| Defender of the Crown |
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| Release Date | 1989 |
| Original Publisher | The Cat (Hungary) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Strategy Game: War |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Mods | 1 title(s) |
| Features | Border Effects |
| Controls | Redefineable keys |
| Copyright Status | Freeware (free but copyrighted) |
| Inspirations | Defender of the Crown (Software) from Cinemaware (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, Macintosh, NES, PC/DOS |
| Martijn's WoS score | 82.3% (45 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Cinemaware (USA) | (2016) |
Authors/Contributors
| David Taletovics (Hungary) | - ? | ||
| Tamas Kaproncai (Hungary) | - ? | ||
| Norbert Dombi (Hungary) | - ? |
Remarks
| Sent to Mirrorsoft for commercial publication, but at that moment there was not enough time for more conversions of Cinemaware games. Other software houses lacked licenses. Originally there was a winning screen at the end, but that was somehow lost. |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | DefenderOfTheCrown(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) |
| DefenderOfTheCrown.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| DefenderOfTheCrown.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| DefenderOfTheCrown.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown.gif | 6,424 | Original | Running screen | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown.ay.zip | 1,447 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown.txt | 39,769 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| DefenderOfTheCrown.png | 53,569 | Original | Game map | |||
| defender.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Andrey Drozd | ||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)_Front.jpg | 579,742 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)_Tape01.jpg | 78,958 | #1 | Media scan | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)_Tape02.jpg | 76,400 | #1 | Media scan | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)_Tape03.jpg | 79,834 | #1 | Media scan | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)_Tape04.jpg | 80,233 | #1 | Media scan | |||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)(EN).pdf | 1,248,607 | #1 | Instructions | English | ||
| DefenderOfTheCrown(Cinemaware)_Poster.jpg | 806,238 | #1 | Poster |
Magazine References
| BiT | issue #28-1994/Jan | page 7 | - Solution | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #98-1992/Apr | page 31 | - Feature - Euro Software | |
| FIFO | issue #10-1991 | page 22 | - Solution | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1994/May | page 2 | - Solution |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
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| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
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| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
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| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
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