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Defender

Defender is an abandoned DOS science fiction shooter game, developed by Williams Entertainment, designed by Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar and published by Atarisoft in 1983. Defender is considered an arcade classic. It's available for download. Defender is also part of the Defender series.

Genres:

shooter, shoot 'em up

system:

DOS

released in:

1983

publisher:

Atarisoft

developer:

Williams Entertainment

designers:

Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar

keywords:

science fiction, side-scroller, arcade classic

Modes:

single-player, hotseat

series:

part of the Defender series

abandonware

Rate this game

3.90 / 5.00 (52 votes)

Screenshots were taken by Abandonware DOS. Open Defender screenshots in a new window.

Defender downloads

Play Defender online Download Defender

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Main executable file (run this to play the game): defender/defender.com

Video

Video courtesy of Squakenet.com.

Additional info

Press G to begin the game in keyboard mode.

Awards won by Defender:

Selected for All-TIME 100 video games TIME.com.
1980 - , Gamespot Greatest PC Games of all Time.

Input: keyboard

Distributed on: 5,25 floppy disk

Abandonware DOS views: 7296

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