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Posted September 09, 2014
To arms, my noble Saxon knights!

Defender of the Crown, a 1986 turn-based strategy classic, originally launched on the Commodore Amiga, is available in all it's pixelated glory on GOG.com, for $5.99!

We are happy to announce a new partnership with Cinemaware that will bring plenty of mouth-watering classics in their best available incarnations. Starting with Defender of the Crown, more classic titles from Cinemaware will release on GOG.com with both PC and emulated Commodore Amiga versions. Yes, the graphically superior, awesome, beautiful and shiny Amiga versions!

Today's release is a wonderful gem straight from the 80s. Back in the day, Defender of the Crown set a new standard for graphical presentation and innovative, fresh gameplay. As the leader of an initially sparse pack of Saxon knights, building up your army and influence as you proceed, you'll have to stick it to the Normans in an effort to gain control of the war-torn medieval England. Your strategic prowess as well as your sword fighting skills will be severely tested. This turn-based strategy classic will have you saving damsels in distress with your blade, jousting with fearsome knights, and besieging Norman castles - all the while reveling in the Amiga quality sound and beautiful graphics.

Defeat those pesky Normans and unite England in Defender of the Crown, for $5.99 on GOG.com.
Post edited September 09, 2014 by JudasIscariot
Posted September 09, 2014
Very well done, GOG! :-)


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tburger: HAHA! YES! At the moment i open gog's www there was a theme from 2001 Space Odyssey on the radio I listen to :-D

I will buy a copy ..or two as soon as I get home. Will have great game for me, one other goger and in the same time I'll check if introducing additional currencies turns to my favor or not.
Look mate, it even comes with a manual! ;-)
Posted September 09, 2014
Delicious.
Posted September 09, 2014
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DebugMode: Does that mean that we might be able to buy Kickstart in the future?
You still can : http://www.amigaforever.com/

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rtcvb32: Now i'm tempted to go out of my way to do Amiga emulation...
If you want to stay good with the sheriff, check out the link above for a package including the Kickstart files. Else, I wouldn't possibly know where to start *innocent whistle*.

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Fever_Discordia: It's The Kristal that I'd like to see, sadly one of the least likely though, for a number of reasons :-(
Hey I have this one on Atari, thought I was the only one.
Post edited September 09, 2014 by Erich_Zann
Posted September 09, 2014
I got this a few years ago when Cinemaware was giving away all the ROMs for free, but I'll buy it here anyway as a symbolic gesture, if nothing else. Also, I'll consider it a vote for more Amiga games.
Posted September 09, 2014
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Daliz: I have to admit I haven't played this even though I had an Amiga 500.

So, who's the first to buy and tell me how the Amiga thing is done, technically? (Thinking about running in Linux)
so - quickly installed it via Play on Linux (engine 1.7.23): there is a launcher where you can choose if to play Amiga or DOS version:
- Amiga (windows port?) version seems to be working quite well (after only very few minutes of gameplay), sounds good, looks good - but have no chance to compare it with original Amiga version, only from nostalgia :P
- launching DOS version from launcher crashed, but it is classic DOSBOX thingy, so it just needs some tweeking (or to launch from dosbox directly)

p.s. Can somebody from Blues explain way how Amiga version is emulated? I can't find any emulator inside the game folder, it looks to me like it is more of a windows port: Defender of the Crown.exe ...
Post edited September 09, 2014 by cyboff
Posted September 09, 2014
Wow! For 1986 this looks incredibly amazing! More Amiga games to come, please :)

I do not know who owns the right to Core Design's "Universe", but I hope it will be one of the soonly released good old amiga games.
Post edited September 09, 2014 by Racer_X
Posted September 09, 2014
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damien: does this mean more Amiga titles in the future? Or is this a one time Cinemaware deal?
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JudasIscariot: Just for Cinemaware, guys :)
Awww. Say it isn't so, Joe. :(
Posted September 09, 2014
I grew up with an Amiga 500. I mean really grew up with it. Age three and up I was playing "It came from the desert", "Wings" and "King of Chicago". Because of this I had a massive head start in English class for the first few years of primary school.

I have never played Defender of the Crown or at least not regularly enough to recognise it as one of the ~150 games I was eventually given by my uncle as he migrated to windows PCs.
Posted September 09, 2014
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Daliz: I have to admit I haven't played this even though I had an Amiga 500.

So, who's the first to buy and tell me how the Amiga thing is done, technically? (Thinking about running in Linux)
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cyboff: so - quickly installed it via Play on Linux (engine 1.7.23): there is a launcher where you can choose if to play Amiga or DOS version:
- Amiga (windows port) version seems to be working quite well (after only very few minutes of gameplay), sounds good, looks good - but have no chance to compare it with original Amiga version, only from nostalgia :P
- launching DOS version from launcher crashed, but it is classic DOSBOX thingy, so it just needs some tweeking (or to launch from dosbox directly)
Thanks for the info.
Posted September 09, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: Look mate, it even comes with a manual! ;-)
Oh..yes - lack of manual is a no-no for classics..GOG knows it :-D
Posted September 09, 2014
So I guess the Amiga versions are built into the game somehow? It is not opening any floodgates, but depends only on Cinemaware's own coding and porting... Will find out soon enough, though.
Posted September 09, 2014
When I was 8, back in 1990, we had a NES and I convinced my dad to rent this for me. I was taken in by the box art depicting two medieval warriors clashing weapons atop horseback. The one clad in armor, brandishing a massive axe, just HAD to be the badguy, while the the handsome and valiant hero was the outgunned guy on the right. My imagination was all "epic battles, imposing bosses, pissed-off heroes chasing evil knights on horses, maybe a wizard or two" but the actual game was all "here are two nobles, make them fence" and "here's a map and a bunch of words, get ready for politics."

I was a sad 8-year-old. LOL!

Later that year I got Faxanadu and Iron Sword for my 9th birthday. Much better.
Post edited September 09, 2014 by fortune_p_dawg
Posted September 09, 2014
I love this game but the music from the C=64 version sounds the best to me. :)
Posted September 09, 2014
Great to see old classics like this and this one even comes with different version.
Posted September 09, 2014
Just a comment, this title is one of my two most favourite Cinemaware games (the other being It Came From The Desert). It has a good variety of things to do, and really does have the sweep of an epic movie about it. A great way to introduce Cinemaware to new players.
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