He went on to create Robotron 2084, and more recently, Cruis'n USA and Cruis'n world. As for Defender, even Time featured it in a cover story about videogames in 1982. The article profiled a teenager named Steve Juraszek who spent almost 17 straight hours playing Defender, racking up a score of 15,963,100. Jarvis even knew of one guy who quit his job at Boeing to play Defender full time. Defender also spawned a somewhat popular pinball machine, and the lukewarm Defender 2000 for the Jaguar .
Defender has some really nifty sound effects.
Sure they're primitive and filled with static, but they really enhance the game. So brush up on those Humanoid saving skills and download Defender. Then again, if your idea of an action game is Solitaire, you may want to pass. Contact us for more information on GameSpy Industries.