Defender II (Stargate)

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64K plays 1981 #Action#Shooter

Stargate is a 1981 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Vid Kidz and published by Williams Electronics for arcades. Designed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to Defender , which was released earlier in the year. It was the first of only three productions by Vid Kidz, an independent development house formed by Jarvis and DeMar. Some home ports of Stargate were renamed Defender II for legal reasons.

This sequel adds new ships to the alien fleet, including Firebombers, Yllabian Space Guppies, Dynamos, Phreds, Big Reds, Munchies and Space Hums. The Defender ship is now equipped with an Inviso cloaking device, which renders the ship invulnerable when activated, but has a limited charge. A Stargate transports the ship to any humanoid in trouble. There are two special stages: the Yllabian Dogfight, first appearing at wave 5 and recurring every 10 waves; and the Firebomber Showdown, first appearing at wave 10 and also recurring every 10 waves.

From Wikipedia's article Stargate (1981 video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
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  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

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Defender II (Stargate)NES

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