Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Defender · 1981

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: NTSC
Year: 1981
Publisher: Atari
Country: USA
Medium: Cartridge
Serial: CX2609

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Additional Comments

Was sold with Atari Force comic book Volume 1.

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).

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Cover Art (8)

Instructions (20)

Ads (16)

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Clothing (1)

Dealer Displays (1)

Other (2)

Celebrate the Century 1980s Defender Post Stamp

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.