The Guardian Legend

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The Guardian Legend is an action-adventure/top down shooter released for the NES in 1989. It has been called a combination of Zelda and 1942.

Title screen which shows Naju

Overview

The Guardian Legend was released in January of 1989 (NA) by Broderbund and developed by Compile. It is actually a sequel to an MSX game called Guardic released in Japan only.

Plot

You play as a female "Guardian" sent to intercept a huge space station called Naju on a collision course for Earth. Your job is to travel along the surface of the station opening and defeating bosses in several labyrinths. Once all these have been disabled, Naju is destroyed and thus Earth will be saved.

Gameplay

The gameplay is a mixture of open area action-adventure and top down verticle shooter. The surface of Naju is basically an overworld with minibosses placed throughout. You acquire "chips" which improve your basic weapon and collect other secondary weapons as well. There are several labyrinths which require a key and then a simple puzzle to enter. These labyrinths are top down shooter levels with a major boss at the end. This combination of multiple genres was fairly revolutionary for the time with Blaster Master being another game noted for this type of combination. The Guardian Legend's gameplay may be summarized as a child of The Legend of Zelda and 1942.

Sound

North American boxart

The music for the game was composed by Miyamo Shant who also composed music for Zanac. The game has over 20 original musical tracks, which set the mood for each level. Some are more upbeat, some mysterious and slower. If you are into the NES cover music scene, songs from The Guardian Legend are worth checking out.

Links

The Guardian Legend - NSF File

The Guardian Legend Shrine

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General Information Edit

Game Name	The Guardian Legend
Platform(s)	NES
Publisher(s)	Brøderbund Software, Inc. Irem Corp.
Developer(s)	Compile
Genres	Add a new genre Action Adventure Shooter
Themes	Add a new theme Sci-Fi
Original US Release	need a fuzzy date?
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