Defender - Xbox Live Arcade

Did you suck at Defender back in the day? There's a damned good chance you still do on Xbox Live Arcade. For better or worse, it's the same experience you remember with only minor tweaks for Xbox 360.

Genre: Arcade
Release date: Nov 15, 2006
Designer: Eugene Jarvis
Features: Progressive Scan (480p, 720p), Dolby 5.1
Multiplayer Modes:
Online
2 player VS
2 player CO-OP
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Screenshots updated Dec 11, 2006
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Defender is one of those masterpieces of gaming's golden age that 5% of the population could play well while the other 95% played something that didn't crush their soul. None of the multi-fingered challenge of Defender has disappeared since 1982, but playing it again makes us simply realize how much we suck. The goal of the game's complex control scheme was to make you feel like you're piloting a ship...at least for the 15 to 20 seconds youll be alive to do it. A two-way joystick plus buttons ...
ESRB Rating
Defender - Xbox Live Arcade is rated:
Everyone
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