Defender of the Crown 1987 DOS Game Hidden Gem Lets Play 01

Join me in Defender of the Crown, a retro DOS hidden gem.
Defender of the Crown is an underrated DOS game from 1987 set in medieval England and Wales. Made by Cinemaware for the Amiga and MS-DOS, it was popular and a second title for the Amiga cd32 would be made. You have to manage your taxes and army in order to defeat the five Ai opponents.
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[@larsdahl5528]

I remember the Amiga days, there I played Defender of the Crown.
I most often played as Wolfric because he was "Strong" in jousting.
I figured out how to win the jousting duels: As you ride toward the opponent, your lance wobbles up and down, and you must make mouse movements to counter the wobble. The "Black X" is the tip of your opponent's lance, yes you have to aim where it is.
Thus a brilliant start is if one of the others holds a tournament in the first turn, as it allows for a gain of up to 3 extra territories through jousting for land. (Often from the Normans, as the Normans "move" before the Saxons.) And you usually get to keep those won territories (As they prefer to conquer the uncontrolled land first.)
An important thing to know is that the uncontrolled land gives you vassals (Extra soldiers), thus going for uncontrolled land is a way to get many soldiers early.
A little detail is to have only one soldier in the campaign army when conquering uncontrolled land (You always win the territory, but the more soldiers you send in, the more soldiers you lose in the conquest!)
Something only a few know, as only a few have ever done it, is winning a tournament through all 3 rounds jousting for fame, and winning causes your "Leadership" stat goes up by one.

[@CopperPlaysRetro]

@@larsdahl5528 thanks for the tips! I was failing a lot. The Amiga version lets your recruit troops without ending the turn which helps a lot.

[@linoportelli8240]

I put in a lot of hours on that game :) I liked using Geoffrey Longsword, because well... 😅

[@mortenbjoernsvik6550]

Loved this game on the Amiga. Would like to see it on an Evercade Cart

[@CopperPlaysRetro]

@@mortenbjoernsvik6550 those Evercades look interesting, I reckon you could get Amiga games running on a lot of retro handhelds if you had the kickstarter files.

[@alanfrost75]

Played this on the C64. My fav game at the time. Always played Ivanhoe. On the C64 he was Good-Good-Good

[@CopperPlaysRetro]

I will checkout the c64 version one day, thank you!

[@Autisma]

I always played the CGA DOS version as Geoffrey Longsword not for raiding for gold but saving Saxon maidens. If you're successful you gain your allies lands which can come in clutch at times.

[@CopperPlaysRetro]

I'm not sure raiding is worth it now I've played it more!

[@jondm733]

Not only DOC was not a hidden gem, it was one of the most famous and widely published game of its time.

[@CopperPlaysRetro]

Yes it was ported to loads of systems. I think Amiga is my favourite version.