DEFENDER OF THE CROWN | Commodore 64 (1987)

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Defender of the Crown, for the Commodore 64, by Cinemaware - puts the player 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, the game starts 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 and defeat the three Norman lords - and sometimes your Saxon friends as well
In addition to the basic 'build your army and conquer your opponents' the game offers several events and options that can be used to fine tune your play style: You may engage in a jousting contest where you have to knock your opponent off his horse, gaining either fame or land, or you can go raid a castle for loot or the hand of a princess, joining your houses and territories
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00:00 Introduction
00:12 Defender Of The Crown
00:41 Choosing Your Character
01:27 Robin Hood!
02:04 The Map
02:35 Jousting Tournament
03:40 Raiding Other Castles
04:00 Saxon Maids
04:23 Laying Siege
04:50 Battle The Forces
05:18 In Summary (Objectives)
05:50 Random Events
06:08 Difficulty
06:28 My Thoughts
07:58 Thanks & Game Suggestions
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@willrobinson7599 9 месяцев назад

For an 1987 title this is visually stunning game. Cinemaware knew how to make a game look so lush

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

I agree with you there, it just looked absolutely amazing. Mind you, It Came From The Desert was another mindblowing game graphically! "Thats The Guy!!! - Get Him" haha 😇🕹️👌

@randomrickreviewsrrr4662 9 месяцев назад

One of my favorite Commodore 64 games and one of the best looking!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely, it looked amazing on the Amiga when it first came out... everyone was mindblown with the graphics 😇🕹️👌

@randomrickreviewsrrr4662 9 месяцев назад

Yeah Amiga always had good looking stuff. I was just amazed on how good it looked even on the c64@@CheekyCommodoreGamer

@ArttuTheCat 9 месяцев назад

DEFENDER OF THE CROWN is - and always will be - one of my favorite games on the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️. Me and my friends even played this game a lot on my Amiga 500 and my friend's Amiga 1200 back in the 1990's. I still have this game - CiB - for my Commodore 64 as a disk version 😺👍🕹️. Also, it even inspired me to draw my own cat couple 😻😻, Arttu 😺 and Pamela 😻❤️🌹, with the medieval ⚔️🗡️🛡️🗝️📜 theme, as Sir Arttu 😺 and Lady Pamela 😻❤️🌹. 😺👍

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Keep the drawings coming, they're very good 😇🕹️👌

@ArttuTheCat 9 месяцев назад

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Thank you 😸😺👍.

@vidarlystadjohansen9829 9 месяцев назад

This made such an impact on me, this and Pirates

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Ahhh Pirates, I have a soft spot for that game too. Also on the playlist 😇🕹️👌

@roccogiurato2603 9 месяцев назад

I played this game countless times on my old C64. Though in my opinion unbalanced in favour of Norman lords (they have richer territories and stronger armies at the beginning of every game), after a while it could be easily beaten -- and the victory was very rewarding at the time! Great game, much nostalgia of those times. Thank you for reviewing it Cheeky Commodore Gamer!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

You're very welcome, thanks for watching and following the channel - I agree with you, the game always starts out pretty tough and can be challenging for beginners. Once mastered though, the game becomes legendary 😇🕹👌

@roguerifter9724 9 месяцев назад

This is probably the game I've played the most versions of. I had the NES and PC versions as a kid, played the Mac version at the computer lab at middle school, and played at least one of the Commodore versions at a cousin's house. Then in High School I got the Gameboy Advance version, and I got the PS2 Defender of the Crown, which was a unique game with a similar concept the biggest difference being you play as Robin Hood instead of playing as another Saxon noble, a few months after graduating high school.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Great memories right there and thats so cool to see you had this game on all of those different formats, you must love Defender of the crown! Awesome 😇🕹️👌

@roguerifter9724 9 месяцев назад

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer Yeah. I've loved strategy games as far back as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories which don't involve needles (I had a horrible experience with an IV when I was a baby and never completely got over it. I don't know how its possible to poke a baby with an IV needle a dozen times, and not hit a vein but some nurse found a way) were dad teaching me how to play Chess. Plus I've always adored Robin Hood. A version of Robin Hood was the first book I read when I was three or four, and I watched the Errol Flynn Robin Hood movie with my parents many times as a child along with reading and watching many other versions of Robin Hood later. So a strategy game where Robin Hood helped you was high on my wish list and so were any where you played as Robin Hood.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Some memories will stay with you for a lifetime... thats what it's like for me with these games, especially the ones on the Commodore 64 😇🕹️👌

@cdldriver2348 9 месяцев назад

DUDE! I loved this game, awesome for its time. Once you have mastered Ultima III, IV & V and Bard's Tale I, II & III, this was the go to game!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

I completely agree that its in the same vein as those games you mentioned for being mega awesome. I will be revisiting the Ultima series at some stage in the near future, with a bit of luck 😇🕹️👌

@PeterKnagge 9 месяцев назад

I have to agree with yourself and other commenters, one of my favourite games and an absolute classic. It was actually worth the loading time on the many floppy disks. My favourite part was the catapult. Unfortunately I don't think I ever finished the game but I have a vague memory of a tips and tricks review written in one of the computer magazines I collected. I really enjoyed cineware games they were completely unique and ahead of their time.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Cinemaware games all had that 'Wow' factor didn't they and, like you say, seemed a lot more ahead of their time, especially graphically. All coming together and unfolding like movies - which kept me absolutely mesmorised and gripped, back in the day 😇🕹️👌

@MorrisseysMonkey 9 месяцев назад

As a 17year old that cover art. Phooar! But what a fantastic looking game on the C64 and Amiga. Back then they were stunning.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Visually stunning huh.... the game graphics aren't bad either 😉🕹️👌

@MorrisseysMonkey 9 месяцев назад

🤣😅👍@@CheekyCommodoreGamer

@orangespy 9 месяцев назад

Another game I cherished but could never finish. That music is haunting!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Never too late to revisit and maybe complete someday 🎼🎶 yeah the music is awesome isn't it 😇🕹👌

@ShaunBebbington Месяц назад

Love this game. Played it for hours on my Commodore C64 with my trusty 1541 Disk Drive.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 29 дней назад

Superb game, I remember the graphics at the time were brilliant! A very immersive game - I loved this and another one on the channel.called 'Kings Bounty', pumped loads of hours into those games as a kid 😇🕹👌

@gvilsan35 9 месяцев назад

For sure one of the best games ever done for the Amiga. I never won a tournament 😂. Joan D'Arc is a similar game, much more eesy to play.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Ahh yes, I remember hearing about Joan of Arc.... Siege & the Sword or something or other, for the Amiga - incidentally, I've never actually played that game! SO, there one I've just added to my list 😇🕹️👌

@ritchwaghorn6541 9 месяцев назад

Another classic.. I grew up with The Amiga version and only recently played the C64 one. They are both excellent, but the extra features for the C64 are very good.. (The Sword fighting is so tough on the C64!). I think I have played every version of this game… Defender of the Crown II for the Amiga CD32 is a bit cheeky as it’s not a sequel, just the same game with added speech and some additional features. They also dispensed with the original music which was a mistake! Robin Hood :Defender of the Crown, which is from the early 00’s for Xbox/PS2 is well worth a look if you haven’t played it and want more of the same with some nice additions.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Swordfighting on the C64 is brutal isn't it, I thought it was just me! The Amiga version blew me away with the graphics, I still cant believe it was months later that I realised you had to click the mouse for the jousting... no wonder I never won a match 😇🕹️👌

@erikrounds 9 месяцев назад

I loved cinemaware games, there games had a unique blend of cinematic graphics and compelling gameplay. It was easy to get lost in the stories. I think my favorite was It Came From the Desert, but Defender of the Crown was quite good as well.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

It Came From The Desert was really dreamy wasn't it... it used to draw me into its straneg world and completely captivated me! Cinemaware had this unique ability to do that with their games and this was no exception 😇🕹️👌

@petercortens6019 9 месяцев назад

'87 was really a top year for me. R-Type & Double Dragon in the Arcades and end of summer I had worked enough money together to buy a heavily discounted Amiga 1000. And with it came Defender of the Crown, so that is all what my Amiga did the first couple of weeks. My father co sponsored the memory expansion and so he wanted to play too, but off course not because of the gorgeous women ;) First time I see it on the C64 tbh, they did a really great conversion.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

87 was a brilliant year - I have to admit that apart from Rolling Thunder, Double Dragon is my all-time favourite arcade game. I think its the thumping music that brings back instant memories and pure nostalgia. It's awesome to learn that this was your first Amiga game... and what a game it is! 😇🕹️👌

@313Games 9 месяцев назад

This one is on my list now for sure. 😊

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

It has to be right up there as one of the best games made for the C64 and Amiga, definitely 😇🕹️👌

@oldschoolgamer5932 9 месяцев назад

I loved this game!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Has to be one of the very best, for sure 😇🕹👌

@benrichards6087 9 месяцев назад

Only time i heard this music and seen the title screen was during the three stooges opening ....had no idea it was a REAL game! thanks for a great review bro!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Yeah haha, I'll also be doing the Three Stooges game for the Amiga someday, I'll be sure to add the intro and explain its origins 😇🕹️👌

@JustWasted3HoursHere 7 месяцев назад

This was one of the games that shop owners would have running on their display Amigas back in the day and it was highly effective at generating sales! I'm sure it did the same thing for the C64 as well.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 7 месяцев назад

Ahhh yeah, I clearly remember walking past a local UK store called Dixons... this was blaring out of at least 10 CRT's on display at the back of the store! Brilliant game, has to be right up there as an all time classic on both the C64 & Amiga 😇🕹️👌

@JustWasted3HoursHere 7 месяцев назад

@@CheekyCommodoreGamerFor sure. Another demo I always saw in the Amiga shop store windows a lot was the old juggler demo.* First time I saw that my jaw dropped to the floor and I had to go inside and see it up close. The Amiga bouncing ball demo was another. * For anyone who doesn't know about the juggler demo: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aufOzw3Kd1s.htmlsi=PIm1YXvU1cNaHViW (mind blowing for 1985!)

@grumsproduktion4083 9 месяцев назад

Oh man, how could i have missed that Defender was on the C64? I was enchanted by the NES version with it's graphics when i was a kid, but as an adult using emulators, i never figured out this game, same with Pirates!. Great video as always, i love how effective you are "churning" your videos out, is always a pleasure seeing that you have uploaded a video when i come home from work

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Glad to hear you watch all the videos and hopefully they bring some joy, especially with all of the memories unlocked! I actually never heard of that group before, but I've just googled it this morning and now I'm no doubt going to listen to a few tracks - as for churning the videos out, its an absolute pleasure. My wife works funny shifts, so as soon as I get home from work I usually start a new video... every day :) 😇🕹️👌

@grumsproduktion4083 9 месяцев назад

Yeah it definitly does lock up memories, and the group is fantastic overall, but they usually does like three or four tracks that are made with the C64. Do you work from a list by the way or do you just play a game and ffeel "Ahaa, this will do good on my RU-vid channe"l? @@CheekyCommodoreGamer

@grumsproduktion4083 9 месяцев назад

(Sorry for spamming but htis is a good introduction to said band, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4foUL12QfBs.html )@@CheekyCommodoreGamer

@ericjohnson5531 9 месяцев назад

you should review The 3 Stooges next and include the intro screen! lol

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Haha yeah, I've been playing that recently to put some game footage together, so its definitely on the list 😇🕹️👌

@matslarsson5988 9 месяцев назад

If you look up the word "classic" in one of the major encyclopedias, this game is what you find! Is it the best game ever made? Probably not. But for me it's one of the games that made the biggest impact. I mostly played the Amiga version. But the c64 version was mighty impressive as well. Amazing game and great video! ❤ Btw, I cant remember beating the tournament even once....😅 If I did, it sure wasn't because I knew what to do. 😅

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Haha yeah you're probably right there - or at least it should definitely be defined under the word 'Classic' for sure. The tournaments always had me scratching my head... maybe I should have definitely read more of the game manuals back when I was a kid! 😇🕹️👌

@matslarsson5988 9 месяцев назад

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer yeeeah.... the manual..... *Cough* 😅

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@malcy34 9 месяцев назад

The game that sold me the Amiga... did complete it... but only using the built in cheat..hold the K key while loading to get 1024 knights..!!!!!!!!!!!

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Ahhhh cool, I'll give that a try next time I fire it up! Will come in handy!!! 😇🕹️👌

@JesterEric 9 месяцев назад

The Atari ST had the best version at the time. It had the gameplay features missing from the Amiga. Never played it on cd32 though

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 9 месяцев назад

Never tried the Atari version, one of my friends had an Atari back in the day but unfortunately he didn't have many games for it - I'll have to look into it and give it a whirl sometime 😇🕹👌

@charly03090309 8 месяцев назад

c64 was so much better for some reason. Trying to sword fight or fire a catapult with a mouse was a pain in the arse. And jousting. Could you even use a joystick on the Amiga version? I thought it came with the Amiga in some packages, I remember it beng mouse only. I remember you had much more stuff on the c64 too, with additional catappult ammo, and deploying catapults in battles.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 8 месяцев назад

You're right, its much easier with a joystick... I really struggled with the jousting on the Amiga version too. Mind you, didn't realise you needed to click to button on impact until years later haha 😇🕹️👌

@charly03090309 8 месяцев назад

@@CheekyCommodoreGamer I played the c64 version before I upgraded to the Amiga... When I then played it I thought it was awful. I considered myself a master at all the minigames, When playing the Amiga version my mate laughed at my ineptitude

@exidy-yt 3 месяца назад

While the Amiga version was absolutely gorgeous, it was a poor 'game'. The C64 version was a far better game, even though limited graphically. It was still stunning for 8-bit standards, and being able to actually control the swordfighting to win instead of just spamming the mouse and hoping, not to mention the better battle commands made the 64 version far superior, take it from one who played both to death back in the day ;-) Cinemaware's best game until Wings.

@CheekyCommodoreGamer 3 месяца назад

I probably have to agree with you with the gameplay but yeah, Amiga version was beautiful. Ahh Wings, another absolute classic... definitely one for the list 😇🕹️👌