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Video Game Rank: 391

Amiga Rank: 17

Commodore 64 Rank: 6

NES Rank: 10

DOS Rank: 51

Macintosh Rank: 137

Atari 8-bit family Rank: 3

ZX Spectrum Rank: 2

Apple II Rank: 5

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Primary Name	Archon: The Light and the Dark
Alternate Names	Archon Archon Ultra
Platform	Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit family Commodore 64 DOS Macintosh NES ZX Spectrum Show More »
Genre	Action
Theme	Abstract Board Game Fantasy
Series	Archon
Mode	Local Multiplayer Single-Player
Minimum Players	1
Maximum Players	2
Release Date	1983-00-00
Developer	Free Fall Associates Lynsoft (UK) Ltd. Mission Accomplished
Publisher	Atari, Inc. Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) Strategic Simulations, Inc.

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North American DOS (Upgraded Re-release) edition

Rel Date: 1994-00-00

Publisher: Strategic Simulations, Inc.

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Developer: Free Fall Associates

Media: 3.5" Disk

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English/European Amstrad CPC Floppy Disk edition

Rel Date: 1988-00-00

Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc. (EA)

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Developer: Free Fall Associates, Lynsoft (UK) Ltd.

Media: 3" Floppy Disk

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Archon

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Rel Date: 1987-00-00

Publisher: Atari, Inc.

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Developer: Free Fall Associates

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Rel Date: 1986-00-00

Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc. (EA)

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Developer: Free Fall Associates

Media: 3.5" Disk

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Rel Date: 1985-00-00

Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc. (EA)

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Developer: Free Fall Associates, Lynsoft (UK) Ltd.

Media: Compact Cassette

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North American Amiga edition

Rel Date: 1985-00-00

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Rel Date: 1985-00-00

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Rel Date: 1984-00-00

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North American DOS edition

Rel Date: 1984-00-00

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Media: 5 1/4" Floppy Disk

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Archon is a board game-like game inspired by chess, with action scenes when the pieces fight. It was designed by Paul Reiche III and Jon Freeman.

The game board consisted of light spaces and dark spaces, and the background could also change from light to dark. Each player has a set of pieces with different board moving abilities and different attack patterns during the action sequences. Dark pieces have an advantage on dark spaces, and vice versa. Player pieces can be placed on power points, and the game ends when one player controls all five power points."

Information details from Wikipedia, "Archon:_The_Light_and_the_Dark," available under the CC-BY-SA License.

Individual credits:
Jon Freeman: design
Paul Reiche III: design, art
Anne Westfall: program (C64)

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Video Game Rank:	391
Amiga Rank:	17
Commodore 64 Rank:	6
NES Rank:	10
DOS Rank:	51
Macintosh Rank:	137
Atari 8-bit family Rank:	3
ZX Spectrum Rank:	2
Apple II Rank:	5
Amstrad CPC Rank:	4
Num Ratings:	104
Average Rating:	7.75
Standard Deviation:	1.59
Num Views:	3007
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.5
Fans:	9

Personal Comments:	16
Users Owning:	57
Users Wanting:	2
Users Trading:	0 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	14
Plays This Month:	0

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