| Archon: The Light and the Dark | |
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| Designer(s) | Paul Reiche III, Jon Freeman |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting, Strategy |
| System(s) | Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, IBM PC, Macintosh, NEC PC-8801, NES, Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Followed by | Archon II: Adept |
| Series | Archon |
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a fighting-strategy game developed by Free Fall Associates and published by Electronic Arts. It was originally developed for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983, but was later ported to several other systems of the day, including the Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, IBM PC, Macintosh, NEC PC-8801, NES, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was designed by Paul Reiche III and Jon Freeman and programmed by Freeman's wife, Anne Westfall. Reiche also produced the artwork for the game.