Post Your Defender High Scores

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:33 pm

Mame, Red Label, 3 lives, Xbox 360 pad, an even 16,000 on my 5th try. Can't remember the last time I really played this game. Starting to get the hang of it. Hyperspace seems as pointless as it was in Asteroids.

Post by **xraydash** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:10 pm

Mozgus wrote:Hyperspace seems as pointless as it was in Asteroids.

I seem to always hyperspace right into something that kills me. That's not so useful.

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:16 pm

xraydash wrote:
Mozgus wrote:Hyperspace seems as pointless as it was in Asteroids.

I seem to always hyperspace right into something that kills me. That's not so useful.

Exactly. You dont even see what kills you. You just teleport somewhere and it seems like your ship just blows up before it even fully fades in. I guess it's a self destruct button for when you're rocking too hard.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:07 pm

up to 7575

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:08 pm

Mozgus wrote:Mame, Red Label, 3 lives, Xbox 360 pad, an even 16,000 on my 5th try.

You make me sick.

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:13 pm

racketboy wrote:
Mozgus wrote:Mame, Red Label, 3 lives, Xbox 360 pad, an even 16,000 on my 5th try.

You make me sick.

Haha. Well, before I totally give up on the game, I'll screenshot my high scores. My only goal is to beat the CPU highscore for 1st place.

Edit: And I did.

Post by **UBERTRON777** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:18 pm

My new high score is 23,500. That is pretty much all I can take from this game for today.

Post by **marurun** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:52 pm

In the Shockwave version (http://midwayarcade.com/classic.php) I've hit 17075. With a little practice I think I can do better.

Anyone emulating the Atari 2600 version? What are your scores like?

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:37 pm

Mozgus wrote:
xraydash wrote:
Mozgus wrote:Hyperspace seems as pointless as it was in Asteroids.

I seem to always hyperspace right into something that kills me. That's not so useful.
Exactly. You dont even see what kills you. You just teleport somewhere and it seems like your ship just blows up before it even fully fades in. I guess it's a self destruct button for when you're rocking too hard.

It does seem a bit of hit-and-miss. I remember when I played this many years ago that using hyperspace became important later in the game when there are 3 Baiters and they are all faster than your ship.

Post by **xraydash** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:17 pm

Pretty good day today, with these scores:

21,550
19,300
18,925
16,800
14,575

I got a lot of satisfaction out of securing that top slot of the "All Time Greatest."