The Commodore 64 version of Archon is available to play online. You only need a modern browser and a little time to enjoy again this great classic 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.
The goal of C64 Archon is either to take control of five power points located on the board, to eliminate all the opposing pieces, or to eliminate all but one remaining imprisoned piece of the opponent’s.
While the board is similar to a chessboard, and the various pieces are similarly designed to have various offsetting abilities, when one piece attempts to take another, the removal of the targeted piece is not automatic. Instead, the two pieces are placed into a full-screen ‘combat arena’ and must battle (action-style, with the players running the pieces) to determine who takes the square.
Archon is a really enjoyable game and it takes only an average 23 minutes to beat.
| Joystick 1: | Key: | Joystick 2: | Key: |
| Left: | Cursor left | Left: | A |
| Right: | Cursor right | Right: | D |
| Up: | Cursor up | Up: | W |
| Down: | Cursor down | Down: | S |
| Fire: | Left CTRL Key | Fire: | Left SHIFT Key |
