The Guardian Legend1988

The Guardian Legend

1988 Brøderbund Software

Game modes

Single player

Details

First release date

February 5, 1988

Developer

Keywords

shoot 'em up
female protagonist
action-adventure
anthropomorphism
real-time combat
audio logs
cheat code
real-time waiting

Overview

In The Guardian Legend, the player controls the female guardian of Earth, a "highly sophisticated aerobot transformer". The player's mission is to infiltrate Naju, a large planet-like object which aliens sent hurtling towards the Earth. While inside, the player must activate ten safety devices in order to initialize Naju's self-destruct mechanism and destroy the alien world before it reaches Earth. Five hostile tribes of alien lifeforms are vie for control of territories within Naju,and the player needs to fight through them to successfully activate the switches and escape.

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