NES Longplay [917] Defender II
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2025
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Stargate (named Defender II on NES) is an arcade game released in 1981 by Williams Electronics. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to the 1980 game Defender, and was the first of only three productions from Vid Kidz, an independent development house formed by Jarvis and DeMar.
The Family Computer port developed and published by HAL in 1988 (renamed Star Gate, later named Defender II for US release) seems to be related to their Millipede (renamed Milli-Pede, later named back to Millipede for US release) and Joust ports, as well as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, all of which were released around the same time. In particular; the title jingle for Milli-Pede/Star Gate/Joust are almost identical, the music played when Star Gate begins is a longer version of the opponent entrance music within Punch-Out!!, and the music played during Star Gate's intermission screen between waves is the same as the screen after a loss in Punch-Out!!.
This game is endless. After playing well over 10 waves, I kill myself. -
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0:00 Joust/Millipede/Defender II title screen.
0:20 Punch-Out! Pre-fight music.
0:52 Little Mac lost a Match.
Even the ships blowing up sounds like punch out
I agreement
Not just the music (by Koji Kondo), but the way the title screen and the scoreboard were designed, Nintendo must have programmed this one first, and as far back as 1983, while it had been making negotiations with Atari for the latter to have North American distribution rights for the FamiCom. Two other titles, Joust and Millipede, were also said to have been part of this failed package deal.
Was trying to figure out why it was so familiar
0:20 Also Star Wars
made it look so easy, i lost count how many times this game kicked my ass. big thumbs up.
Mike Tyson's Punch Out! in space
lmao
HAHAHAHAHAHA
That would be Power Punch 2 actually...
😂😂😂
Don't cry, Mac. You lost.
C'mon! Stand up and fight!
Let's rematch! Are you ready for the next challenge?
"wait, you're not crying, you're just bleeding from your eyes"
Punch out into the Star Wars theme. Didn't expect that.
I liked this game growing up, had it on a compilation of “older games” on a SNES lol. Geez even SNES is ancient now... so I’m ancient...
YAAAAAY!
;)
HAL's ports of Midway games on the NES were actually produced in 1983, believe it or not.
Yep, these were part of an attempt Nintendo had in trying to get Atari to license their Faimcom for the US that went nowhere.
Think I had this and Defender 1 on a SNES game, like a compilation of maybe five arcade games on one cartridge lol.
Ahhhh, good old time memories ;)
@@ChristopherSobieniak That's explains a lot. I remember playing this game as a kid and thinking why did it look so simple.
@@ChristopherSobieniak HAL Laboratory is not owned by Nintendo, although you are forgiven for thinking that given how many of their games they develop for Nintendo. This was produced back when HAL had an American division and published games by themselves. You are correct about Nintendo trying to get Atari to license the Famicom, though. I bet Atari regretted declining the offer when the NES became a huge success. The toy company Worlds of Wonder did distribute the NES in America, though.
@@jayden6538 The Atari ports were outsource jobs. Nintendo subcontracted their development to HAL because they were the only other developer familiar with the Famicom's CPU.
That resulted in Nintendo bringing HAL on board to work on Pinball, Golf, Balloon Fight and other early Famicom games.
So interesting that some atari games also appeared on the nes.
If you honestly think about it, this was a Williams arcade game before it was anything else.
hal made the best nes games
Centipede = intro theme
Punch-Out = "Round begins theme"
Punch-Out = "you lose"
"DON'T CRY, MAC! YOU LOST! LET'S REMATCH! ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE?"
The Opening sounds like the one from Punch-Out!!!
I think you might need to actually, Danny
The opening is definitely the same as punch out. Along with other sounds.
the intro is exactly the millipede one
It does.
I played this game on my Atari 2600. 😄
this game is addicting.
We miss Iwata. 🗿
He was a legend whose contributions to gaming will never be forgotten.
I imagine how much better Nintendo would be right now if he was alive
@@trontosaurusrex9532 Agreed, He needed to stay.
@@abookwas9170 I could picture it too.
I loved his hand gestures.....RIP
The champ didn't arrive.
0:51 Same as losing music from Mike Tyson's Punch Out
"Don't cry, Mac! You lost! Let's rematch! Are you ready for the next challenge?"
Pretty fun game
I love this game
Can it truly be a longplay if it's under 10 minutes?
Title screen looks like a NES blackbox game title screen
Yukio Kaneoka
worked for HAL and Nintendo, and HAL would become a second-party developer for them... so... yes, it makes sense why the music would be so similar. Don't forget that both tunes were also in the original "Punch-Out!!" for the arcades.
This. I see so many posts comparing the release dates of Defender II and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out to try to decide which came first and coming to no conclusions (because they were released so close together), but what they should be comparing is NES Defender II's 1987 and arcade Punch-Out's *1983* release date, which makes it very clear which game had the music first.
@@zazelby Yes but also consider another point. Defender II was also developed in 1983
@@T3KNUG3T5 But the arcade version had no Punch Out music in it at all.
@@Bloodreign1 the arcade version of punch-out? Iirc it has that intro music. I can check soon
@@T3KNUG3T5 The music that plays when each match begins, yes. But, not the "Little Mac, try again" music.
Cool seeing the original version as I've been playing the hacked version via My Arcade handheld. It's called Levin Action and its hacked so there are no people "hostages" to defend 😅 , but surprisingly it still gets tough!
But I do miss out on being able to rescue hostages. I have Defender 2 for Xbox. Nice tip is to carry 4 hostages through a stargate for bonus and warp.
I do recommend the hack Levin Action for anyone who wants to kick alien butt without needing to defend anyone but yourself. And since there are no ppl to defend in that version, the land never explodes. But it still becomes increasingly tough.
Stargate rules!
Yep. Everyone thought Defender was complicated with its 4 buttons, then Stargate (Defender II in parts of the world) came along. This game was too much for me as a kid, like Robotron.
Memories
Great Score 👍
I thought Defender 2 was called Stargate and came out in 1981?
Why does it use Punch-Out music and sound effects?
Actually it's the other way around, punch out actually used this game's music and sound effects
Has the theme music been stolen from the Snap Jack Bonus Round?
What the heck! Punch out music?
Same composer
Well... It was wayyy before Punch-out, so...
Same Punch Out Dev tool engine, they had no music composers, Nintendo was on budget; this game was rushed and need a quick release. (?)
Finished
Oh no
This looks great but the radar is terrible! It's missing a ton of enemies
A long play of Starflight tô finish as 2 death eggs explosives in cristal planet gás been Very interesting
0:36 melhor jogo di todos os tempos 1:01 jogocool 1:13 😂
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Why am I hearing Punch-out? lol
Suicide it's not cool kkkkkkk
Even back in the day Western developers produce such lousy quality games compared to Japan lol!
And they were still better than everything today that isn't made by Nintendo.
Well gaming is Japan. They have made the gaming industry what it is. Western devs will always be behind them.
@@Wheels8504 Well naturally because a lot of supposed "Triple A" titles these days are made by Western developers. Sadly we're long passed the GOLDEN AGE of video games... the PS2 era.
@Jacob Eubank That's why I bought the Switch in spite of Nintendo's evil ways. The stuff found on the PS4 are garbage!
@Jacob Eubank Nintendo is very anti-consumer.