For detailed information about this series, see: Defender Wiki
Defender is a shoot 'em up video game series by WMS Industries.
Video Games
- Defender (March 1981) for Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, VIC-20, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, IBM PC, Adventure Vision, SAM Coupé, and ZX Spectrum
- Stargate (October 21st, 1981) for Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, C64, MS-DOS, and NES. Sometimes known as Defender II.
- Strike Force (1991) for Arcade
- Defender 2000 (December 1995) for Atari Jaguar
- Defender (October 22nd, 2002) for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance
Publication
- Defender: Hyperswarm (September 2004)
Links to Other Series
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Atari Force | 1982 | Atari Force #1 was packaged with Defender on Atari. | 3 |
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Arcade's Greatest Hits | April 10, 1996 | Defender and Defender II are featured in Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits and Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits. | 2 |
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Futurama | January 6, 2002 | Defender is referenced in the Futurama episode "Anthology Of Interest II". | 2 |
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Midway Arcade Treasures | November 17, 2003 | Defender and Defender II are included in Midway Arcade Treasures while Defender is also included in Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play. (see details) |
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Ready Player One | August 16, 2011 | Defender is mentioned several times in Ready Player One. | 2 |
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Pixels | July 24, 2015 | An arcade cabinet for Defender can be seen in the movie, Pixels. | 2 |
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Armada | July 14, 2015 | Armada begins with a quote attributed to "Eugene Jarvis, creator of Defender". | 3 |
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Lego Dimensions | September 27, 2015 | The main characters are transported into the game Defender. | 1 |
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Avengers (Marvel) | April 27, 2018 | Groot can be seen playing Defender in Avengers: Infinity War. | 2 |
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Minecraft | April 4, 2025 | A Defender arcade cabinet can be seen in A Minecraft Movie; there is also a Defender sticker in the window of Game Over World. | 2 |