The coin-op game Defender has been a big part of my life [https://www.dougmahugh.com/defender/], but in recent years I've only played a few times. And due to lack of use, a cross-country move, and a destructive puppy, my Defender machine has fallen into disrepair, with

The images below are a letter I sent to video game designers Larry Demar and Eugene Jarvis (aka Vid Kidz) back in 1982. It was written in WordStar on a homemade Heath H-89 computer running CP/M, and printed on an Epson MX-80 dot-matrix printer. Thanks to Larry for being

This evening, I’ve checked an item off my to-do list that was over 30 years old: publish Defender book. Check. Done. Here it is: DEFENDER: THE LAST WORD * Introduction [https://www.dougmahugh.com/defender-introduction/] * Chapter 1: Getting Started [https://www.dougmahugh.com/defender-chapter01/] * Chapter 2: The Controls [https://www.