Rex Dart Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I've had this Defender II cart for a while and never could get into it, despite loving the hell out of the original arcade Defender. I don't own a 2600 so my only comparison is to play it in an emulator. After playing it emulated on my Wii, I'm suspicious that there's something going on with either my cart or the cart in conjunction with my 7800. When I play the game emulated, it behaves completely as I'd expect. On my 7800, however, it's just weird. I start a game and am unable to move until a spinning enemy comes and kills me. I can shoot forward and behind me simultaneously(!), but can't move till I'm killed. I'm then able to move very slowly, with the little humanoid scooting across the bottom of the screen, always at a constant horizontal distance from my ship. All the while, it's very, very dark. Red objects (like the ship and ground, ouch) are nearly impossible to see. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It's not a 7800 compatibility issue. I just fired up the game fine. Sounds like a problem with that particular cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 clean the contacts and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Well, I figured it might be a known issue since different console revisions have different game compatibility. Never thought to clean this cart since it was in a sealed box, but I gave it a shot. No luck. Anybody want a bad copy of Defender II? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) This game was never one of the known compatibility issue games. Those would be: Robot Tank Space Shuttle Activision Decathlon Dark Chambers 2600 The starpath supercharger Kool Aid Man We really should have a stickies thread with the list, and the fix for it. The whole thing is overblown to begin with. 99.999% of the time it's just a bad cart. Edited January 13, 2011 by Underball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Yeah, Stargate/Defender 2 is a game that may have compatibility issues similar to Dark Chambers. Usually it's not that severe though. Kool Aid Man is not really a 7800 specific compatibility problem as it has problems on 2600s too. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzzed Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Maybe this is a particular issue on his 7800? I know on my 7800, I can't play Burgertime correctly. And I've tried three different Burgertime cartridges. Check out my video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Yeah, guess I'll have to hunt down somebody with a 2600 to test this cart on. Thanks, everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Defender 2 plays perfect on my 7800, its my 2nd favourite game for the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Don't throw it away. Keep it in the event that you pick up a VCS for cheap someday. Or maybe you could find a Gemini for next to nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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