Defender II review. http://www.ClassicGameRoom.com Shop CGR shirts & mugs! http://www.CGRstore.com Classic Game Room reviews DEFENDER II for Nintendo Entertainment System from Williams and HAL Laboratory from 1988! Originally released as Stargate to the arcades in 1981 and later changed to Defender II, this NES release is good fun, plays well and captures that Defender gameplay which is prepared to hand you your own ass after changing it into a mutant.