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Defender 1981

Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Arcade, Xbox 360

All-time standing

#203 of 1,900

In the top 10% of games

By scope

1980s #20 of 143 Top 15% 1981 #3 of 11 Top 25% PlayStation 2 #33 of 180 Top 20%

Ballots (11)

All time 10

Flux

Flux

The Top 100 Video Games

  • Published 1995
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #34
Gamecenter

Gamecenter

The Top 40 Games of the Millennium

  • Published 2000
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #37
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Electronic Gaming Monthly

The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #54
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

We rank the 100 greatest videogames

  • Published 2003
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #78
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Polygon

The 500 best games of all time

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #162
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Game Informer

Game Informer's 300 Greatest Games of All Time

  • Published 2018
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #228
Hyper

Hyper

The 200 Games You Must Play

  • Published 2018
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

GameSpot

The Greatest Games of All Time

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Total Games Network

Total Games Network

Millennium Games Awards

  • Published 1999
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
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Decade 1

Edge

Edge

The 50 best games of the '80s, ranked

  • Published 2024
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #6
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