Asteroids will occasionally threaten planets. If only there were a way to defend them.

The planets in Galactic Defender Adventure have moving paddles that will deflect asteroids. Your objective in this game is to defend your planet until the other planets have been lost. You can play against the computer, or against three friends. From time to time the bouncing asteroids will hit power-ups that will alter the game in different ways. Sometimes in your favor, sometimes not.

Bright, pleasing graphics and a nail-biting flurry of bouncing asteroids make this a top notch game. The grey asteroids are sometimes hard to see which you can choose to look at as either frustrating or challenging.

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