Archon Ultra

Archon Ultra (1993)

Genres:Strategy
Themes:Action
Story:Archon Ultra is an action-strategy video game developed by Free Fall Associates and published by Strategic Simulations in 1994 for MS-DOS. It is a remake of the 1983 game Archon: The Light and the Dark. An expanded remake of the original game, it adds updated graphics and sound, but also includes additional features, most notably the units have secondary weapons and the battle sequences are shown from an isometric point of view to simulate a third dimension in the battles. It also featured a multiplayer mode via modem The goal of the game is either to take control of five power points located on the board, to eliminate all the opposing pieces, or to eliminate all but one remaining imprisoned piece of the opponent's. While the board is similar to a chessboard, and the various pieces are similarly designed to have various offsetting abilities, when one piece attempts to take another, the removal of the targeted piece is not automatic. Instead, the two pieces are placed into a full-screen 'combat arena' and must battle (action-style, with the players running the pieces) to determine who takes the square.Show more
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user avatar@ProphetPXuser avatar@ProphetPX
February 01, 2025
i never knew of this remake before. This is news to me! THE ORIGINALS 1 and 2 were such FANTASTIC games!!!! i wish i had known of the remake in 1993 though. SO MUCH TIME and FUN playing the earlier original 2 versions!!!
user avatar@ChaosSchafuser avatar@ChaosSchaf
February 07, 2025
It was one of my, if not the first game i ever played at the age of 13 together with my dad (and sometimes sister). We played more often against the Game System... it was always fun and it already seemed at that time that it got a kind of ingame KI that was learning and adapting to your play style. The best part of it was the little RPG like fight when you got your chess piece against your oponent so you always get a chance to win. It will always be a fond memory for me and i wished for a new version of it. ^.^
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