Defender - Shoot em up Retro Remake ( INDIE )

Neil79 · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:07

Based on the WILLIAMS classic arcade game “DEFENDER”.
This version sees all the original baddies and levels and gameplay, but now in 2 graphical flavours… Classic and Enhanced.

Download
http://www.minionsoft.com/Downloads/defender.zip

place in the System folder, or the folder where the game is unpacked. Download DLL here

COPY AND PASTE LINK TO DOWNLOAD

Kosmiche · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:26

Aww was expecting a hd graphical makeover, I guess this will "HAVE" to do.

Thanks Neil my man.

Tealc · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:34

Awesome. Only the other day I was playing this with MAME and failing badly. So hard to get the controls intuitive. Need a good arcade game controller for something like this.

Neil79 · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:40

Np guys, have fun

Malevolence · 3 Mar 2012 at 05:58

I remember when Defender first came out, I was at school and we used to pump 10Ps into the thing in the chippy at dinnertime. Bloody thing nearly ruined my hand with it's 25 million buttons.

Still a bloody great game though.

Andrew_McP · 3 Mar 2012 at 07:05

Malevolence said:
I remember when Defender first came out, I was at school and we used to pump 10Ps into the thing in the chippy at dinnertime.

The problem with Defender was that Steve Davies loved it. That made it very uncool indeed. :->

Snograt · 3 Mar 2012 at 07:50

As soon as I read the thread title I got Defender sound effects in my head - a truly memorable game.

the shadow · 3 Mar 2012 at 08:58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLS2S0Cp8U

Tealc · 3 Mar 2012 at 09:55

Lordy.

Just tried it out and it's just seems so wrong. Plus it only fills a quarter of my screen and the rest just flashes white. Maybe I chose the wrong executable as there were three of them in the zip.

BBC's The Tripod's theme tune at the option screen though?

Nice conversion I suppose but like so many conversions it lacks the power of the original.