By Todd Russell
This week’s featured game is Defender (Arcade).
Season 4, Week 9 of Score Chasing begins Saturday November 1, 2025 at 12:00:01 PST (GMT-8) featuring Defender, the arcade version. This article will tell you everything you need to know about how to join our group and play.
PLEASE NOTE: this score chasing event is for adults, age 18 and older, so if you aren’t yet 18, then please return when you are.
First, let’s learn more about Defender (arcade). How is the game played via Defender – Videogame by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) | Museum of the Game
Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens. Extremely popular even though it was deemed a flop at a 1981 Chicago arcade machine trade show because of its difficulty. The attract mode for the game was programmed in just five hours.
Defender listing, direct link:
https://www.iscored.info/?mode=public&user=Playgamesmore&scrollTo=77486
This will take you directly to the official PGM iScored Score Chasing Scoreboard at the spot where you will enter your score on Defender (arcade). Where can you play? Here are a few suggestions (alphabetical order) but is not a complete list by any means:
- Arcade – yes, check your local area for barcades, arcades, mallcades, etc. You might have an arcade machine nearby and play might still be a quarter!
- Various Emulated / MAME / CoinOpsX / etc – emulated versions are allowed, but we do not typically link to these sources.
- Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch – search the stores for consoles for “arcade archives” as sometimes there are licensed versions of the games we feature available.
Now that you have located where to play, simply start playing to establish your personal best score. The goal of score chasing is not a typical leaderboard high score, be the top score tournament. We simply want you to play and beat your personal best.
Defender (arcade) leaderboard SCORE entry link:
https://www.iscored.info/?mode=public&user=Playgamesmore&game=77486
NOTE: LIVE on Sunday November 9, 2025 at 6:30am PST (GMT-8) we will recap the Defender scores, submitted along with kicking off next week’s game. Brady & I will talk about and launch the next featured game we are score chasing at our official Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/playgamesmoredotcom
After submitting a score, you can (optionally) join our invite-only PGM Discord adult gamer group and become a member for free. To do that, simply contact any member of the group and/or stop by the live stream and tell us a bit about yourself. We’d love to have you, as long as you are interested in playing games more. More information about PGM is available on the About Play Games More page of this website.
Missed this event? No worries you can still compete and submit your scores after the event is over.