Introduction from the manual: "Archon is a contest of action and strategy between opposing forces wrought from myth and legend. The Light Side and the Dark Side are equal in force, balanced in strength. Though they are not identical, their goals are the same. Each side exists to conquer, by eliminating all of the opposing pieces or controlling the five power points."
Archon is a great classic I loved back then on the C64. The game is an amazingly original blend of chess, fantasy strategy, puzzle, and even a bit of action. Hard to describe-- but must be played to be believe. Similar to The Sentinel, Archon is one of the rarest of all classics: addictive gameplay that truly stands the test of time.
Graphics and controls are poor on the PC version, though (CGA only), and so I really suggest trying to get hold of the original Atari or C64 release, or take a look at the updated Archon Ultra released years after this one (although unfortunately the true sequel, Archon II, was never released for the PC). A must-have!
Review By HOTUD
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This game is good on any computer this is a post game version of it highly recommend....chess type game..........in black and white sides.........
I played this for hours! What a blast from the past!
Archon 2, was even better. If you really like battling on the Elemental Planes.
Great chess-ish action game. Must have.
Agree with Billy. Such a great game, and it held on a single 5 1/4 floppy disk. I remember trying to win without losing a single knight. Did it once or twice...
Great chess style game with arcade style battling when pieces clash. Different pieces have different attack styles. I did much prefer the sequel though.
Like chess with action.
ARCHON
This game was inspired by Star Wars Episode 4 and the board game Chewy and Artoo Played
Did anyone now how to run this game with WinAPE ?
found my old artwork for this from my C64 days
The ULTIMATE CHESS type board game. I grew up with this on my Apple //e computer and it's NOT TO BE MISSED!
Great game, and in some ways a precursor to Battle Chess
Let's see if this works!!!
I used to play this for hours at my friend's house on the NES. I miss the good old days.
Review of Archon for DOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjAKxOkrf2w
This is a cool chess-like game where pieces/characters/fighters have special skills and attack each other in animation when they fight. I spent hours on this on my Commodore 64.
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.