roadrunner Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) Settings - Easy(default) Any control setup is fine. Emulation is ok. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Deadline to post scores June 13th 2011 at 11AM EST The All Time 5200 HSC Record is 2,131,000 by darthkur Final high scores - 1. sdamon (477,275) +11 points 2. JacobZu7zu7 (219,725) +10 points 3. roadrunner (98,625) +9 points 4. atariron82 (95,425) +8 points 5. BydoEmpire (81,325) +7 points 6. Sonic R (59,075) +6 points 7. zylon (33,475) +5 points Current standings - Points - sdamon - 78 atariron82 - 74 roadrunner - 53 DensB68 - 44 doctorclu - 31 NoahsMyBro - 31 zylon - 30 BydoEmpire - 21 rxd - 19 NML32 - 17 Gabriel - 13 rmaerz - 13 JacobZu7zu7 - 8 peedenmark7 - 7 Rounds won - sdamon - 3 doctorclu - 2 atariron82 - 1 NoahsMyBro - 1 rxd - 1 Side challenge - play any different version of Defender as long as there isn't a HSC of it here on AA. For 1 bonus point! Apple II Defender roadrunner - 29,225 C64 Defender roadrunner - 408,875 C64 Revenge of Defender zylon - 32,855 roadrunner - 21,225 TI99 Defender zylon - 1,000,000(Rolled The Score) roadrunner - 131,900 Vic 20 Defender zylon - 64,150 roadrunner - 62,250 roadrunner +1 bonus point zylon +1 bonus point Good luck everyone. Any corrections please post. Edited June 13, 2011 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 This is probably the last time I'll play this one. It hurts to say, but the 2600 version is the best I've played thus far. 19,225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 A review of Defender by BiffsGamingVideos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbclST4uyyk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 59,900 Interesting contrast to Stargate at 2600 HSC. I'll be able to play this on the real hardware by this upcoming weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Just for fun(sort of...), I played every home release of Defender I have in the last 2 hours, not counting compilations. Vic-20: 27,775 C64 Revenge Of Defender: 32,855 Edited May 31, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Vic 20 Defender 19,450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Just for fun(sort of...), I played every home release of Defender I have in the last 2 hours, not counting compilations. Vic-20: 27,775 C64 Revenge Of Defender: 32,855 I played the Amiga version of Revenge of Defender before. I didn't know there was a C64 version too. I think i'm going to give 1 point for posting a score of any different version of Defender, as long as there isn't a High Score Club for it here on AA like C64, VIC 20, Amiga, Apple II, MSX, TG16, X68000, Vectrex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I never did find a C64 Defender cart in my travels. I do have a TI99 copy I could play once. I'd love to get rid of those Ti's. I can see why they're always "left" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 I never did find a C64 Defender cart in my travels. I do have a TI99 copy I could play once. I'd love to get rid of those Ti's. I can see why they're always "left" here. I'll take scores for TI99. I've never played the TI99 version of Defender. I can't figure out how to use the Classic99 emulator. I can only play the 16 games that are built in like Car Wars and TI Invaders. You say your Ti's are "left" here. Do you find alot of Ti carts out in the wild? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 219,725 What about the 5200 version heheh, This game is good but weird... I hardly ever rescue people, most the time is a speed trigger shooting fest! I like how you can shoot down green aliens quickly and easy... but the debris makes it hard to see where the danger is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 219,725 What about the 5200 version heheh, This game is good but weird... I hardly ever rescue people, most the time is a speed trigger shooting fest! I like how you can shoot down green aliens quickly and easy... but the debris makes it hard to see where the danger is! There's even more debris in the 5200 prototype Stargate. fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 5200 Defender 98,625 An improvement at the Vic 20 version 37,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) I never did find a C64 Defender cart in my travels. I do have a TI99 copy I could play once. I'd love to get rid of those Ti's. I can see why they're always "left" here. I'll take scores for TI99. I've never played the TI99 version of Defender. I can't figure out how to use the Classic99 emulator. I can only play the 16 games that are built in like Car Wars and TI Invaders. You say your Ti's are "left" here. Do you find alot of Ti carts out in the wild? Not so many carts but I got a stack of those systems that get abandoned here. Currently 3 complete in box and one loose one. All working too. Here's my TI99 play and I gave 5200 version one more shot before scrapping. TI99- 36,400 5200- 28,475 I do have the A8 Stargate proto. Edited May 31, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Commodore 64 Defender 55,600 i would of done better if i could figure out what the bomb button is on CCS64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Let's see some more scores humanoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Let's see some more scores humanoids. I might putz with it a little later. I still don't see any c64 ROD yet. Chicken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Its really been quite a while since this one was played, back when Darthkur made that epic score. Excellent score btw JacobZu7! It takes a real pro to break even 100K in 5200 Defender. I believe you're in safe territory unless the 'champion' makes a long awaited and triumphant return. What makes this version difficult are the flying saucers, which appear out of nowhere and almost on top of your spacecraft. They're a huge pain in the butt and nearly impossible to get enough clearance to shoot. Also frustrating is dying for no apparent(visible) reason, esp. right after hyperspace...*boom*! Not a very useful function. I felt pretty lucky to make it this far: 39,700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Its really been quite a while since this one was played, back when Darthkur made that epic score. Excellent score btw JacobZu7! It takes a real pro to break even 100K in 5200 Defender. I believe you're in safe territory unless the 'champion' makes a long awaited and triumphant return. What makes this version difficult are the flying saucers, which appear out of nowhere and almost on top of your spacecraft. They're a huge pain in the butt and nearly impossible to get enough clearance to shoot. Also frustrating is dying for no apparent(visible) reason, esp. right after hyperspace...*boom*! Not a very useful function. I felt pretty lucky to make it this far: 39,700 Yeah, i wish darthkur would come back. He was a great player. It was fun competing against him in different HSC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Let's see some more scores humanoids. I might putz with it a little later. I still don't see any c64 ROD yet. Chicken? I had a few goes at ROD the C64 and Amiga versions. I'm not doing too good at this game. I keep shooting the things i should fly into, the blue or red thingys. I'm not sure what those things do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 C64 Revenge Of Defender 21,225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Let's see some more scores humanoids. I might putz with it a little later. I still don't see any c64 ROD yet. Chicken? I had a few goes at ROD the C64 and Amiga versions. I'm not doing too good at this game. I keep shooting the things i should fly into, the blue or red thingys. I'm not sure what those things do anyway. Perhaps I can help there. That's one of my favorite time-killing games. When you shoot some enemies, they turn into powerups or more shield energy. The elaborate backgrounds make them harder to see on some levels. BTW as promised: 1 more play of 5200 Defender 33,475 Dag! I'm terrible at this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Let's see some more scores humanoids. I might putz with it a little later. I still don't see any c64 ROD yet. Chicken? I had a few goes at ROD the C64 and Amiga versions. I'm not doing too good at this game. I keep shooting the things i should fly into, the blue or red thingys. I'm not sure what those things do anyway. Perhaps I can help there. That's one of my favorite time-killing games. When you shoot some enemies, they turn into powerups or more shield energy. The elaborate backgrounds make them harder to see on some levels. BTW as promised: 1 more play of 5200 Defender 33,475 Dag! I'm terrible at this one. Ahhh...that's what those things are, power ups and shield. Thanks for the info! It's so easy to shoot those things too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Apple II Defender 29,225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Apple II Defender 29,225 Still missin' my Apple II/e. It had a good life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Big fan of Defender here... one of my first 'true loves' of video gaming. I also love this port, but so far it's not being quite as easy I remember (if still MUCH easier than the arcade game.) 262,975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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