Defender of the Crown puts you in the role of one of four Saxon knights in medieval England, in a time where the land is in turmoil as the King is dead and his crown was stolen. The Saxons and the Normans blame each other and fight for control of England.

After a short introduction by Robin of Locksley himself, you start the game with a single castle and 10 soldiers at your command. From there, you have to build your army, take control of additional territories and fight the three Norman lords - and sometimes your Saxon friends as well.

The game has several different styles: You may either engage in a jousting contest where you have to knock your opponent off his horse using a lance, you can go raid a castle for loot or you can attack another territory/castle.

The game was originally created on the Amiga platform in 1986 by Cinemaware with wonderful graphics by James D. Sachs and great music by Jim Cuomo, then ported to the PC whilst keeping its original appeal and quality.

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Alternate Titles

"DOTC " -- Abbreviated Name
"Defender of the Crown - Remastered" -- 2002 to "contrast" with the DOS version
"Defender of The Crown: Obronca Korony" -- Polish title
"Conquering England" -- Informal name, popular in Israel

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Defender of the Crown
	Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever	Windows	$17.99
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User Reviews

The classic of classics.	Amiga	Tomer Gabel (4495)
The atmosphere is so strong that you completely ignore any gameplay issues.	PC Booter	Trixter (8888)
Not as good as the Amiga version, but great fun nonetheless	DOS	Colin Rowsell (45)
Wow.	DOS	woods01 (156)
A little known CLASSIC game at the dawn of Modern GRAPHICS & Adult-themed gaming!	Commodore 64	XplOrOrOr (16)
This is one of the greatest of the classics.	Commodore 64	Tarzan Dan (23)
My favorite game ever.	PC Booter	Tomer Gabel (4495)

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The Press Says

The Good Old Days	DOS	May 24, 2006	5 out of 6	83
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Jul, 1989	4 out of 5	80
PC Gamer UK	Windows	Dec, 2002	80 out of 100	80
IGN	Game Boy Advance	Oct 30, 2002	8 out of 10	80
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Feb, 1988	79 out of 100	79
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Oct, 1987	78 out of 100	78
Worth Playing	Game Boy Advance	Nov 26, 2002	7.7 out of 10	77
The Next Level	Game Boy Advance	Nov 19, 2002	B-	67
GameSpot	Game Boy Advance	Oct 11, 2002	6.3 out of 10	63
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Apr 04, 2002	28 out of 100	28

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Trivia

The credits listed in the MobyGames database for Defender of the Crown are the unison of the original Amiga development credits (design, art, programming, music, etc.) and the PC conversion credits.

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This entry was contributed by Picard (12923), PCGamer77