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Defender Challenge Final Results: Here is where we stand: Mizapf 266550 Globeron 87050 Sometimes99er 57000 Digdugnate 22500 Sinphaltimus 6500 Thank you all for playing and posting. It has been fun doing a "deep dive" into one game for 30 days. Defender was attractive to me because you flew a cool-looking spaceship and defended the planet. It was very challenging, but rewarded you for practice. Plus it has lots of cool buttons on the control panel and wicked sounds. I really enjoyed listening to Eugene Jarvis talk about the creation of the game and his other work on the podcast mentioned earlier in this thread. If you haven't listened yet, it is worth checking out. 30 plus years later, i am still amazed at how smoothly the arcade defender game plays. Also, I want to thank Globeron for the tip and video on how to use a classic controller with emulation. I ordered a joystick-usb device yesterday and should have it in the near future. Next video I take should be in emulation instead of over my shoulder playing on my real TI. I think I missed a few smart bombs (instead hitting hyperspace) during my 1 hour plus video because the tripod was in the best seat. I was sitting off to the side. I blame that on holding me back from 1,000,000. haha Well Misapf, it is time for me to pay up. Please send me your address and I will put your awesome prize in the mail. I also believe it is your turn to pick a game for July!

Here is my last one also. This is a video. My camera maximum mp4 length appears to be one hour. so it is split into two. I didn't match the times I have gone over 1,000,000, but this one is close.

I agree. I can't score nearly as well with my PS3 style joystick in emulation compared with real joystick on real TI. Your iPad post did give me inspiration to try out gaming on my iPad though! Hadn't tried JS99er before. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Just a couple of days left until July 1. Here is where we stand: Mizapf 124950 Sometimes99er 28700 Digdugnate 22500 Sinphaltimus 6500 Globeron 750 Thanks for all those who have played so far. Maybe there are some more out there that want to share a score? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yes the game was not over. I was playing on a real TI-99/4a with F18A and a Slik Stik joystick. I grabbed my cell phone with one hand and clicked off several pictures. Since the score blinks, most of the time I got a blank score. That pic caught the score. My end score on that game was just over 1million. The waves keep incrementing, but the score starts over at zero. As for a new video clip...I could do that. it would be quite long though! We do have two weeks remaining in the month, I may give that a try.

It was approximately wave 71. Yes it does roll over at 1 million. First time I did it, I didn't take any pictures till it rolled over.

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Talk about timely! Check this out! Defender: The Story of an Arcade Legend With Eugene Jarvis - The Retro Hour EP75 by The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast) https://player.fm/1lGXTG Post your scores! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you know? Some defender strategists recommend killing most of your humans on purpose to make it easier to defend the remaining few...

Did you know? Competitive scoring for Defender first began when Mario Suarez from Atlantic City played Defender for over 21 and half hours in 1982 at the Claridge Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. The game later became the focus of the first Twin Galaxies video game contest in which players in 32 cities simultaneously competed on the weekend of April 3–4, 1982. Rick Smith won the contest with a score of 33,013,200 which took 38 hours. Has to make you wonder how the basic necessities were taken care of during that 38 hours.....

A video of the game play! That's awesome! I had to try it. Playing with an emulator (Classic99), and recording with the Xbox app built into Windows 10. Uploaded to YouTube. I hope this works!

Awesome scores! Breaking 100k! Did you know? Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc in 1983 and 1984 to market video games they published for home systems made by their competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages. For example, video games sold for the Commodore 64 came up in green packages, games for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A in yellow, games for the IBM PC in blue, and so on. Despite being in existence for less than two years, Atarisoft had a huge video game library with dozens of game versions being released for various home computers and consoles. Almost all of the Atarisoft titles were produced by third-party software companies, as Atari only developed for their own systems. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you know? Defender eventually became Williams' best selling arcade game, with over 55,000 units sold worldwide. By 2004, the game was a popular collector's item; the upright cabinets were common, while the cocktail models were more rare. Since its release, it has become one of the highest grossing arcade games ever, earning over US$1 billion Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you know? Williams was preparing for the AMOA show. They put many programmers on the project to be ready for the show. The display model featured five levels, which the team felt was more than enough because of the game's difficulty. Most Williams employees could not progress past the third level and Jarvis's score of 60,000 points seemed unbeatable to them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you know? I have a goal to have at least 10 people post their high scores this month! Do not feel like you have to beat the current high score... just post your personal best as you play through the month. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you know? Defender's development was led by Eugene Jarvis, a pinball programmer at Williams. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you know? Large asteroids, an element from Asteroids, were added to the Defender game world, but were later removed because the staff felt it lacked enjoyment. This reminds me of another TI classic... 10, 9, 8, 7...... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Defender Challenge Prize TI-99/4a Trivia Data Base Including case, cassette, and manual! Shows database programming examples. There are foldout flow charts at the back of the book. A good programming tutorial. Requires Extended BASIC. I will pay all shipping to locales on planet earth within reason. You know you want to brush up your database programming skills.... get your joystick out and save planet earth from the approaching landers, baiters, bombers, and pods! Don't let the humans be turned into mutants! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

********************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************* TI-99/4A High Score Challenge Month: June 2017 Game: Defender One of my favorite games of all time, although I never played the TI version until recently. It is a pretty good version. I don't mean to inflict any damage on anyone's shooting thumb, but this game might test your rapid fire fingers. Good Luck everyone!! ****************************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************************

Ti toad 17900 Frogger 37350 Total 55250 Ribbet ribbett Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Frogger 27020 Ti toad 17900 Total 44920 Real TI-99/4a Silk stik F18a Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ti toad 12500 Frogger 27020 Total 39520 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Frogger 16430 TI-Toad 12300 Total 28730 I played a few more times while waiting to connect to my favorite BBSes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi guys. Here are my scores using real TI-99/4a with silk stik through joystick adapter. Also f18a. Ti toad 9700 Frogger 13320 Total 23020 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk