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| Also on: Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Vision, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Entex Adventure Vision, Mattel Intellivision, MGT Sam Coupe, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Sony Playstation 2, Texas Instruments TI 99/4A |
 | Defender TV Commercial (Microsoft Xbox Version)
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| Defender is a two-dimensional, side-scrolling shooting game set on the surface of an unnamed planet. The player controls a space ship as it navigates the terrain, flying either to the left or right. A joystick controls the ship's elevation, and five buttons control its horizontal direction and weapons. The object is to destroy alien invaders, while protecting astronauts on the landscape from abduction. Humans that are successfully abducted return as mutants that attack the ship. Defeating the aliens allows the player to progress to the next level. Failing to protect the astronauts, however, causes the planet to explode and the level to become populated with mutants. Surviving the waves of mutants results in the restoration of the planet. Players are allotted three chances (lives) to progress through the game and are able to earn more by reaching certain scoring benchmarks. |
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