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Game

The Guardian Legend

1988 · Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System · Shooter · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

73IGDB player score
13 ratings

About this game

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.

Screenshots

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Game facts

Release date

Feb 5, 1988

Developer

Compile

Publisher

Brøderbund Software, Irem Corporation, Nintendo

Platforms

Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System

Genres

Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Game modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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