I loved playing this game when I first got it as part of a pack of old games on CD. After losing a CD drive, I discovered that they lived on again on Steam and GoG. Despite others herelamenting the loss of the Win95 version, this is the same old DOS version that I played and loved many years ago. I loved the purpose behind the "expand and conquer", it gives a small nod to history whilst presenting something fun to play. The only gripe I had with it (and it is probably more to do with my style of play) is that it only allows for 50 units on the board at any given time, any more than this, and it deletes them from the game. This includes new military units built, or immigrants from Europe. The only way around this is to build more cities, to give more units a home, but there's only so much space on the map. The newer version, based on Civ 4, with the "We The People" mod is a much more enriched version of the game, with way more craft/trade options, and lots more European nations to play. This one's fun, the other one's better.
I had to jump on and leave a review for one of my fave games from yesteryear. The Amiga version of Defender of the Crown was a game my mates had, and as such, I would spend much of my spare time hanging out with them. Now I have a copy of my very own! Being a direct simulation of the original, it still has the original quirks in it that bother me a little, like no health bars during sword fighting, reduced options in campaign battles, and no way to manually control castle garrisons, but it's still a beautiful game, with all of its original charm. Not a particularly long game, so it's a nice quick diversion from reality. As for the PC version, it's nice that GOG included it, It has more tactical options available in it, as it was released a bit later, but it's the ugly cousin of the Amiga version. The graphics are horrible, and the interactive parts are unplayable. Don't even bother.
