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 | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Genres | Strategy, Action |
| Series | Archon |
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| 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 | |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | Versus |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA, CGA Composite |
Middleware
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System requirements
| PC booter | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||