by Antstream Blog | Jul 27, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Antstream
Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, for me, back in...
by Eugenio Angueira | Feb 16, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Console/Handheld
In 1981, Williams Electronics released a horizontal shooter game by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar that took the arcades by storm. That game was Defender. In this game the player controls the Defender to protect humanoids, who have been stranded in some planet, from...
by Indie Retro News | Nov 8, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
In 1981 Williams Electronics released Defender, an all time classic multi-directional arcade shooter featuring 2D graphics as you defeat waves of aliens while protecting astronauts on the surface. But what if I told you there’s a new game by Ben James that is...