Earth Defense (), 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.
Gameplay Weapons 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.
Levels Brazil, South America Washington, North America Siberia, Russia China, Asia Nigeria, Africa
Compatibility The game cannot be played through a Sega 32X. The game must be put directly into the Sega Genesis' cartridge slot. When the game is inserted into a Sega 32X, the RealTec logo will show up, but the Sega Genesis will keep resetting itself. The game will not run at all on the Majesco Sega Genesis 3.
References
External links Earth Defense at GameFAQs