Skip to main content

Defender

Defender Game Cover
38%Game Brain Score
38% User Score Based on 31 reviews
Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Platforms

Commodore C64Atari 8 BitWeb BrowserMac OSMs Dos
Defender Game Cover

About

Defender is a single player and multiplayer arcade shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Williams Electronics and was released on March 1, 1981. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and negative reviews from players.

Defender is an arcade video game developed released by Williams Electronics in 1980. A shooting game featuring two-dimensional (2D) graphics, the game is set on a fictional planet where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts. Development was led by Eugene Jarvis, a pinball programmer at Williams; Defender was Jarvis's first video game project, and drew inspirat…

Skip Critic Reviews

80%Critics’ scoreBased on 1 critic reviews
Skip Videos

Videos

Skip Games Like Defender

Games Like Defender

Utopia Must Fall Image
Games like Utopia Must Fall
Point Perfect Image
Games like Point Perfect
Pentasma Image
Games like Pentasma
Meteoric VR Image
Games like Meteoric VR
ASTRODRIFTER Image
Games like ASTRODRIFTER
Skip FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Defender is a arcade shooter game with science fiction theme.

Defender is available on Web Browser, Mac OS, Commodore C64, Atari 8 Bit and others.

Defender was released on March 1, 1981.

Defender was developed by Williams Electronics.

Defender has received negative reviews from players.

Defender is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Utopia Must Fall, Point Perfect, Pentasma, Meteoric VR, ASTRODRIFTER and others.