Planetary Defense Download

• Developer: Lysozyme
• Genre: Arcade
• Works On: Windows 95-98, Windows XP

Reviews

Gohst
Planetary Defense is quite a fun game where you’re the defender of the Earth and it’s your mission to shoot the aliens coming towards the planet you know and love. Even though this is a tired old formula, Planetary Defense takes the game in directions not usually approached in space shooters.
First off, the graphics, well, these are nothing special, but that’s not important. Even though the ships are silver and look like space ships supposedly look like, this isn’t really a big issue. They could have looked like anything and the game would have held up well, because it’s the game itself which is fun.
The thing which makes it different to other space shooters is that you’re a satellite orbiting Earth and the enemy comes from all sides. You aim to shoot with the mouse and as you rotate around the planet you can only shoot over one side of the Earth. The aliens who crash into our planet will destroy chunks of it, but you yourself will destroy it too with careless aiming.
While there is no music, there are some sounds and these really heighten the stress level in this game. The aliens attacking the Earth are doing so with malice intent and you really feel the urgency with which you must defend the planet because of no music. I don’t know how but it’s a very effective tool.
So in closing this is a great game, its fun and original, to an extent, and for the most part is completely entertaining. I don’t see any reason why anybody wouldn’t enjoy playing this game and for such a small download there is really no reason why anybody shouldn’t play.
F-Stratios
Yes, it's true. You don't like the graphics? Go open the images of the game and make the aliens look like you want them to! You are a girl and you don't like the blue color of your ship? Make it pink!
About the gameplay: it's very simple but it's not bad! Your ship orbits the earth and you just aim and shoot (you can slow down your ship in case you need to). Firing is smooth and sweet; short green lines exterminating the poor persistent aliens!
It's a tiny download. Go for it, unless you hate simple games.