Defender
Game Boy Advance- Publisher: Midway
- Release Date: Nov 3, 2002
- Also On: PlayStation 2
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The updates really don’t do anything to improve the gameplay and in some cases actually detract from it.
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Good variety, no sound, and a flawed concept.
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The graphics are simply poor. The sound is painful to the ears at time, although it stuck very close to the original game.
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Defender proves that more is not necessarily better, especially when it comes to modes of play. Rather than take a rock solid format and enhance it through multiple variants of the same basic theme, the developers have created a mess and tried to cover it up with different versions that all have weaknesses.
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Cheat Code CentralDon't confuse this game with the console games however. Console games good; GBA game bad.
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I haven't seen a worse classic remake since Atari botched "Pac-Man" on the 2600 more than two decades ago.
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Game InformerThe arcade died years ago, but this is surely an uncalled-for goober spit on its grave. [Feb 2003, p110]
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Terrible gameplay, terrible animation, terrible AI, the addition of new modes that actually detract from the original, revamped controls that manage to both suck and blow at the same time – if given a choice between playing the GBA version again or eating the cartridge, plastic and all, I’d be firing up my microwave and looking for a plate.
Awards & Rankings
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59
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#59 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2002
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27
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#27 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2002
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 1 out of 2
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Oct 21, 2021Boring, stiff, ugly, and it controls like garbage. How do you mess up a game as simple as Defender?
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ChrisA.Jul 27, 2003I like this game. A great shooter.