Legendary gameplay, legendary music, legendary box art, legendary company. Truly one of the greatest of all times.

This was one of my favourite games growing up. I remember at around age 10 after playing it for a couple of months, I could clock it with just one goblin as dark and one knight as light in under 15 minutes every time./ Still have the working hardware and floppy with Archon on it and cracked it out a few years ago and found it so easy to drop into the old rhythms.

OMG the dreaded battle of two Phoenixes...

@halwakka504

4 жыл бұрын

Haha they were always so annoying.

@Saratogasaratoga

3 жыл бұрын

Two Banshees were worse

I think this, dark souls, gta 5 , red dead redemption, indiana jones, and war thunder are my top favorites. This is so nostalgic what a blast from the past

Sehr cool das Spiel nach so vielen Jahren wieder zu sehen und zu hören 😊 war zu C64 Zeiten mein lieblings Spiel

This brings back a LOT of memories.

At least once per month, for absolutely no reason, Archon's music pops up in my head. :D

@brutusmuerto

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

So many memories!! Mostly of my brother getting pissed and walking out... all great memories.

@aventari

3 жыл бұрын

The only game that my mom wouldn't allow us to play together

back when EA was good

@thearchiveable

5 жыл бұрын

M.U.L.E. , WORMS and 1 other (?) where the first games released by EA.

@sterling7

2 жыл бұрын

Back when EA was "Electronic Artists", not... Whatever it is now.

Beautiful memories.. hard battles with friend in this game. Even Joystick Quick Shot 1 couldn't stand it!!

I used to play Archon a lot back in my day. Brilliant game but I could beat them all with a single Basilisk/Unicorn. Damn Phoenix could surprise me though.

Cool and original game. 1983.. Pfff.. Im getting old.

this game brings back memories

This combination of fighting plus strategy is the foundation/inspiration for modern MOBAS, imo.

This game was amazing for its kind of glatiatorial combat. It would still work today probably if it was made with a modern engine and graphics but the same concept.

@planes3333

Жыл бұрын

emulator is needed

First time seeing gameplay of this (born in 91) but I can totally see the appeal. Strategy/chess like and a fighting/combat game all in one. Seems way ahead of its time. I hope to one day be able to try it in it’s original form but for now I’m def gunna try this on emulator!

Was a great fun 2 player game for the time, but after a while it became apparent what a large advantage the dark side had. Their fast weak shots were way better than the light's slow strong shots. The dragon was stronger than the Djin. The Phoenix was weak against everything but goblins.

@tsriftsal3581

2 жыл бұрын

That's because you sucked with the uni.

the first game on home computer that caught my attention

What an awesome game

I used to play the Amiga version until I could defeat the whole enemie's team with just one Goblin. But I could not win the the C64 version. It was incredibly hard, like twice as fast and the AI was better.

@sterling7

2 жыл бұрын

The AI wasn't always brilliant, but it was absurdly accurate on diagonal shots.

omfg this brings me back!!!!.................................. holy shit!!!

Words can't express how i love this game. I also want to emulate it on UAE Amiga emulator but i can't get anything working on UAE.

I questioned your every move.

Ach, the nostalgia

i remember whenever my big brother played this game the intro music scared me

I got so good at this game I could win the whole thing with one unicorn. I guess I spent too much time in my basement in those days. Ha!

How cool would this be if it got remastered like the old Bard’s Tale games?

This version's animation and graphics were superior to both the PC and Apple versions. And the music (albeit slower) was basically better as well. Loved this game. 😁 My new novel has some heavy influences which were drawn from these kinds of epic 'light vs. dark' struggles.

Fun game, though the AI was never any good. And that's even without TAS.

@scotiabushcraft9570

5 жыл бұрын

Was all about 2-player.

They could have made the graphics a lot better.....

Chess Kombat anyone??!

It's funny how my memory of this game does not match with the reality of how it looks today. In my mind it was state of the art visuals and sound.

@thomasfrohlich4320

Жыл бұрын

I used to play this game with a former friend of mine. He died on prostate cancer at the age of 18. I miss him and those times...

@MrBendybruce

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasfrohlich4320 I'm very sorry to hear about your friend but it is a great memory to have of him. Funnily enough I have an old friend who I used to play this game with a lot who also died of cancer several years ago.

@electrictroy2010

Жыл бұрын

It’s an 8-bit machine. Amazing graphics was not its strength. (Same goes for Atari, NES.) At least it wasn’t limited to 4 colors and going “boop” like IBM PCs and Macs of that era .

that battle at 6:52

bst game ever! lol

Dark was superior. The Phoenix on the light side sucks.

how can i play this shit nowadays?

@krzysztofjarmarczyk6591

3 ай бұрын

It's on Steam 😊