Protector II
An arcade style game with a loose basis on the arcade hit Defender, Protector II is a side-scrolling shooter. Like Defender, there are lots of different aliens to contend with, and some ground based enemies as…
Protector II is an arcade developed by Synapse Software Corporation, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Texas Instruments TI-99 and TRS-80 Color Computer.
What Protector II is
Protector II is an arcade game developed by Synapse Software Corporation and released in 1982. It was published by Atari. It is available on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Texas Instruments TI-99 and TRS-80 Color Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An arcade style game with a loose basis on the arcade hit Defender, Protector II is a side-scrolling shooter. Like Defender, there are lots of different aliens to contend with, and some ground based enemies as well. There are no smart bombs, however. You have to rescue humans as well (twice) from both an alien ship, and later a city that will be overrun with lava from a volcano that erupts during the game; all the while protecting them from aliens. You then have to drop them one at a time (unlike Defender, you can only carry one human at a time) into a teleporter tube to get them off the planet entirely. The game is quite difficult, with some very precise flying required at times (probably…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
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