1995 · AV Artisan · Shoot 'em up · Shooter

Earth Defense

Sega exclusive

Earth Defense (aka: The Earth Defend) is an unlicensed game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis; it was developed by AV Artisan and published by Realtec in both North America and Taiwan, without a license from Sega.

Also known as: The Earth Defend
Released: 1995
Platforms: Sega Genesis
Genres: Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: AV Artisan
Publishers: AV Artisan - Realtec
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player

About

Earth Defense (Chinese: 地球防衛戰; pinyin: Dìqiú Fángwèi Zhàn), showm as The Earth Defend on the title screen, is a vertically scrolling shooter for the Mega Drive/Genesis. The game is unlicensed; it was developed by AV Artisan and published by Realtec in both North America and Taiwan without a license from Sega.

The cartridge and box shapes as well as quality in graphics and box art are identical to AV Artisan's previous games Funny World & Balloon Boy and Mallet Legend's Whac-a-Critter, both published by Realtec. The player takes on the role of a jet pilot assigned to liberate five world continents from a technologically advanced army. Earth Defense allows two-player simultaneous multiplayer.

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Gameplay

Players can choose from two types of weapons: a vulcan/spread shot weapon and a wave/beam shot weapon. Rather than possessing bomb-like items, the players have a shield item that make the ship temporarily invulnerable.

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