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Archon to be Revived

Posted by Zonk on from the p4wn3d! dept.

Phoenix-IT writes "How many of you remember the classic strategy game Archon? Curve Software is remaking the original game for DirectX with support for network play. Distribution details are undetermined. There are long term plans to port to Macintosh and UNIX environments, but no details at the moment. The game is not open source because it contains some of the original 8-bit code, which was donated to the project, but a public beta might be on the way!"

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  1. POWER OVERWHELMING by mmkkbb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where'd they get the Templar Archives? As far as I know, humanity has not yet made contact with the Protoss.

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    -mkb
  2. Wahay, nostalgia-tastic by chihiro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Brings a tear to the eye... brings back memories of my youth, playing it on my trusty. Back when in the age of proper computer games...

    "When I were a lad we only had 48K to play with on my spectrum"

    "48K! luxury! My ZX81 had 1K and a 16K RAM pack that crashed as soon as you breathed on it"

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  3. Done and done by T-Ranger · · Score: 2, Funny
    • ftp://arnold.c64.org/pub/games/a/
    • http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Games/Gaming_ Utilities/Frodo.html
    Add network play:
    • http://www.realvnc.com/
  4. Re:8 bit propritary code ... hm ... by LordOfYourPants · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah man, the code is protected in a hardcore way too. They did a poke 775,171 and EVERYTHING!

  5. Re:8 bit propritary code ... hm ... by Phoenix-IT · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because classic gaming is übergeek, of course!