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Defense Defense - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Defense - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens.

Defense was produced by Unknown in 1980.

Unknown released 775 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1700. Unknown was based in United States.

Other machines made by Unknown during the time period Defense was produced include: Space Combat, Southside Johnny, Yosaku, Star Wars (1979), Solar Fight, Club Lambada, Cruncher, Defense Command, Hot Race, and Laser

Specs

Name Defense
Developer Unknown (United States)
Year 1980
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7548
Class Wide Release
Genre Space
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Your mission, as captain of the starship, is to protect the humanoids stranded on the planet from their alien abductors. The scanner will help you determine a strategy to shoot down the alien ships before they reach the humanoids. If you destroy the aliens after they have captured their prey, you must return the humanoids to the safety of the planet or they will fall to their death. If an alien carries its victim out of your range, the humanoid will mutate, join the alien force, and take to assault with deadly vengeance! The challenge becomes ever more intense as the action progresses. Fighter ships (Bombers) and mines will test your skills. A direct hit will destroy the mother ship (Pods) but smash it into a swarming mass of mini-ships (Swarmers) which then must be wiped out! If you do not act quickly, the cosmic Baiter will attack! Use your two escape options only if all else fails! Your "smart bomb" power is limited and "hyperspace" puts you into an unknown space warp. But beware! If all the humanoids are abducted, the entire planet will explode in a blinding flash!

Game Play

Tips: Avoid using hyperspace unless you are about to die. Fighting off attacks, regardless of the number of enemies will make you a better Defense player. Baiters can usually be overcome by hitting the reverse button twice quickly. They will fly past you and be in range for your fire power. Do NOT try to outrun them as Baiters are faster than your ship. Swarmers are easy to defeat. You can hit reverse as soon as they fly past you and fly behind them. They cannot shoot backwards so you can blast away at will. At higher levels you will need to play God and even sacrifice some humanoids (by killing them yourself) to preserve the rest of the planet's population. The planet is too large for you protect and you are sparing the humanoids from a fate worst than death (mutation). Do not worry, these humanoids reproduce quickly and overpopulation has always been a constant problem. The planet will be fully populated at the start of every fifth attack wave (configurable).

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Miscellaneous

BOOTLEG OF: Defender

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Defense Census

There are 15,168 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,326 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Defense collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Defense machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Defense circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Technical

CPU: M6809
SOUND CPU: M6808
SOUND: DAC

The PCB is a two-board version of the original Defender boardset.

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