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Shooter Arcade

Defender

Williams Electronics

Q4 1995

Release

Q4 1995

Player score

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Platform families

Not announced

Connected releases

1

Game data from IGDB

Editorial overview

Inside Defender

What it is

Game Boy port of Defender, released alongside Joust.

Play styles

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Themes

Science fiction

Official site

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Languages

1 supported

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4 assets

Screenshots

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1 Bundle

Base-game relationship

Defender

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Store collections

Bundles

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1 release

BundleArcade Classic No. 4: Defender / JoustDec 31, 1995Multi-item package

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Who made it

Williams Electronics
Developer

Platforms

Game Boy
Gen 4

Release history

Q4 1995Game Boy
Q4 1995Game Boy

Themes & modes

Science fictionSingle player

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