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MYX:
--- Quote from: mahuti on July 20, 2006, 08:54:00 am ---You should try Defender 3
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There's also a great video of the gameplay at
http://www.cinemarcade.com/TGTTF/gametime48.html
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That cant be real...Is it?
If the game is too easy, adjust the dipswitch settings.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: MYX on July 20, 2006, 04:11:13 pm ---That cant be real...Is it?
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DOH!!! No it's an April 1st Joke..... There was no Defender3 even as a prototype. Look at the screen shots, where you'll see "Wally" from the "find Wally" books and if you look hard enough, you'll also see R2D2, they'd never have got a licence to include that.
There was a Defender 3D that was produced on home computers that never made it into arcades.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
soulblazer28:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on July 20, 2006, 06:13:57 am ---
--- Quote ---I've played Defender as recently as last year but its not the same (too easy)
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Defender is "too easy"? Holy hell. Maybe you should try TGTS. Judging from the record scores on each game, it looks like Stargate is harder than Defender, but not by much. The record for Defender is a little over 200,000 and the record for Stargate is a little under 200,000. I'd say they both get pretty hard at the 200,000 point range.
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Yea I mean regular settings (extra life every 10k), as they had it in the normal arcade. Maybe its just me but Defender I could play until I exhausetd myself, while Stargate my highest score was about 2.4 million. I dont think you can really compare the two games under TGTS settings because while I think Stargate is harder, you can score many more points and warp, etc. It takes approx one hour to score a million points on Stargate.
And if anyone can manage to play stargate using ANY controller other than the original control configuration, and still kick ass -- you rock. Me? i am building a dedicated CP.
I tried playing it on a six button configuration on one of those ultracades at the mall and I could only get about 35k.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote ---Yea I mean regular settings (extra life every 10k), as they had it in the normal arcade.
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Yeah, that's what I figured. There's certainly nothing wrong with that, I'm just saying that for more of a challenge you should use TGTS ... maybe you can set a new record.
--- Quote ---I dont think you can really compare the two games under TGTS settings because while I think Stargate is harder, you can score many more points and warp, etc. It takes approx one hour to score a million points on Stargate.
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That's a good point. I figured they were roughly similar in scoring because they are such similar games, but I suck at both of them. My hat goes off to anyone who has mastered Defender or Stargate, because for most of us, those games are downright brutal.
--- Quote ---And if anyone can manage to play stargate using ANY controller other than the original control configuration, and still kick ass -- you rock. Me? i am building a dedicated CP.
I tried playing it on a six button configuration on one of those ultracades at the mall and I could only get about 35k.
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I use a Playstation controller on my PC with a USB adapter. I have it set up like Defender played on the Atari 2600, i.e. left and right on the joystick controls thrust and reverse. But, like I said, I'm no good at either game. If I owned a real Defender machine I'd probably take the time to get good at it though.
Defender was before my time in the arcades. I started playing arcade games when I was 9 in '84 and by that time, Defender machines were long gone from the places I went to. The neighbor kids who were older than me by 4 and 6 years always talked about Defender though.
The BYOAC member "D_Zoot" has a nice Defender at his shop, and when I was down there to pick up a machine the other day, it was the first time I'd ever played Defender on the real machine. The controls were interesting to say the least, and it took me a minute just to figure them out, but I can see how they could grow on you.
Your best bet is to build a dedicated Defender/Stargate control panel like you mentioned.
miles2912:
MY cab is in the garage. I have on several occasions opened the big garage door and pulled the machine outside. The neighbor kids went nuts especially when they found out no quarters were involved. Theses hot summer nights make for some great outdoor gaming. Play how you want. Your cab!
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