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Archon: The Light and the Dark

TitleArchon: The Light and the Dark
First release1983
DeveloperFree Fall Associates
PublisherElectronic Arts
PlatformsAmiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, NES / Famicom, ZX Spectrum
Genrefighting game
Also known asArchon
Players1–2 players
Co-opNo
Releases
Commodore 64: 1984-03-01
Amiga: 1985-12-04
Wikidata IDQ91268

Navigate a grid-based board of interconnected tiles to battle enemy creatures in Archon - The Light And The Dark. Combat shifts from strategic movement to real-time action when encountering opponents, requiring players to time attacks and dodges within a localized arena to survive and progress through the game's various stages.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q91268) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
REG-Vault (amstradcpc/archon-the-light-and-the-dark-2) · last updated 2026-10-13 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
TheGamesDB (10367) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (52238) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only.
Sprites
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Videos
Amiga Longplay Archon - The Light and the Dark
World-of-Longplays · Amiga version · longplay · 6:38auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC
C64 Longplay - Archon
Christian Leipold · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 10:03auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-27 18:50 UTC
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