargate (a.k.a. Defender II) Robotron: 2084 Blaster

Pinball Williams Black Knight Jungle Lord Scorpion Space Shuttle: Pinball Adventure High Speed Banzai Run FunHouse Jack*Bot

Midway (Bally) The Addams Family The Twilight Zone World Cup Soccer