Classic Game Room HD reviews DEFENDER (again!), this time for the Playstation 1 video game console, or PSX, PSone, PS1, etc…. This is from the Williams Greatest Arcade Hits collection which also includes arcade emulated copies of Robotron 2084, Joust, Sinistar, Bubbles and Defender 1 and 2!! Digital Eclipse was involved with this version (you should know them from the XBOX Live Arcade games on XBLA). Defender was released in 1980 in the arcades and is regarded as one of the best horizontal scrolling space ship shooters ever created. Designed by Eugene Jarvis, Defender pits you and your spaceship against countless enemy foes, landers, swarmers and pods who are kidnapping humans and turning them into mutants. If you want to play Defender but don’t have an arcade stand up machine this may be the best and most affordable way to do so, as soon in this CGRHD review! Classic Game Room reviews the best in new and retro video games. If you like retro gaming reviews and old school video game reviews and reviewing then you’ll love the journalistic integrity and itchy SHMUP loving trigger finger of Classic Game Room… sucka! Coin-op classic Defender review, right here!
one of the first …
one of the first games i ever played
Arcades must have …
Arcades must have made $1000’s from me in the early 80’s b8ut I did master a few games such as Defender,Missile command and crazy climber.The arcade owners knew when they saw me comming in that they would not be making any money with those ones(games) that night as 1 quarter is all I needed to play for hours. Two or three million pionts per game..lol
that’s one of the …
that’s one of the closest matches of defender i’ve seen on a home game console! even has the great sounds! i’d like to see modern gamers play the original!
Yah, the starting …
Yah, the starting ship was Ok, but was vastly under powered compared to the other fighters. So do you agree that some lvl’s were a bit too…well not fun?
Yeah, I never …
Yeah, I never finished it. I figured because it was because I never started using newer ships, just upgrading the Defender, and eventually I hit the wall.
Frackin awesome …
Frackin awesome techno tracks, Nemises upgraded was fracking awesome, and no dammage from ramming the ground…now if only i can find it on youtube. Some lvl’s were just too hard. (Juggernaught mainly)
My favorite video …
My favorite video game of all time.
Play Williams …
Play Williams Arcade Greatest Hits for the Sega Genesis. The Sega Genesis controller is perfect for Defender – comfortable and responsive. Better than the arcade.
I find it funny …
I find it funny that the games we loved as a kid were so hard, sorry I mean challenging.
Best game in …
Best game in history, I never get bored of it
This and Robotron …
This and Robotron makes your heart really pump unlike no other game since.
If you ever get a …
If you ever get a chance, try the remade Defender for the XBOX/PS2. It’s a surprisingly amusing game!
I have this on …
I have this on Midway Arcade Treasures for the PS2. Great collection of old arcade games. I grew up in the early 90’s, so to get to play these iconic games is nice. I recommend it to fans of Paperboy,Rootbeer Tapper,Defender,Defender2,Joust1,Joust2,Mortal Kombat II, MKIII, just to name a few.
I remember when I …
I remember when I was 7 I got to level 103 on this game. I was never able to do it again.
This brings back …
This brings back many good memories.
Sinistar?
Sinistar?
yeah specialy the …
yeah specialy the ones about the end of the world really suck…
god ads …
god ads everywhere ya ing look
Awesome! The PS1 is …
Awesome! The PS1 is classic
There is an …
There is an excellent version (arcade perfect) of Defender on Williams Hits for Sega Genesis as well!!! I would emphasize the Genesis version since it outputs true 15 KHz signal, meaning it is the same as arcade original. With PS3 you are stuck with streched HD or interlaced video modes – which IS NOT CORRECT.
I agree, early 80s …
I agree, early 80s games were really special in many ways.
no your not
no your not
First onh!!
First onh!!
HAHA the joke …
HAHA the joke written at the end is great.
NVM, found it.
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NVM, found it.
Sinistar