A piece on a power point heals faster and is immune to spells cast by the opponent. There are five "power points", arranged at the center of each edge and the center of the board. The board is visually similar to a chessboard and is laid out with nine columns and nine rows.
A dragon is stronger and can attack from a distance, while a golem moves slowly and fires a slow but powerful boulder. For example, the pawn (represented by knights on the 'light' side and goblins on the 'dark' side) attacks quickly, but has very little strength its weapon, a sword or club, has limited reach and power. The weapons vary by range, speed, rate of firing, and power. These include movement, lifespan, and weapon. Different pieces have different abilities in the combat phase. This uncertainty adds a level of complexity to the game. : 2 A stronger piece will generally defeat a weaker piece, but not always, and a fight can result in both pieces being eliminated.
Instead, the two pieces are placed into a full-screen 'combat arena' and must battle (action-style, with the players operating the combatants) to determine who takes the square. When one piece lands on the same space as an opposing piece, the removal of the targeted piece is not automatic. Accomplishing any one of these goals results in a win. The goal of the game is either to occupy 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. Gameplay Overview and objective C64 screenshot 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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