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Archon

Free Fall Associates · 1983 · Strategy · game

Archon: The Light and the Dark was a game developed by Free Fall Associates which loosely modeled the game of Chess, with a number of additions to the gameplay. It was programmed by Anne Westfall, and released originally for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. It was quickly ported to a number of different systems, and was well-received.

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developer

Free Fall Associates

publisher

Ariolasoft, Electronic Arts, Bullet-Proof Software

trailers

information

genres

Strategy, Tactical

modes

Single player, Multiplayer

perspective

Bird view / Isometric