Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Defender · 1986
Defender
Published by Atari
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Information
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Defender
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1, 2 (alt.)
- Programmer(s)
- Polaro, Robert C.
- Format
- PAL
- Year
- 1986
- Publisher
- Atari
- Country
- Europe
- Medium
- Cartridge
- Serial
- CX2609
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 7.3/10 · Votes: 12 · Downloads: 2,365 · Hits: 13,459
Additional Comments
This is the only 'black label' cart from Atari with a lightblue background.
On wave 25, hold a human at the approximate height where your ship first appears and any enemy ships on-screen will turn into the initials BP (for Bob Polaro).
Screenshots (6)
Cover Art (9)
Ads (16)
![Berzerk / Star Raiders / Defender / Yars' Revenge [French] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/4_nouvelles_aventures_atari.jpg)
![Flyer - Defender [German] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/flyer_devender_german.jpg)
![Flyer - Defender [French] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-flyer-defender-french.jpg)
![Berzerk / Star Raiders / Defender / Yars' Revenge [French] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-berzerk-star-raiders-defender-yar-revenge.jpg)
![Flyer - Defender [Spanish] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-flyer-defender-spain.jpg)
![Space Invaders / Pac-Man / Yars' Revenge / Berzerk / Defender [UK] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-ad-two-of-our-greatest.jpg)
![Defender [German] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/defender_ad_german.jpg)
![Haunted House / Yars' Revenge / Defender [Dutch] · 1982](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/nieuw_van_atari_ad_v2.jpg)
Clothing (1)
Dealer Displays (1)
Other (2)
Posters (2)
Stickers (2)
Comments (1)
Crossbones Vanheems — 18 Apr 2020
We loved it! Thankfully much easier than the arcade, with all the features and enemies present, very playable, loads of fun! The various criticisms I've seen over the years, we never even considered them, we were just pleased to play Defender on the VCS and we did so for hours on end! Of course, a later variant proved you could make a closer copy, but still, this was great for its time.