Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Defender · 1987
Defender II
Published by Atari
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Information
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Defender
- Controls
- Joystick, Joystick
- Players
- 1
- Programmer(s)
- Aspromonte, Bill
- Format
- PAL
- Year
- 1987
- Publisher
- Atari
- Country
- Europe
- Medium
- Cartridge
- Serial
- CX26120
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 9.5/10 · Votes: 13 · Downloads: 2,898 · Hits: 9,434
Screenshots (6)
Cover Art (6)
Comments (1)
Crossbones Vanheems — 25 May 2020
Wow, an outstanding port. I always have a soft spot for the original VCS Defender, but indeed this one is obviously a much closer copy with the passage of time and programming evolution. Only thing is, I can't work out how to use 2nd joystick for smart bombs here, or via Stella, where I don't see an option for joystick 2 (perhaps it's there). Very nicely done, I think quite remarkable to get even closer to the arcade game on the 2600, with all the features looking right, though again I thought the original Defender was a great VCS game too.