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Softline praised the game's originality and said that "it's an announcement that Free Fall does games.
Video magazine reviewed the game in its "Arcade Alley" column where reviewers described it as "truly a landmark in the development of computerized strategy games" and suggested that "no review could possibly do more than hint at [Archon] manifold excellence.
Of the Atari version, the magazine said that it "is a good first step towards what will be an exciting new class of game.
Ahoy! in 1986 called Archon for the Commodore 64 "revolutionary", with excellent graphics and superior gameplay to the sequel.
"A great game, a classic", said Creative Computing, concluding that "Archon is one fine game".
It was awarded "1984 Most Innovative Video Game/Computer Game" at the 5th annual Arkie Awards, where judges noted that "few games make better use of a computer's special abilities than Archon.
It was also ranked as the 50th top game by IGN in 2003, who called it a "perfect marriage of strategy and action".
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a 1983 strategy/action video game developed by Free Fall Associates and one of the first five games published by Electronic Arts.
Of the Atari version, the magazine said that it "is a good first step towards what will be an exciting new class of game.
Archon was originally written for Atari 8-bit computers and then ported to the Apple II, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), Macintosh, PC-88, Sharp X1, FM-7, and Nintendo Entertainment System.
Softline praised the game's originality and said that "it's an announcement that Free Fall does games.
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