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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
DefenderOfTheCrownCDTV
DefenderOfTheCrown
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown (CDTV)
  • Prequel
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel

  • Amiga
DefenderOfTheCrown2_Finale_StainedGlass
From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_BritainMap
DefenderOfTheCrown_BritainMap
  • From Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
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.
  • From Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNorman_day
DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNorman_night
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNorman_day
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNorman_night
  • Defender of the Crown 2 - Day time palette
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown 2 - Night time palette
  • IFF
  • 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 - Night time palette
  • IFF
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanCatapult
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanCatapult
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanHall
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanHall
  • Amiga
From Defender of the Crown 2
From Defender of the Crown

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleNormanYard
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleNormanYard
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • From Defender of the Crown
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_day
DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_night
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_day
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_night
  • Defender of the Crown 2 - Day time palette
  • Amiga
DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_day
  • Defender of the Crown 2 - Night time palette
  • Variation
DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxon_night
  • Defender of the Crown - Day time palette
  • IFF
  • Prequel
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_day
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 - Night time palette
  • IFF
  • Prequel
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxon_night

DefenderOfTheCrown2_CastleSaxonCatapult
DefenderOfTheCrown_CastleSaxonCatapult
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown_Ending
DefenderOfTheCrown_Ending_bgr
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown - Background only
  • IFF
  • Variation

  • 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
DefenderOfTheCrown2_Finale_StainedGlass
From Defender of the Crown 2

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Normans
DefenderOfTheCrown_Normans
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • IFF
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_RobinHood
DefenderOfTheCrown_RobinHood
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • IFF
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel
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_Romantic_Fireplace
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Fireplace
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Fireplace_bgr
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel
  • Defender of the Crown - Background only
  • IFF
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_Kiss
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_Kiss
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_LadyAnne
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyAnne
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Romantic_LadyKatherine
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyKatherine
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel
DefenderOfTheCrown_Romantic_LadyKatherine

  • 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
  • Amiga
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

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Begin
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Begin
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Begin
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Prequel
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Begin

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_BirdsEyeView
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_BirdsEyeView
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_BirdsEyeView
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Prequel

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Fanfare
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Fanfare
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_Fanfare
  • Defender of the Crown
  • IFF
  • Prequel
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_Fanfare

DefenderOfTheCrown2_Tournament_OnComing
DefenderOfTheCrown_Tournament_OnComing
  • Defender of the Crown 2
  • Amiga
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Prequel