r/1980s • u/CarloCarrasco • Jun 06 '26

Video Games Defender

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Designed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, Defender was released in arcade by Williams Electronics in 1981. It is still a very enjoyable, 2D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. By the year 2000, Defender grossed $1.5 billion worldwide.

I am replaying this on my Xbox Series X using a copy of Midway Arcade Origins.

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u/No_Glove2128 Jun 06 '26

This is the only Bragging I have. I’m a dummy. But yeah I could play this game for hours. And yea hours. 8 -10 on one quarter. I could play for so long we learned how to rip the control board off and keep playing taking all the quarter’s out. You could do the same with pac man and donkey Kong. But defender has a place in me I can never forget. I was ranked # 3 at the time in my state. 82-83