Descriptions:
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.
Contributed by
Tomer Gabel 
(4476) on Aug 04, 1999.
Description from the original version:
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 graphics by James D. Sachs and music by Jim Cuomo, then ported to the PC whilst keeping its original gameplay.
This remastered version is the first of six classic Cinemaware games that will be published in the near future (Defender of the Crown, The Three Stooges, Wings, Lords of the Rising Sun, Rocket Ranger, It came from the Desert) in order to promote the new Cinemaware game Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown. The game was ported from Dos to Windows and received a graphical and musical update. The gameplay itself remains unchanged.
This remastered edition contains the original game as a bonus.Contributed by
Alexander Schaefer (2347) on Apr 04, 2002.
In the year of our lord 1149 when the King returned from the Holy Land, he knighted six great warriors who had carried him to victory over the infidels. The King's subjects crowded into the palace to see him grant power, wealth and vast dominions to each of the heroes.
When the knights departed from the palace, five rode to their new lands. One of the knights, a Saxon, turned his horse toward Sherwood forest...
In Sherwood forest you visit your old friend Robin of Locksley. Many years have passed since you served with Robin and his men - but disastrous news curtails the reunion.
During your journey, an assassin took the King's life. The kingdom is in chaos because there is no heir to the throne. Worse still, the crown itself has disappeared.
Thus, the game itself begins.
You choose your character among four of them: Wilfred of Ivanhoe, Cedric of Rotherwood, Geoffrey Longsword and Wolfric the Wild. With each of them, you get a different leadership, jousting and swordplay statistics, as well as a different castle and land to start with.
You make your main controls over the map of England. There, you see all the territories, and all the foes you must defeat in order to find the missing crown. Beside ordinary soldier army, you can buy knights and catapults. Without a catapult, you cannot attack any castle.
You can hold tournaments for land or fame with every of each foes you battle with, as well as you can raid the castles, or save some damseln in distress, and even get married.
But, enemy spies can sabotage your troops, and destroy your catapults. On other lands that don't have castles, you can build a small towers that will affect the gameplay as if they were castles.
Contributed by
MAT (35183) on Sep 29, 2002.
