Defender

You're the Captain of the Spaceship Defender, and your mission is to save the humanoids from alien abduction. Use your radar scanner, smart bombs, and hyperspace power to protect the planet from alien assault. If the aliens successfully abduct the humanoids, the humanoids mutate, joining the alien force. You must act quickly to prevent total destruction of your planet.

# 2024-04-11 21:24:11 - official description - from the Atari 2600 box back

software: Emulated on MAME,

hardware: Williams 6809 System,

display: raster

collected in
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits (GBA)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (MS-DOS)
Williams Arcade Classics (Tiger Game.COM)
Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (Windows)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (SNES)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (Saturn)

emulated by
Midway Arcade Treasures (Windows)
Midway Arcade Treasures (PS2)
Midway Arcade Treasures (Xbox)
Midway Arcade Treasures (GameCube)
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 (N64)

has this clone
Flying Tigers (Tandy Coco)
Rocket Command (ZX Spectrum)
Humanoid (Linux)
Time Bandits (Memotech MTX)
Target Zone (Memotech MTX)
Surface Scanner (Memotech MTX)
Surface Scanner (Memotech MTX)
Mac Landing (Mac OS Classic)
Scourge of Tethys (Linux)
Protector (Linux)
Defense Command (TRS-80)
Super Defender (Ohio Scientific)
Defender (Apple II E)
Alien Defense (TRS-80)

ported to
Defender (VIC-20)
Defender (Intellivision)
Defender (Atari 5200)
Defender (Atari 400/800)
Defender (ColecoVision)
Defender (TI99)
Defender (MS-DOS)
Arcade's Greatest Hits (SNES)
Defender (Adventure Vision)
Defender (Apple II E)
Defender (Atari 2600)
Defender (C64)

prequel of
Stargate (Arcade)

similar to
Stellar Life Line (Tandy Coco)