Archon: The Light and the Dark
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Developers | |
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Free Fall Associates | |
PC booter | Mission Accomplished |
Publishers | |
United States | Electronic Arts |
United Kingdom | Ariolasoft UK |
Release dates | |
PC booter | September 1984 |
Mac OS (Classic) | May 1986 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Genres | Strategy, Action |
Series | Archon |
Archon | |
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Archon: The Light and the Dark | 1984 |
Archon Ultra | 1994 |
Archon Classic | 2010 |
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy and action game in the Archon series.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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PC booter | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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PC booter | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Video
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | CGA, CGA Composite |
Middleware
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System requirements
PC booter | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 Intel 8086 | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | CGA | CGA Composite |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |