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Defender was head and shoulders above every other arcade game when it was released. It consumed quite a bit of my pocket money.
by hermitcrab 5y ago
Defender was head and shoulders above every other arcade game when it was released. It consumed quite a bit of my pocket money.
- JohnBooty 5y agoI was always envious of those who really bonded with it. I never managed to really gel with it, probably because of the control scheme. But I always respected how it was SO unapologetically hardcore -- it was a game for the true arcade masters. I wasn't a total wimp at least. My favorite game from the era is probably Robotron, also by Jarvis. Absolutely punishingly hard as well. Love it to this day.
- ConceptJunkie 5y agoI was quite good at it in the 1980s, but I tried playing it a few years ago and was awful at it... and even after about 10 games, it wasn't coming back to me.
- toast0 5y agoWere you playing on arcade hardware on a CRT or emulation and an LCD? Old games have tricky timing, and a little bit of input lag can really wreck things.
- ddingus 5y agoSeconded. I love this game too, and for the reasons already given. Raw is probably the most resonant descriptor to me. I got a chance to play on a real machine a while back. I am a lot older, worse, but better than laggy play would suggest. Timing matters. A low latency experience is best for this game.