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Landers, Mutants, and Bombs… Oh My!

 

The VPin Workshop presents the classic pinball from the late great Barry Oursler, based on the classic arcade game of the same name, DEFENDER. Once we tracked down the beautiful playfield and plastics scans of this rare machine, building the table from the ground up was inevitable (and fun). Defend those poor Humanoids from Landers and from becoming Mutants… Avoid the Baiters, destroy the Swarmers, and Warp yourself into victory!

 

Apophis - Project lead, scripting, Roth/nFozzy physics, Fleep sound effects, Flupper 3D inserts
Bord - 3D models and rendering
Uncle Paulie - VR Room
Jutsuka - Asset research and testing
G94 - Playfield and plastics scans
Scutters - FlexDMD Option
Primetime5k - Staged flipper updates
Cliffy - Desktop view updates
Jsm174 - Standalone updates
VPW Team - Testing

Version 1.3 Update Notes:

 

This release would not have been possible without the legacy of those who came before us. Thank you!

Edited by VPinWorkshop
Update to table version 1.3

https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=651
https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/9460-defender-williams-1982-b2s-with-options/
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10.8 required
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What's New in Version 1.1.1   See changelog

Released

Version 1.1 fixed the black playfield issue, and now version 1.1.1 fixes the playfield reflections. VPX 10.8 is required now.
' 1.0.1 - jsm174 - Standalone VPX compatibility updates
' 1.0.2 - Primetime5k - Staged flipper update
' 1.0.3 - apophis - Added slingshot corrections. Target physics material updated. Automated VR_Room. Fixed issue with playfield_mesh in ON_Prims collection (for 10.8 compatibility). Organized layers.
' 1.0.4 - Primetime5k - minor staged flipper fix.
' 1.0.5 - apophis - Unchecked Spherical Map on ball image mapping. Changed ball scratch image. Fix for standalone (thanks jsm174)
' 1.0.6 - apophis - Fix SolCallback(36) issue. 
' 1.1.1 - apophis - Fix playfield reelections: deleted old playfield_mesh and renamed playfield_mesh_on to playfield_mesh. Put center post in Rubbers collection. Deleted old plastics flasher. 

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Johngreve

   4 of 4 members found this review helpful 4 / 4 members

I was a bit late updating my earlier version to the new 1.3 as didn’t think that there would be much of an improvement but was I ever wrong. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first laid them on my pin3dmd display after updating my flexdmd to 1.9.1 and checking using flex in the table script. WOW,IS THAT AWESOME! I had no idea what to expect really as I thought it was going to change something on the backglass display. What a great idea this was to make and implement this COOL update. Thanks so much…as always VPW’s work is cutting edge and never fails to impress me. Kudos to the team for another triumph in the VP World and for keeping us who aren’t worthy smiling.😍

Brian_Frank

   2 of 2 members found this review helpful 2 / 2 members

This is one of my all time favorite arcade games (The video game), so I was thrilled to see it brought to Virtual Pinball as you can imagine. Very challenging and fun table. The FLEX DMD is beautiful. Totally reminds me of the video game. Smart Bombs! Did I say Smart Bombs. 

Bravo! Great job creating this game.

Cliffy

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Holy moly @scutters and @apophis have really outdone themselves with this update. The new scanner dmd is freakin' amazing! I see scores plummeting for some time :) Thanks a million, gentlemen!

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Virtualman-

· Edited by Virtualman-

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

I was using bigus mod for a wile, but this is next level shit! Great job VPW, love them all but this really surpassed my expectations in many levels. Still looks great on my 86" tv single screen setup (starship enterprise style). Looks fantastic with hauntfreaks b2s big time. vpinball 10.8 (beta 😎 64bit and all systems within a systems all updated to the latest.

 

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jba9913

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Classic machine wonderful to see this

Thank You.

JediWizard

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

This is an amazing table! I saw it featured on a vpin video. The physics, lighting and feel of the table are all 5 stars ***** Nice job!

rjclarkee

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Thanks for the update, one of my faves....kill all martians!!!!!

KiwiBri

· Edited by KiwiBri

   6 of 7 members found this review helpful 6 / 7 members

I was a big fan of the arcade game Defender, loved it. The sounds and the atmosphere of this simple game. I never knew there was a real pinball machine version of this game! (I had thought someone had made an original table)

 

So I am mind blown with this recreation. The table looks amazing, the lighting effects as the ball travels around, the latest physics are great, flipper flipping and reacting amazing well. Wow. Oh, and I was so excited to hear the iconic "Defender sounds" - then just the sounds of the table, the ones the ball makes in the outlanes etc.. stunning!

 

thank you @VPinWorkshop   and all team members!!!

davidh51

   0 of 1 member found this review helpful 0 / 1 member

merci

JRVirtual34

  

Thank you for creating this EM table, perfectly recreated. It looks and plays beautifully. Great work and much appreciated!

user512

  

It's so phenomenally beautiful and the dmd so perfect that I don't have the right words to give this masterpiece the praise it deserves.

HauntedHouse

  

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

onedevotee

  

amazing job, thanks for the update 👍

RabidUrko

  

Great work, i was hopeless playing the arcade game of the same name though.

diablo

· Edited by diablo

  

beautifull table like always . hopefully vpinworkshop take look at amazon hunt and remake it to vpw mod

talon00000

  

Nice work! Thank you!

Viper_

  

I have played this Defender table so much!

Brings back so many memories of the Atari 2600 when I was a kid.
It looks absolutely Amazing!

Thank You Very Much For All of Your Hard Work!! 😎

javiersertaun

  

Really love to play this table..one of my favourites...like the real table..thanks!!

 

Korg82

  

Perfect recreation of a classic and rare table!!

Thank You

midsta666

  

Amazing, thank you to all involved

MikeDASpike

  

Adding FLEXDMD with the font and animations from the arcade game makes it more real.
Within VR I like that the table looks more 'modern' with FlexDMD enabled.
Nice job  to hide the alphanumeric and change the DMD into a newer table !

 

 

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Ericg384

  

Great table upgrade and the Flex DMD is a really nice bonus.

stef974

  

Excellente table merci :) 

Mark70

  

It makes you believe that you are playing the real table.
Top notch!

Snowstorm225

  

Great Table looks good and is Really fun to play

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