Trivia
Defender of the Crown was named #92 overall among the “150 Best Games of All Time” by Computer Gaming World Magazine (15th Anniversary Issue--November 1996).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on May 02, 2008.
The Commodore 64 version of Defender of the Crown was also released on tape in Europe, as disk drives were expensive in Europe at the time and most people still used tape drives. The tape version is trimmed down to fit on the smaller storage of tape, and is missing several pictures found on the disk version. Some of the missing pictures are Robin Hood at the start of the game, and the closeup views of the Saxon damsels after you rescued them.
In 1993, Jim Sachs, who worked on the graphics for Defender of the Crown, designed a sequel, Defender of the Crown 2. It never really caught on though, mainly because it was only released for Commodore's ill-fated CDTV system.
The C64 version of the game has 3 saxon ladies that
can be kidnapped, and the NES version only has 1 lady while every other version has 4.
A full version of this game is available online at Cinemaware.com (the full link is in the links section). The game plays in any browser.
This game was induced into the Gamespy Hall of Fame in March, 2000.
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.
Contributed by
Trixter (8865) on Dec 24, 1999.
There was bootable version released that supported EGA/Tandy graphics and Tandy 3-voice sound, which greatly enhanced the PC version of the game. Unfortunately, this version is extremely rare and most people only have the CGA/PC Speaker version.
The CGA version "tweaks" the screen during the joust; the furious riding on your horse makes the screen "shake". This locks up the game on VGA cards, but if you can avoid this if you play it under a pseudo-emulator like Windows or OS/2 (or just don't joust during the game).
