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Defender of the Crown

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Defender of the Crown
Defender of the Crown cover
Developers
Cinemaware
Publishers
Mindscape
Release dates
DOS 1987
Mac OS (Classic) 1987
Windows (emulator) September 9, 2014[1]
macOS (OS X) (emulator) September 25, 2014[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Genres Action, Strategy
Themes Medieval, Europe
Series Defender of the Crown
Defender of the Crown guide on StrategyWiki
Defender of the Crown on MobyGames
Defender of the Crown on Wikipedia
Defender of the Crown
Defender of the Crown 1987
Defender of the Crown: Digitally Remastered Collector's Edition 2002
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown 2003
Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever 2007

Defender of the Crown is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action and strategy game in the Defender of the Crown series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions (Cinemaware Anthology)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Run in DOSBox.
DOS
Mac OS
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Includes both an emulated Amiga version and the DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Delisted on January 19, 2024 due to a publisher change.[4]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam (unavailable)
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Cinemaware Anthology.
Windows

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

Change timed=true to timed=false to fix issues with controllers. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/326590/pfx/[Note 1]
The DOS version does not save any settings or data.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/326590/pfx/[Note 1]
The DOS version does not save any settings or data.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Menu items activate randomly when using a controller

Change joystick timing[citation needed]
  1. Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
  2. Change timed=true to timed=false
  3. Save your changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 256k
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/326590/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (326590) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References