Defender 2000 by Llamasoft and Atari

Type:Horizontal shooter

Players:1 or 2 alternating

Levels:200 + bonuses

Procontroller:In classic and plus modes

Rating:
Gaphics-10
SGI rendered aliens and your craft is nicely texture mapped. So much parallax that you'll feel sick! Awesome new effect... Algovision! Even motion capturing was used on the humanoids.

Sound/music-10
Bassy explosions sounds, but the tunes are the extra special thing in this game. Imagitec Design helps out Minter again by producing an awesome techno score that I think rivals Tempest.

Control-10
Flying in reverse is a nice addition. I feel that it is perfect.

Power-10
Check out the parallax! I've never seen any other system come close to doing this type of stuff. Do the Math I guess. Even warp scrolling on the ground. Blows your mind!

Fun factor-10
It's tough, but that's what I like. Another masterpiece by Jeff Minter!

Overall-100%

Quotes:

"A+"- Wes Powell

"Play this loud NINTENDO! Ha!"-Matt Simper

by Wes Powell
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