| Archon |
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| Aliases | Archon: The Light and the Dark |
| Release Date | 1985 |
| Original Publisher | Ariolasoft UK Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Genre | Game: Board |
| Max. Players | 2 (Turn based) |
| Original Price | £10.95 |
| Competitions | Computer Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 1985 |
| Controls | Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Tie-in Licences | Archon (Software) from Free Fall Associates (USA) |
| Inspirations | Chess (Board) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Macintosh, NES |
| Average mag. score | 74.33% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 75.4% (13 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Dro Soft (Spain) | (1985) | ||
| * Release price: 2500.00 Ptas |
Authors/Contributors
| Tony Barber (UK) | at The RamJam Corporation | - ? | |
| Simon Dunstan (UK) | at The RamJam Corporation | - ? | |
| Dave McMacken (USA) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Authors according to SPOT/SPEX
| Paul Reiche III & Anne Westfall *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
Annual Awards
| Winner of the Game of the Year Awards 1985 - Best Strategy Game. |
Remarks
| Comes with free enamelled metal badge offer. |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Archon.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| Archon.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| Archon(DroSoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | Spanish |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Archon_2.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Archon_2.gif | 4,032 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Archon.jpg | 324,638 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Archon_Back.jpg | 327,019 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| ARCHON.TXT | 4,476 | Original | Instructions | - Docs (from games database) | ||
| archon.txt | 4,582 | Original | Instructions | |||
| Archon.txt | 9,118 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Archon(EN).pdf | 726,113 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Archon.jpg | 239,804 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| Archon (1985)(Ariolasoft UK).pok | 92 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Archon(DroSoft)_Front.jpg | 178,928 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Archon(DroSoft)_Spine.jpg | 25,995 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Archon(DroSoft)_Back.jpg | 180,427 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
| Archon(DroSoft).pdf | 21,330 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| Archon(DroSoft).jpg | 242,619 | #1 | Advertisement |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #18-1985/Jul | page 21 | - Review: 83% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #71-1986/Mar | page 15 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #39-1985/Jun | page 30 | - Review: 2/5 | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #16-1985/Jul | page 41 | - Review | |
| ZX Computing | issue #20-1985/Aug | page 77 | - Review: 5/5 |
Magazine References
| BiT | issue #17-1993/Feb | page 13 | - Solution | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #3-1985/Jun | page 6 | - News/Note | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #4-1985/Jul | page 30 | - Feature | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #4-1985/Jul | page 30 | - Tips | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec | page 82 | - Tips | |
| New Computer Express | issue #11-1989/Jan/21 | page 39 | - Tips | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #109-1985/May/4 | page 33 | - News/Note | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.4 #35-1985/Aug/29 special "week#5" | page 26 | - News/Note | |
| SSD-II | issue 1999/Sep | page 0 | - Information |
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #44-1985/Jun | page 119 | - Full-page ad | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #3-1985/Jun | page 11 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun | page 28 | - Full-page ad | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #104-1985/Mar/19 special "week#3" | page 47 | - Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #15-1985/Jun | page 57 | - Full-page ad |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
