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Main executable game file: archon/archon.com.

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Free Fall developed a sequel for the same platforms, Archon II: Adept, released by Electronic Arts in 1984. Ten years later an enhanced version of the original was published by Strategic Simulations as Archon Ultra.

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Status: abandonware
Also published for: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Macintosh, NES, ZX Spectrum
Abandonware DOS views: 13205

Awards won by Archon: the Light and the Dark:

1983 - Most Innovative Computer Game, Electronic Games Arcade Awards (Atari 8-bit).
1983 - Gamespot Greatest PC Games of all Time.
Selected for 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.
1980s - Best strategy chess-like game, Abandonware DOS favorite games.
Selected for GameSpy's Greatest PC Games of All Time: The '80s.

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Christopher Salem 14/08/2018 23:48
I've found this game more challenging when played on the NES than the PC, as the AI in the NES version moves swifter, and the D-pad not as precise as a keyboard. Still, this is one game that if you've enjoyed it on one platform, you'll want to own it for your other platforms. A third way to win not mentioned in the manual, is to reduce your opponent to one creature, and then imprison that creature if it can be intimidated off a power point (power points are proof against magic). It is possible, though extremely rare, to stalemate a game.

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