Archon for the PC…

October 7,2009 10:09 am

We’ve been so busy…I can’t believe it’s been over a month since my last entry.  Well, it’s official…we’ll be releasing the PC version soon.  We’ve been playing it for the last couple of day and it’s been GREAT, AWESOME, FUN, and all those other wonderfully descriptive words.  4 player definitely adds an intensity to an already intense game during combat.

Image being the Djinni, and you’re entering battle with a level 3 Dragon (he has triple shot), a Troll and a Wizard.  I found myself trying to hide in a corner and letting them duke it out, until I hear “HE’S HIDING!  GET HIM!”  Then all three of them turn on me.  For those who’ve played the board game “RISK”, there can be a lot of similarities as far as truces and alliances being formed during gameplay.

I also found myself in a battle with 2 knights…I was a Dragon and thought, “Hah, 2 Knights on a grey square…easy!”  That was before they expertly herded me into a corner and hacked me to death….Oohhh the fun of 4 player games.  We have “Teams” or “Free for All”, along with AI…so if there are only 3 people playing, 2 can be on a team and the leftover player simply grabs an AI for his teammate (and selecting INSANE for his setting.)

There are many other surprises in store for the PC, such as various new boards, new abilities, etc.  I don’t have any screenshots yet, mainly because the TEMP art is so ugly…but that will change soon.

We’ve decided to start pre-sales from our site OCT 15th, so tell everyone you know to buy the game so you can play against each other.

 

well, getting closer… Now if would just turn up on XBLA, I’d be all set! :-)

Comment by txGreg October 8, 2009 9:19 am

Will it be available on STEAM?

Any benefit with the pre-order option?

Comment by ABC October 8, 2009 9:35 am

A friend just send me this link. I loved Archon back in my Commodore 64 days. As the first commenter said… I wish it was no XBLA or playstation network. I don’t normally use my PC for gaming at all.

I will probably grab the iphone version as soon as it’s available, but I can’t even imaging what the controls for that will be like.

Comment by Trevor October 8, 2009 11:10 am

iPhone version has been available since June. We’re submitting a big update in the next few weeks for that. Also, look for “Archon:Conquest” which is a single player campaign.

Comment by admin October 8, 2009 11:34 am

Also surprised this wasn’t set for XBLA. This game is Perfect for that format.

Comment by Marcus October 8, 2009 12:47 pm

You should put this on steam! I remember having tons of fun playing Archon as a kid on my C64. You guys are doing humanity a great service for bringing this gem back to life.

(Now if only someone would make a graphical update to jumpman, my life would be complete).

Comment by Levi October 23, 2009 10:28 am

 
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