Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Defender · 1989

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: NTSC
Year: 1989
Publisher: Atari
Country: USA
Medium: Cartridge
Serial: CX26120

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Screenshots (5)

Defender II — screenshot 1

Defender II — screenshot 2

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Defender II — screenshot 5

Cover Art (3)

Cartridge 1

Cartridge 2

Cartridge 3

Instructions (8)

Instructions page 1

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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.