It was designed by Paul Reiche III (who also created the graphics for the game) and Jon Freeman and programmed by Anne Westfall.Ī sequel was released in 1984: Archon II: Adept.
The health of the player's piece is enhanced when landing on a square of one's own color.Īrchon was originally written for the Atari 8-bit family and then ported to the Apple II, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), Mac, PC-88, and NES. It is superficially similar to chess, in that it takes place on a board with alternating black and white squares however, instead of fixed rules when landing on another player's piece, an arcade-style fight takes place to determine the victor, and each piece has different combat abilities. Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Mac, NES, PC-88, ZX SpectrumĪrchon: The Light and the Dark is a 1983 video game developed by Free Fall Associates and one of the first five games published by Electronic Arts.
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