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Defender

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Published by

Midway Home Entertainment, Inc.

Developed by

7 Studios, Inc.

Released

Nov 10, 2002

Also For

PlayStation 2, Xbox | Combined View

ESRB Rating

Teen

Genre

Action

Perspective

3rd-Person Perspective

Non-Sport

Arcade, Sci-Fi / Futuristic, Shooter

MobyRank

100 point score based on reviews from various critics.

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2.5

MobyScore

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Midway Home Entertainment
Producer	David Brooks
Associate Producer	Hans Lo
Assistant Producer	Sheila Julaton
Test Manager	Robert Sablan (Uncle Bobby)
Test Supervisor	Brian Davis
Lead Product Testing Analysts	Jake Rosewall, Eljin Whitehead
Product Testing Analysts	Jeff Kennedy, Erin Dolan, Clint Brown, Johnny Gussner, Shane Cruz, John Bozeman
Technical Standards Analysts	Raymond Mitchell
Technical Director	Eric Hart
Art Director	Craig Rundels
Product Manager	Patrick Dillon
Print Design and Production	Midway Creative Services - San Diego
Motion Capture Talent	John F. Kaiser III, Chanel Penley
International coordination	Rema Sundarajan, Joanna Hammond, Yoni Attias, Yvonne White-Baptista
International Marketing	David Burton (European Marketing Manager), Mike Eglington (UK Product Marketing Manager)
Special Thanks	Neil Nicastro, Ken Fedesna, Michael Abbot, Darrin Stubbington, Paul D. LeFevre, Che-Yuan Wang, Aurora Romans, Michelle Savoie, Brenda Wilson, Serena Chan, Janet Whitehead, Gabriel Manansala, all our families, Randall Mage, Nina Lampinen, everyone at Localsoft
Inevitable Entertainment, Inc.
Producer	Jaime R. Grieves
Programmers	Stephen Broumley, John Nagle, Brian Watson
Designers	Bey Bickerton, Jim Richardson
Art	Cyrus Lum
QA	Kent Raffray, Todd Raffray
CEO	Russell Byrd
CTO	Craig Galley
CAO	Cyrus Lum
CCO	Bey Bickerton
CFO	Judy Stubbington
Special Thanks	Billy Spears, Seven Studios
Seven Studios
Direction	George Collins
Chief Software Engineer	George Sutty
Technical Director	John Keating
Lead Programmer	Brian Hawkins
Programmers	Ed Baum, Chris Buchanan, Daniel Chuang, John Cooke, Kim Lay
Aditional Engineering Provided by	Tom Ketola, Dan Stanfill
Art Director	Damon Conn
Lead Artist	Miguel Lleras
Artists	Jon Balmer, Scott Fabianek, Nelson Plumey
Additional Art	Ivan Bouinatchov, Barclay Chantal (Buck), Kenzie LaMar
Designers	Robert Berger, Richard Bisso, Jeffery Gardiner, Michael Kirkbride
Mission Scripting	Ivanna Kartarahardja, Nathan Mah
Story and Dialogue	Robert Berger, Michael Kirkbride, Sara Margaret Stohl
Executive Producer	Lewis S. Peterson
Producers	Matthew Candler, Christine Thomas
Assistant Producer	Alex Garcia
Music Provided by	Midway Home Entertainment
Additional Music by	Jon Balmer (Rock on Chicago)
FMV Audio Production	Keith Arem
FMV Sound Design	Keith Arem
FMV Original Music	Michael Cohen
Voice Over Recording Performed by	Soundelux Design Music Group, PCB Productions
Voice Over Engineers	Keith Arem, Ronald Dutch Hill
Sound Design & Direction	Michael Kirkbride, Matthew Candler, Robert Berger
Additional Sound FX Provided by	Scorpio Sound LLC
Supervising Sound Designer	Gregory J. Hainer
Sound Designer	Michael Kamper
Commander Kyoto	Traci Elizabeth Lords
Colonel Adams	Noah Nelson
Memory	Valerie Michelle Arem
Dr. Mudo	Eric Passoja
Additional VO Provided by	Lex Lang, Perry Zombolas, Jason Lee, Dave Wittenberg
Special Thanks	Lorraine Conn, Harrison Hays, Scot Kramarich, Chane Parker, Lewis S. Peterson, Sara Margaret Stohl, Lisa Whitman, Erik Yeo
Sony Developer Support Engineers	Geoff Audy, David Coombes
Metroworks Technical Support	Gabe Ahn, Becky Hook
Defender(TM) Test Squadron	Sam Alper, Rory Behr, AJ Calabrese, Alex Chen, Bobby Hill, Tory Hill, Martine Johanneson, David Leohong, Danny H. Nguyen, Adam Payne, Emma Peterson, May Peterson, Jack Schwada, Alex Schwada, Spencer Strasmore, David Wagmeister, Johno Wagmeister
The Defender(TM) team would like to express their thanks and gratitude to	Mom and Dad - all of them, Margarite Fox, Loren Kirkbride, Uncle Atari, Kirsten Stanwyck, Leeds Development Studio - for Wipeout and Colony Wars, The Sea Monkeys, The Bossman, Deanne M. Dickson, Ruben E. Plumey, Prima Plumey, Frank Zappa, George Harrison, John Entwhistle, Sharon Cagey, Ben Garcia, ATVI GRADS Fantasy Football League, Caryn Krooth, Carol Gardiner, John Geiger, Flag, Dave Hammock (aka BC), John Lemberger, Ethan Heinz, Elmer R. Bisard, Laura L. Ellis, Becky Allen, Amanda Wyatt, Logan Conn, Sara Margaret Stohl, Emma Peterson, May Peterson, Kate Peterson
"Defender" and "Defender -- Club Mix" Composed by	Richard Strauss (based on Also Sprach Zarathustra)
"Defender" and "Defender -- Club Mix" Produced by	Sascha Konietzko, Phil Rieflin, Michael Cozzi (for KMFDM Inc.)
"Vaunt" Written by	Trigger
"Vaunt" Published by	Black Ether Music
"Vaunt" Courtesy of	BlackBlack Records
"Clandestine" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Clandestine" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Clandestine" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Clandestine" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Cybertron" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Cybertron" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Cybertron" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Cybertron" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Dig It" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Dig It" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Dig It" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Dig It" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Eliminate" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Eliminate" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Eliminate" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Eliminate" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Epic" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Epic" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Epic" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Epic" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Go" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Go" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Go" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Go" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Planet Chasing" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Planet Chasing" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Planet Chasing" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Planet Chasing" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Run" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Run" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Run" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Run" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Shining Through" Written by	Adam Hamilton
"Shining Through" Performed by	Adam Hamilton
"Shining Through" Published by	Red Engine Music
"Shining Through" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari
"Stripmine" Written by	Tim Paruszkiewicz, Stephen Phillips
"Stripmine" Performed by	Tim Paruszkiewicz, Stephen Phillips
"Stripmine" Published by	Revision West
"Stripmine" All Songs Courtesy of	Marc Ferrari

Other Games

In addition to this game, the following people are listed as working on other games. No more than 25 people are listed here, even if there are more than 25 people who have also worked on other games.

Keith Arem, 90 other games
Dave Wittenberg, 71 other games
Robert Sablan, 59 other games
Randall Mage, 56 other games
Lex Lang, 44 other games
Becky Allen, 38 other games
Brian Watson, 33 other games
Amanda Wyatt, 32 other games
Eric Hart, 31 other games
Paul D. LeFevre, 31 other games
David Burton, 30 other games
Valerie Michelle Arem, 29 other games
Robert Berger, 29 other games
Darrin Stubbington, 28 other games
Hans Lo, 28 other games
Raymond Mitchell, 26 other games
Russell Byrd, 25 other games
Gregory J. Hainer, 23 other games
Erik Yeo, 22 other games
Cyrus Lum, 22 other games
Che-Yuan Wang, 22 other games
Ken Fedesna, 22 other games
Neil Nicastro, 21 other games
Craig Rundels, 21 other games
Patrick Dillon, 20 other games

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Tribes: Aerial Assault, a group of 12 people
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SpyHunter, a group of 9 people
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, a group of 9 people
SpyHunter 2, a group of 9 people
All-Star Baseball 2000, a group of 8 people
Battlezone II: Combat Commander, a group of 8 people
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, a group of 8 people
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, a group of 8 people
All-Star Baseball '99, a group of 8 people
The Suffering: Ties That Bind, a group of 8 people
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, a group of 7 people
Fireblade, a group of 7 people
NHL Hitz 20-03, a group of 7 people
Turok: Rage Wars, a group of 7 people
Six Flags Fun Park, a group of 7 people