Defender Of The Crown
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.
- Defender of the Crown 2
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- Defender of the Crown (CDTV)
- Prequel
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From Defender of the Crown 2
- From Defender of the Crown 2
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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.
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.
- Defender of the Crown 2 - Day time palette
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- Defender of the Crown - Day time palette
- IFF
- Prequel
The castle pictures from Defender of the Crown used the same picture but with different color palettes for the day and night time versions.
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Amiga
- From Defender of the Crown
- Prequel
- Defender of the Crown 2 - Day time palette
- Amiga
- Defender of the Crown 2 - Night time palette
- Variation
- Defender of the Crown - Day time palette
- IFF
- Prequel
The castle pictures from Defender of the Crown used the same picture but with different color palettes for the day and night time versions.
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Amiga
Jim posted a complete version of the Defender of the Crown 2 ending on his personal YouTube channel.
- Amiga
From Defender of the Crown 2
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Amiga
- Defender of the Crown
- Prequel
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Amiga
- Defender of the Crown
- Prequel
- Defender of the Crown
- Amiga
Interestingly two of the four maidens were left out for Defender of the Crown 2, with Lady Rebecca being one of them.
- Defender of the Crown
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Interestingly two of the four maidens were left out of Defender of the Crown 2, with Lady Rosalind being one of them.
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Amiga
- Defender of the Crown 2
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- Defender of the Crown
- Prequel
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Amiga
- Defender of the Crown
- Prequel
- Defender of the Crown 2
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- Defender of the Crown
- Prequel
