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Defender Of The Crown

This is the game that Jim Sachs is most famous for and which most people remember, even today.

He was responsible for most of the graphics of the original. For the sequel he took everything into his own hands and completely rebuilt the game.

The graphics, although looking fairly similar, also received a major overhaul. Ranging from minor adjustments to complete repaints. Most of the images were also extended to 64 colors, utilizing the Amigas EHB screen mode.

Images from Defender of the Crown (1986) and Defender of the Crown 2 (1993) are combined and can be compared directly via the Comparison Mode.

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