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23. 10. 2016

For this huge update I finally added a lot of fantastic images from Defender of the Crown 1 and 2 by Jim Sachs.

The games came out between 1986 and 1993 and marked the beginning of a whole new genre of cinematic games, most of which being published by Cinemaware.

DefenderOfTheCrown2

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrownCDTV

From Defender of the Crown CDTV

DefenderOfTheCrown

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2
DefenderOfTheCrownCDTV
DefenderOfTheCrown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Finale_StainedGlass

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_BritainMap

From Defender of the Crown 2

The hand painted map from Defender of the Crown was replaced by a picture that was grabbed from video and touched up.

This was a technique that Jim used more often in his later work to speed up his workflow, because pixeling everything by hand took a lot of time, which was rarely available when developing a game.

DefenderOfTheCrown_BritainMap

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_BritainMap
DefenderOfTheCrown_BritainMap

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNorman_day

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNorman_night

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNorman_day

From Defender of the Crown with a day time palette.

The castle pictures from Defender of the Crown used the same picture but with different color palettes for the day and night time versions.

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNorman_night

From Defender of the Crown with a night time palette

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNorman_day
DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNorman_night
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNorman_day
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNorman_night

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanCatapult

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanCatapult

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanCatapult
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanCatapult

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanHall

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanHall

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanHall
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanHall

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanYard

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanYard

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanYard
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanYard

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_day

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_night

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_day

From Defender of the Crown with a day time palette.

The castle pictures from Defender of the Crown used the same picture but with different color palettes for the day and night time versions.

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_night

From Defender of the Crown with a night palette.

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_day
DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_night
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_day
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_night

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxonCatapult

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxonCatapult

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxonCatapult
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxonCatapult

DefenderOfTheCrown_Ending

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown_Ending_bgr

From Defender of the Crown, background only

DefenderOfTheCrown_Ending
DefenderOfTheCrown_Ending_bgr

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Finale

From Defender of the Crown 2

Jim posted a complete version of the Defender of the Crown 2 ending on his personal YouTube channel.

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Finale_StainedGlass

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Normans

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Normans

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Normans
DefenderOfTheCrown_Normans

DefenderOfTheCrown2_RobinHood

From Defender of the Crown 2.

DefenderOfTheCrown_RobinHood

From Defender of the Crown.

This image was not drawn by Jim Sachs and he was not happy with it. He therefore created a completely new version for Defender of the Crown 2.

DefenderOfTheCrown2_RobinHood
DefenderOfTheCrown_RobinHood

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_Fireplace

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Fireplace

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Fireplace_bgr

From Defender of the Crown - Background Only

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_Fireplace
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Fireplace
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Fireplace_bgr

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_Kiss

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Kiss

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_Kiss
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Kiss

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_LadyAnne

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyAnne

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_LadyAnne
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyAnne

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_LadyKatherine

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyKatherine

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_LadyKatherine
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyKatherine

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyRebecca

From Defender of the Crown

Interestingly two of the four maidens were left out for Defender of the Crown 2, with Lady Rebecca being one of them.

DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyRosalind

From Defender of the Crown

Interestingly two of the four maidens were left out of Defender of the Crown 2, with Lady Rosalind being one of them.

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_ResidentialBuilding

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Begin

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Begin

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Begin
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Begin

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_BirdsEyeView

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_BirdsEyeView

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_BirdsEyeView
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_BirdsEyeView

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Fanfare

From Defender of the Crown 2.

DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Fanfare

From Defender of the Crown.

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Fanfare
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Fanfare

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_OnComing

From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_OnComing

From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_OnComing
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_OnComing