Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever

by eGames

Product Features

• Build armies and fortify your castles as you wage war against five tenacious opponents for control of the crown
• Challenge your foes to archery contests or meet them in the lists for a joust!
• Increase your fame and line your coffers by rescuing and kidnapping princesses, and raiding enemy treasuries!
• Place your opponents under siege! Attack their battlements with catapults, hurling boulders, Greek Fire, and disease into their ranks!
• Triumph on the battlefield using special Tactic and Hero cards to gain the advantage!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PE17YY
• Item Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,672 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

To arms! The hall-of-fame Cinemaware classic returns! Battle five cunning lords for control of medieval England. Build and lead your armies of knights and archers on the battlefield, and conduct daring raids to rescue princesses and pillage treasuries. Compete in jousting and archery tournaments, and lay siege to your foes with catapults and Greek Fire! Gain fame, outsmart, and outmuscle your foes to lay sole claim to the British crown!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Aviod, July 12, 2007

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Grizzly Adams (Ohio) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever (CD-ROM)

I loved the original Defender of the Crown that came out 20 years ago for the Amiga. The whole point of the original was to make you feel like you were in a movie. It was ahead of it's time with great graphics, sound and story line. The remake of this title has none of this.
If you are like me and wanted this title to relive the past, forget it. It s a poor copy of the original. The game play is horrible, there is no story line, the sound and graphics are sub-par. You would think with 20 years of new technology that they would be able to produce a game at least equal to the original? Who ever brought back the Cinemaware name has no clue what made their game great in the 80's.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic, August 14, 2007

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Carl Fragoso (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever (CD-ROM)

I have loved past versions of Defender of the Crown which was what compelled me to purchase this one and wow what a waste of money! This is a very poor copy of the original and the graphics as well as game play are horrible. I loved the NES version and the PS2 version was pretty good as well however if I could give this game less than one star I would.

This game took me less than 3 hours to beat with all 4 different characters and I was overall very disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An amusing distraction, March 27, 2009

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Jesse Boyd (US) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever (CD-ROM)

This game is pretty short and goofy, to be sure. Winning overall hasn't been too tough, as the AI seems to pull punches a lot. Multiple difficulty levels would probably have been a good idea.

But it's kinda fun. It's basically a series of mini-games which involve reflexes, coordination, or quick thinking tacked on to a simple strategy game of troops and resources.

If I had paid real money for it I'd probably be disappointed, but as I picked if up for chunk change it's been a fun few hours. I never saw the original in its heyday, so I had no particular expectations.