Freeware Archon Remake, 20 Years On

c64cryptoboy writes "It's been 20 years since Archon first came out for the Atari, shortly followed by ports for the C64, Amiga, NES, and DOS. Now it looks as if a new freeware version is in the works, one that promises to be true to the Atari/C64 versions' gameplay. The developers are apparently working with one of the original Archon creators, Jon Freeman. Here's a development screenshot." Nothing to download yet, but polls and development diaries galore for this interesting remake.

Comments

X-Archon

[sICE]

No update since last year, but still worth a look... http://xarchon.seul.org/ have fun!

Re:One of the best games ever...

[DLWormwood]

I'm an arcade junkie and ... to an arcade junkie, Archon just looks like fancy chess.

Then you missed out on a game you may have liked... When two pieces meet on the game board, the players engage in an arcade/action sequence to see who wins the square. Archon was not like the later Battle Chess where the animations were pre-scripted. Each of the pieces had a distinct fighting style, involving differing missile, melee, or area-affect attacks.

I'm surprised that there was never a later version of this game that used a Soul Calibur-style combat resolution system...

Archon intro music

[c64cryptoboy]

If you had a C64, the intro music sounded something like this:

Archon (midi)

Archon II (mp3)