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G0HZU_JMR · 29th Sep 2017, 11:58 pm

I just changed the compatibility settings to run my old copy of MAME32 in a window and Defender runs perfectly on my Win7 PC. It looks and sounds just like the original game and all the colours are correct. You just copy the ROM into the ROM folder and the game becomes a live option in the game selection menu. You can also edit the keyboard settings for the various functions if you want to use custom controls for Defender. It also supports a joystick but I didn't try that.

About 35 or so years ago when Defender first came out you could put 10p coins or a 50p coin into the machine to get several games. But when I was a student we discovered that if you forced/flicked a 2p coin backwards up through the coin reject slot it would eventually land in the 50p bin having activated the 50p credit switch. So for quite a while we played Defender at 2p for several games. it was either three games or five games for 50p. I can't remember for sure...

29th Sep 2017, 11:58 pm	#11
G0HZU_JMR Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 3,077	Re: Old arcade games I just changed the compatibility settings to run my old copy of MAME32 in a window and Defender runs perfectly on my Win7 PC. It looks and sounds just like the original game and all the colours are correct. You just copy the ROM into the ROM folder and the game becomes a live option in the game selection menu. You can also edit the keyboard settings for the various functions if you want to use custom controls for Defender. It also supports a joystick but I didn't try that. About 35 or so years ago when Defender first came out you could put 10p coins or a 50p coin into the machine to get several games. But when I was a student we discovered that if you forced/flicked a 2p coin backwards up through the coin reject slot it would eventually land in the 50p bin having activated the 50p credit switch. So for quite a while we played Defender at 2p for several games. it was either three games or five games for 50p. I can't remember for sure... __________________ Regards, Jeremy G0HZU Last edited by G0HZU_JMR; 30th Sep 2017 at 12:24 am.