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This is the first game in the Archon series. For other games in the series see the Archon category.

Archon: The Light and the Dark | |
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Developer(s) | Free Fall Associates |
Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts, Ariolasoft |
Year released | 1983 |
System(s) | Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64/128, Commodore Amiga, DOS, macOS, NEC PC-8801, NES, Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
Followed by | Archon II: Adept |
Series | Archon |
Designer(s) | Paul Reiche III, Jon Freeman |
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Genre(s) | Fighting, Strategy |
Modes | Single player, Multiplayer |
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, MS-DOS, 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.