Objective: Protect
Activities theme
The protagonist must protect someone or something besides themselves for a significant portion of the story.
168
games
54platforms
Alternate name: Defend
C16 1986
MAC 1985
CD32 1993
ARCD 1980
LYNX 1994
ALTO 1982
WIN 2008-12
IIE 1981
SAT 1995
WIN 2012-08
MAC 1984
DOS 1989
Objectives: Protect, Guide, Elimination, Assassination
Related:
* Defend mission - for cases where the defending isn't so central gameplay mechanic or story point.
Related:
* Defend mission - for cases where the defending isn't so central gameplay mechanic or story point.
Only when this is active gameplay element and not just part of the backstory (as in, you're killing off legions to protect someone or something you never see and you don't really fail unless you yourself die).
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Games by year
The first Objective: Protect video game was released in 1980.
New Breed Software, Atari and Ocean published most of these games.