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Defender II ?
« on: October 23, 2003, 01:05:00 pm »
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Re:Defender II ?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2003, 01:33:01 pm »
AKA Stargate!

According to KLOV:
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Approximately 26000 uprights were made plus about 1000 cocktail tables.
For legal reasons, the name was later changed to Defender II for home versions such as the NES cartridge and the emulation on Arcade's Greatest Hits.

The names of some of the enemies in the game are William's competitor's names spelled backwards: the Yllabian ("Yllab" is "Bally") and the Irata (Atari.)
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Re:Defender II ?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2003, 07:19:44 pm »
Yeah I knew about Starcate I just never new they changed the name of it.  Cool thanks.
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Re:Defender II ?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2003, 07:37:40 pm »
I seem to remember something about a trademark or copyright issue on the name "Stargate",  and Williams lost the right to use it in the late 80's?  Anyway, the Midway Stargate releases have been calling it Defender II because of this.

I'd bet Paige recalls more about this.
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