Defender

Description

Defender put players in charge of a ship sent to protect mankind from wave after wave of attacking alien forces.

Armed with smart bombs and the ability to use hyperspace to move quickly around the planet, the player ship must fight against Bombers, Pods, Swarmers, Baiters, and Landers - that can capture the humanoids and transform them into deadly and relentless Mutants. Fail to save the humanoids from freefall or Mutant transformation, and the planet is destroyed.

Alternate Titles

• "Earth Attack" -- Zellers title

Part of the Following Groups

• Defender games
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Video games turned in to board/card games

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User Reviews

A great game from the Atari era.	Atari 5200	Dark Lord (46)
The Apple II version of Defender had none of the appeal of the arcade game.	Apple II	Droog (462)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	ColecoVision	Mar 30, 2003	A-	91
The Video Game Critic	Atari 5200	Aug 17, 2004	B+	83
Commodore User	VIC-20	Jun, 1984		80
Pixel-Heroes.de	Commodore 64	Mar, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Atari 5200	Feb 14, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Micro 7	VIC-20	Jun, 1984		67
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Nov 20, 2006	6.6 out of 10	66
IGN	Xbox 360	Nov 16, 2006	5.5 out of 10	55
Micro 7	Commodore 64	Apr, 1984		50
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Jul 14, 2002	D	25

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Trivia

Defender was popular enough to have a song inspired by it on the full-length "Pac-Man Fever" album - "The Defender".