Earth Defense Force (video game)

This article is about the 1991 video game. For the unrelated video game series, see Earth Defense Force.
Earth Defense Force
Arcade flyer
DeveloperJaleco
PublisherJaleco
ProducerYuki Arai
ProgrammerYuji Takahashi
ArtistsNekomasa
Takeshi Shimizu
ComposerTsukasa Tawada
PlatformsArcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, iOS
ReleaseArcade
  • NA: January 1991
  • JP: March 1991
Super NES
  • JP: October 25, 1991
  • NA: January 1992
  • EU: 1992
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. It was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Super Earth Defense Force, dropping the two-player cooperative gaming mode while adding graphics and selectable weapons. The Super NES version was released in Japan on October 25, 1991, and in North America in January 1992. The Super NES version was eventually released on the Wii Virtual Console in Europe on October 29, 2010, and in 2011 for Japan on January 11, and North America on July 14. It was released on the Nintendo Classics service in September 2019.


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