Defender
This DOS port of Defender, it challenges you to pilot a small spaceship across a wrap-around planet surface to destroy alien waves and save falling human astronauts from being abducted.
Defender is a shooter developed by Williams Electronics, released 31 December 1983 on DOS.
What Defender is
Defender is a shooter game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1983. It was published by Atari. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This DOS port of Defender, it challenges you to pilot a small spaceship across a wrap-around planet surface to destroy alien waves and save falling human astronauts from being abducted.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Defender launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness, Zoo Keeper.
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