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The Defender's job is to protect the remnants of humanity from a marauding band of alien invaders who wish to abduct the human race. Landers swoop down to the planet terrain and tractor beam a human to them, and then rise in to the sky with it. A cry for help alerts the player to fly to its rescue as quickly as possible. Either the player shoots the Lander and rescues the human, or the Lander merges with the human at the top of the screen and becomes a deadly mutant. A grim fate awaits the player who fails to keep humanity safe. | The Defender's job is to protect the remnants of humanity from a marauding band of alien invaders who wish to abduct the human race. Landers swoop down to the planet terrain and tractor beam a human to them, and then rise in to the sky with it. A cry for help alerts the player to fly to its rescue as quickly as possible. Either the player shoots the Lander and rescues the human, or the Lander merges with the human at the top of the screen and becomes a deadly mutant. A grim fate awaits the player who fails to keep humanity safe. | ||
The break-neck pace of the action made the game an easy choice for Atari to buy the home licensing rights. They brought a conversion to the 2600 that was generally well received, despite | The break-neck pace of the action made the game an easy choice for Atari to buy the home licensing rights. They brought a conversion to the 2600 that was generally well received, despite its shortcomings. But the version created for the 8-bit family of Atari computers was lauded as one of the best. Defender was also one of four games produced for the [[wp:Entex Adventure Vision|Entex Adventure Vision]], a standalone system that accepted cartridges. In fact, it was the system's pack-in game. Atarisoft handled the conversion of the game to several other home console and computer platforms. A few years later, the sequel [[Stargate]] would be released, but due to licensing issues, it was commonly known as ''Defender II''. Defender was also released for download on the [[Xbox Live Arcade]] in [[2006]]. | ||
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