Cheats & Guides

Defender (1980) Cheats For Commodore 64

  1. Unlimited lives

    Load or reset the game, then execute the following BASIC command before running or restarting the program.

    Effect Effect
    POKE 3005,5 Unlimited lives
    POKE 2814,255 Unlimited lives(Alternate)

    Contributed by: Dragon King 187 

Defender (1980) Cheats For Intellivision

  1. Infinite Lives and Smart Bombs

    Using the right controller, hold the disc in the SE position and Clear, 8, and Enter on the keypad while you power up or reset. You will see a garbled title screen. Press any key on the left controller to start the game with infinite lives and smart bombs.

    Contributed by: IntyLab 

  2. Hidden Message

    On the RIGHT controller, holding 1+5+9+ENTER and pushing the disc UP+LEFT and pressing RESET causes a garbled screen to appear, with the initials “PDF” (for programmer Peter Farson).

    Contributed by: Foppe 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
General FAQs FAQ by War Doc 16K

Defender (1980) Cheats For Atari 2600

  1. See the programmer's credit

    In wave 25, collect a human. Move the ship at the same height that it starts from each level. The remaining enemies will all turn into ''BP'', the initials of Defender's programmer, Bob Polaro.

    Contributed by: Retro 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
General FAQs FAQ/Strategy Guide by Larcen Tyler 12K

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
General FAQs FAQ by Joni 9K