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!
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Really??
You’re …
Really??
You’re kidding?!
I gotta get that version ASAP!
How can you not …
How can you not appreciate the classic games that Mark loves above all others?!!
I mean, both him and many other people know that they’re downright classics and pawn the crap out of any modern day big budget XBOX360 title!
Do you like this …
Do you like this game?I don’t like it at all,it’s very old……but all your reviews ROCKS,I really LOVE them!!!!!!
The sound effects …
The sound effects in this game are amazing!!! I LOVE IT !!!
This game kicks …
This game kicks ass! When it came out it was ahead of it’s time in my opinion.
gears is better i …
gears is better i could play this defender for like 20 minutes but gears for like all day
yes – its not as …
yes – its not as good
I fail to see why …
I fail to see why you’re so passionate about a simple mistake. Or maybe he knew but didn’t think it was important?
No, it makes him a …
No, it makes him a triple idiot.
It’s also for the …
It’s also for the Mega Drive and Saturn. Just because he didn’t mention that doesn’t make him an idiot.
This guy’s an idiot …
This guy’s an idiot.
Williams Greatist Hits is also for the Super Nintendo.
The Williams …
The Williams Greatest Hits disk is also for the Sega Saturn.
I got this game to …
I got this game to reverse
use L1 or L2 and turn OFF left/right directional via directional cross(so u just got up/down)
thrust left button maybe square
triangle fire (reverse if required)
right button circle smart bomb
bottom x hyper space(i not got any playstion controller to hand.
this will emulate the controls pretty closly and after a couple goes its just as fluid
I still have my PS1 …
I still have my PS1,and it is still working!
This is the first ” …
This is the first “real” console version. Others where of course, just ports. This version uses an emulator using the original arcade data. I read this on either the box or instruction manual may back in the 90’s.
man, the new 2002 …
man, the new 2002 version of defender sucks….
nothing like this one….
Best version of …
Best version of this game is the Atari 8 bit computers…Atari 400, 800, 800xl, 130xe. You can get an emulator and play for free on the PC. The controls feel so much better then on the PS.
u no some 1 is …
u no some 1 is stealing ur vids
Will you resist a …
Will you resist a click? If you’re interested in earning some money please view my profile. So far I’ve gotten over $100.00 in one week along with two Xbox 360 games. At least try it.
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)