Comments on: Defender now available

By: KultiVator

KultiVator — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:21:48 +0000

Defender was never really about eye-candy - it was about having a deeper game (than Invaders, Asteroids, etc) with multiple objectives and penalties for not observing them.

It also had complex controls (for an arcade game) so took longer to master than your average game.

Of course, it’s hard to imagine how complex the controls were, now that we have the nice 360 controller instead of the arcade cabinet’s bewildering array of separate buttons!

I’m actually quite impressed with this port of Defender and like the fact that the 360 opens up gaming to a wider age group with different tastes than say the Wii and PS3, which are predominantly aimed at a younger audience.

KultiVator

By: Nekro

Nekro — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:00:33 +0000

20 years ago, that was Eye candy.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:34:33 +0000

No they added some backgrounds and enhanced the graphics somewhat. Not much but a little.

By: Diogo

Diogo — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:46:47 +0000

Is that screen how the game looks like because its not very colourfull…

By: El $corpio

El $corpio — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:40:21 +0000

could do with a new picture…
The game’s alright, there aren’t that many retro/arcade games that I like though.
Stuff like Pacman, (the original) Outrun, Donkey Kong, Mario etc

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:29:32 +0000

That pic is wrong though they’ve slightly updated the graphics from the original. I think I’m paying the 400 pts after playing the demo. How’s the multiplayer co-op?

By: Supreme Human

Supreme Human — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:51:15 +0000

That’s great, +20 years back here i come !

By: Rockaholica

Rockaholica — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:47:06 +0000

ummm Sweet?¿? wheres the NEW ips?