Defender
Defender is an arcade video game developed released by Williams Electronics in 1980. A shooting game featuring two-dimensional (2D) graphics, the game is set on a fictional planet where the player must defeat…
Defender is a shooter, released 1 March 1981 on Arcade, Mac and Web browser.
What Defender is
Defender was released in 1981. It was published by Shockwave. It is available on Arcade, Mac and Web browser.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the future an alien race known as the "Manti" attacks Earth with their relatives the Irata. Manti have been seen kidnapping humans for unknown reasons but, it is known that after a Manti grabs a human that they become more powerful. If the Manti successfully create the ultimate Mutant Army, then Earth won't stand a chance. Star-Fighters have been dispatched to Defend mankind from the enemy.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Defender holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Defender yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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