Is Protector on Steam?

No. Protector is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Protector on?

Protector is available on Atari Jaguar.

When did Protector release?

Protector was first released on December 20, 1999.

Protector

Dec 20, 1999ShooterAtari Jaguar

Protector — frequently asked questions

Is Protector on Steam?: No. Protector is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Protector on?: Protector is available on Atari Jaguar.
When did Protector release?: Protector was first released on December 20, 1999.

Game details

Publisher: Songbird Productions
Themes: Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24

Loose

$59

Complete

$100

Sealed

$200

Region: WW
Released: 1999
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

Atari Jaguar prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Bethesda Softworks made an Atari Jaguar game, Todd Howard produced it, and Atari refused to ship it. It came out anyway.

Danish developer Jørgen Bech built a Defender-style shooter at Bethesda, produced by Christopher Weaver and Todd Howard. Atari declined it — Jeff Minter's Defender 2000 was in development and they wouldn't publish a competitor — so Bethesda shelved it. Carl Forhan found Bech on Usenet, licensed the game from Bethesda, and when Hasbro opened the platform in 1999, finished and published it through Songbird — then built Songbird into the Jaguar's most important post-commercial publisher. By several accounts, the game Atari blocked is the better Defender.

Protector SE (2002) has a functional use most listings never mention: it contains CD-bypass routines that boot older unsigned Jaguar CD homebrew on unmodified hardware — a tool, not just a game, with real demand from a second audience.

Before you buy

Three distinct releases — Protector (1999), Protector SE (2002), and Protector: Resurgence (2014) — and sellers conflate them constantly, with real price differences. Verify which you're buying against Songbird's own product photography; some SE copies also shipped with a bonus Native demo CD. Restocks have occurred — check current availability before paying secondary prices.