Earth Defense Force (video game)

Earth Defense Force is a 1991 horizontal scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco. Originally an arcade game, the game was later released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Super Earth Defense Force, dropping the two-player cooperative gaming mode while adding graphics and selectable weapons. The SNES version was released in Japan on October 25, 1991, and in North America in January 1992. The SNES version was eventually released on the Wii Virtual Console in Europe on October 29, 2010, in Japan on January 11, 2011, and in North America on July 14, 2011. It is included in Nintendo Switch SNES Online as of September 5, 2019.

This article is about the 1991 video game. For the unrelated video game series, see Earth Defense Force.
Earth Defense Force
Developer(s)Jaleco
Publisher(s)Jaleco
Producer(s)Yuki Arai
Programmer(s)Yuji Takahashi
Artist(s)Nekomasa
Takeshi Shimizu
Composer(s)Tsukasa Tawada
Platform(s)Arcade, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console
Release
1991
  • Arcade
    • NA: January 1991
    • JP: March 1991
    Super NES
    • JP: October 25, 1991
    • NA: January 1992
    • EU: 1992
    Virtual Console
    Wii
    • EU: October 29, 2010
    • JP: January 11, 2011
    • NA: July 14, 2011
    Wii U
    • NA: May 22, 2015
    • JP: August 26, 2015
    iOS
    • WW: Jan 14, 2011
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: September 17, 2020
    • AU: September 18, 2020
    PlayStation 4
    • JP: September 17, 2020
Genre(s)Horizontally scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
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