Other prominent games developers include Julian Gollop ( Chaos, Rebelstar, X-COM series ), Matthew Smith ( Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy ), Jon Ritman ( Match Day, Head Over Heels ), Jonathan " Joffa " Smith ( Ping Pong, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Mikie, HyperSports ), The Oliver Twins ( the Dizzy series ), Clive Townsend ( Saboteur ), Sandy White ( Ant Attack, I of the mask ), Pete Cooke ( Tau Ceti ), Mike Singleton ( The Lords of Midnight, War In Middle Earth ), and Alan Cox.

* Silencer, a fictional type of soldier in the Crusader games

In the years leading to the closure of Black Isle, Interplay's financial difficulties would worsen, leading for the team to cancel anticipated games as Black Isle's Torn and Stonekeep 2: Godmaker, releasing only Icewind Dale II, publishing Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader and developing Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II.

Gerry Pinder played the most games in a Crusader uniform, 304 in total.

Later in his career, he gradually left demoscene behind and started making music for video games, beginning with little known titles such as In Pursuit of Greed, Iron Seed and Xixit, then moving on to Origin Systems ' Crusader series, where he worked as a software engineer and composer.

Atomic Games had already developed several games for Avalon Hill, such as Operation Crusader, and Stalingrad.

Crusader has several references to Origin's Wing Commander series and is also referenced by other games.

David Thompson announced that he had negotiated a deal between the Crusaders, Sky TV, the RFL, and S4C whereby Sky would surrender its rugby league exclusivity allowing S4C to televise live Crusader games.

Unlike other past Paradox titles ( Hearts of Iron, Victoria and the Europa Universalis series ), Crusader Kings focuses on building a dynasty instead of a country, having similarities to role-playing video games and even The Sims.

As with the other Paradox Interactive history games, Crusader Kings is considered a macro-management real-time strategy game ( as moves are played out simultaneously and continuously ) but typically involves far more planning than the fast-paced action that is usually associated with real-time strategy.

It combines elements of sidescroller games with other Sci-Fi action games such as Crusader: No Remorse.

They are a now a permanent feature of the Inner Sphere and are abhorred by many of the Crusader Clans, who view them as traitors to Kerensky.

It was during the period of Crusader rule in Syria ( 1099 – 1291 ) that the Druze first emerged into the full light of history in the Gharb region of the Chouf Mountains.

As the Latin Emperor Baldwin I began to subdue rebel cities and besieged Adrianople, in the words of the Crusader chronicler Villehardouin, " Johannizza, King of Wallachia, was coming to succour Adrianople with a very great host ; for he brought with him Wallachians and Bulgarians, and full fourteen thousand Comans who had never been baptised " ( Villehardouin, 92 ).

* The Crusader ( 2007 film ), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture

* Frederick is a character in the video game Stronghold: Crusader.

* Crusader: Adventure Out of Time, a video game

No further video releases of Crusader Rabbit were produced.

* Crusader Kings ( video game ), a grand strategy game made by Paradox Interactive

* Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, a 2003 video game

Bethlehem — along with Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Sidon — was briefly ceded to the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem by a treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamil in 1229, in return for a ten-year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders.

It is certain that the Venetians and others were active traders in Constantinople, making a living out of shipping goods between the Crusader Kingdoms of Outremer and the West, while also trading extensively with Byzantium and Egypt.

Instead of three classes, Hexen II features four: Paladin, Crusader, Assassin, and Necromancer, each with their own unique weapons and play style.

Though the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem would continue to exist for a period, its defeat at Hattin marked a turning point in its conflict with the Muslims and Arabs.

He did not press an attack against the desert castles, but attempted to drive out the Muslim Bedouins who lived in Crusader territory with the aim of depriving the Franks of guides.

The hilt of a sword formed a cross with the blade, so if a crucifix was not available, a Crusader could kiss the hilt of his sword when praying, before entering battle, for oaths and vows, and so on.

* Mamluk sultan of Egypt Qalawun signs a 10-year truce with the Crusader city of Acre ; he will violate the truce on pretexts in 1290.

* 1284 – Mamluk sultan of Egypt Qalawun signs a ten-year truce with the Crusader city of Acre ; he will violate the truce on pretexts in 1290.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states, with Moslem states ( in shades of green ) in 1135 during the reign of Melisende.

* Janet Shirley, Crusader Syria in the Thirteenth Century: The Rothelin Continuation of the History of William of Tyre with part of the Eracles or Acre text.

In the process he made alliances with the Pope and the resurgent west, invaded Italy, successfully handled the passage of the dangerous Second Crusade through his empire, and established a Byzantine protectorate over the Crusader states of Outremer.

And in the Levant, a new force had appeared – the Crusader states – who presented the Byzantine Empire with new challenges.

Misinformation from the Crusader accounts and the works of anti-Ismaili historians have contributed to the tales of fida ' is being fed with hashish as part of their training.

* XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8 and compete with the F-4 Phantom II

The civil wars started with the disputed succession after King Sigurd the Crusader, who died in 1130, and flared up at shorter or longer intervals for over a century.

Batman, starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader and Burt Ward as his youthful sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder, helped establish ABC as a TV force with which to be reckoned.

The collapse of the Crusader States was offset by Genoa ’ s alliance with the Byzantine Empire.

The stone has survived, and shows him in the garb of a Crusader, with the long beard associated with pilgrims.

Batman escapes, but not before another confrontation with the Gotham police, and a citywide manhunt is now on for the Caped Crusader.

In an effort to demonstrate the Byzantine ideal of the emperor's role as the leader of the Christian world, John marched into Muslim Syria at the head of the combined forces of Byzantium and the Crusader states ; yet despite the great vigour with which he pressed the campaign, John's hopes were disappointed by the treachery of his Crusader allies, who deliberately failed to fight against their common Muslim enemies at the crucial moment.

Substantial territories had been recovered, and his successes against the invading Pechenegs, Hungarians, Serbians and Seljuq Turks, along with his attempts to establish Byzantine suzerainty over the Crusader States in Antioch and Edessa, did much to restore the reputation of his empire.

The coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall is a Crusader shield on which are displayed 15 golden bezants ( gold coins ) in the shape of a triangle with the motto " One and All "

Belief that a lost Nestorian kingdom existed in the east, or that the Crusader states ' salvation depended on an alliance with an Eastern monarch, was one reason for the numerous Christian ambassadors and missionaries sent to the Mongols.