Defcom (1986)

Defcom is an arcade shoot-'em-up released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum. The game was published by Quicksilva Ltd and developed by a team including Jas C. Brooke, Garry Hughes, and Ste Pickford, with David Whittaker composing the music.

The game supports a single player and utilizes the AY sound chip for audio output. Players can control the action using a Kempston joystick, Interface 2, or the Cursor keys.

The original cassette release was priced at £8.95. Versions of the game were also produced for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.

Defcom holds an average magazine review score of 43.75%. In March 1987, the game received a ZX Computing Glob Minor award.

The game became well-known in Russia due to numerous TR-DOS adaptations released by various groups such as Phantom Ltd and SG-Team. It was featured in the magazine Miracle with POKE codes, and cracked cassette versions were widely circulated.