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The Guardian Legend

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…

5 February 1988

The Guardian Legend is an adventure developed by Compile, released 5 February 1988 on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What The Guardian Legend is

The Guardian Legend is an adventure game developed by Compile and released in 1988. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did The Guardian Legend come out?
The Guardian Legend was released on 5 February 1988 for Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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