Archon: The Light and the Dark

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Archon: The Light and the Dark is a 1983 fantasy-themed action-strategy video game that blends chess-like tactical positioning with real-time combat between opposing forces of light and darkness.

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Label Occurrences
Archon: The Light and the Dark canonical 5
Archon II: Adept 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf action-strategy game
fantasy video game
video game
boardLayout 9x9 grid
combatStyle one-on-one arena battles
countryOfOrigin United States
designer Anne Westfall
Jon Freeman
Paul Reiche III
developer Free Fall Associates
featuresSide Dark
Light
genre action
fantasy
strategy
hasDarkSideLeader sorceress
hasGameplayElement chess-like board
real-time combat
tactical positioning
hasLightSideLeader wizard
hasMagicSystem yes
hasSequel Archon II: Adept
linked to: Archon series
inspiredBy chess
mode multiplayer
single-player
notableCharacterType banshee
dragon
phoenix
wizard
notableFor combining board-game strategy with arcade-style combat
originalPlatform Atari 8-bit family
originalPublisherLabel Electronic Arts
platform Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit family
Atari ST
Commodore 64
IBM PC
ZX Spectrum
publisher Electronic Arts
publisherRegion North America
releaseYear 1983
setting mythical battlefield of light and darkness
supportsHotseatPlay yes
supportsJoystickInput yes
supportsKeyboardInput yes
theme light versus dark
visualPerspective top-down

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Reiche III notableWork Archon: The Light and the Dark
Paul Reiche III developed Archon: The Light and the Dark
Paul Reiche III designed Archon: The Light and the Dark
Archon series firstReleaseInSeries Archon: The Light and the Dark
Archon series hasEntry Archon: The Light and the Dark
Archon series hasEntry Archon II: Adept
linked to: Archon: The Light and the Dark