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Upon complete destruction of player's Defender ships, the game end screen is displayed for five seconds. After which the game is displayed. During the game end screen the fire button can be pressed to cause the game option screen to appear immediately.
===Strategies===
# Fly low. Good DEFENDER players seldom fly more than two inches above the planet, in order to protect their humanoids.
# Mutants are not as hard to destroy as it might appear. Thrust, then reverse direction and adjust your height simultaneously, and fire.
# Listen to the game sounds. Most of the time you'll hear a humanoid cry for help before you see it. Use the Scanner to find it. Try playing DEFENDER using
the Scanner alone a few times to get a good idea of how it works.
4. You can carry a humanoid around with
you so that the aliens can never destroy
all ten of them without destroying you.
But if you touch the planet, the humanoid
will immediately jump free.
5. Use Smart Bombs only in extreme
emergencies, or if there are enough
aliens on the screen to push you past a
10,000 point mark.
6 When you're thrusting, move up and
down and fire continuously to sweep
your area clean.
7. Aliens become confused if you quickly
reverse twice, giving you time to blast
them.
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