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Defender 3 -- some people believe anything
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: TurboC-- on December 10, 2005, 03:59:21 pm ---How can Strike Force be a sequel since it was made by Midway, and Defender and "Stargate... DEFENDER!!" were made by Williams?
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I don't know if you are playing along with the joke theme of this thread or asking a legitimate question, but either way...
Midway, Williams -- six of one, a half dozen of the other. You can read all about the connections between Bally, Midway and Williams here.
mahuti:
Right EricTrumpet, Defender 3 isn't a REAL game, because it was never released to the public. It's only a myth that it was realeased... it was never released. The only known prototype unit is the one I have sitting in my garage, and it's never been dumped.
Some of the chips on my board are looking a little rough so it's probably time to get it dumped or it might be lost forever. Nobody on the MAME team has stepped up to dump the board after I've sent it around to a few people, so I'm going to dump it myself. I bought a rom dumper online yesterday so I'll see what I can do to get it emulated.
JODY:
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--- Quote from: markrvp on December 07, 2005, 01:28:04 pm ---Geez, Defender was hard enough.
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erictrumpet:
Okay so I have often wondered how "regular people" (that is, not freaky skills gaming gods) do in Defender -- talking about the original coin-op game, with proper controls (no left-right joystick, no autofire or any other cheat).
When I read about tricks like purposely shooting all your humanoids except one, which you then allow to be lifted so you can kill his captor and then carry him around with you for level after level, I am amazed at the skill it would take to pull off such a trick. I can fairly reliably get to the humanoid replacement level (level 5 i guess it is, or is it 6? not sure), but I still have a lot to learn and every once in a while I get pummeled and lose all my lives on level 2 :)
So... what do MOST people get in Defender? My high score is in the 60Ks, 65K or something like that. Am I still a Defender newbie? Or can I kick the average Defender players ass? I have no idea. No frame of reference. I do not know anyone personally who has the motivation to truly excel at the game. So I am kinda alone in "Defenderland."
Eric.
markrvp:
I would say you are above average, but not out of this world.
I, on the other hand, am way below average and have gotten very frustrated trying to get better at this game.