Dropzone is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Archer Maclean (under the name Arena Graphics) and published in 1984 by U.S. Gold. It was released for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64, then later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Gear and Game Boy Color. It was Maclean's first commercial game.Dropzone is similar in style to the arcade game Defender and borrows many elements,[1][2] including the same font style, alien depictions, and title screen depictions.