Any Recommended Defender Clones/Spinoffs?

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:57 pm

Just curious if anybody has some the live up to the original....

Post by **claudio** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:18 pm

yeah, try out Protector SE for the Atari Jaguar, its a sick Defender clone, and i liked it better. It involves saving humans and the other ships kidnap them and pick them up off of the ground, it has weapon upgrades and is very fast.

Protector SE is a 2002 Atari Jaguar release by the way.

I miss my Jaguar now, aahhhh, and Protector SE is one of the all time greats that nobody knows about.

http://songbird-productions.com/protector_se.shtml

http://www.videogamecritic.net/ (i cant directly link the review, but fine "jaguar" on the left column and look for the game)

this link below is from the original Protector (non SE) which was released in 1999
http://songbird-productions.com/protector.shtml

Post by **Ivo** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:43 pm

Overkill on Amiga (CD32 only? Probably also on floppy based systems).

This isn't very accessible for people to play, but I'm sharing the info nonetheless.

EDIT:
http://amigareviews.classicgaming.games ... erkill.htm

Here is a review. It's a really decent game, if anyone has the means to try it (emulate it on WinUAE, perhaps).
It's actually one of my (few) CD32 games, but apparently (as I thought) there is a A1200 floppy version as well.

Ivo.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:40 pm

Stargate...I should have mentioned it in the article but it really is Defender II

Post by **marurun** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:08 am

It was only made Defender II after a license lapsed or somesuch. The weird world of video games :)

Post by **Mitchard** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:49 am

Fantasy Zone on the Master System and Arcade instantly came to mind when I played defender.

Kinda of a more stage/boss based defender, on serious 80's Sega brand acid.