Archon series

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action-strategy game series video game video game series

The Archon series is a classic hybrid action-strategy video game franchise known for its chess-like board combat where opposing fantasy creatures battle in real-time.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Archon: The Light and the Dark	0
Archon II: Adept	3

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action-strategy game series ⓘ video game ⓘ video game ⓘ video game series ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designer	Anne Westfall NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Reiche III NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer	Free Fall Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ Free Fall Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstReleaseInSeries	Archon: The Light and the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ
gameplayFeature	board squares that change alignment over time ⓘ chess-like board with opposing pieces ⓘ four elemental arenas ⓘ power points that can be captured ⓘ real-time battles when pieces meet ⓘ spell-casting by powerful units ⓘ summoning of creatures by adepts ⓘ
genre	action ⓘ action ⓘ action ⓘ real-time tactics ⓘ strategy ⓘ strategy ⓘ strategy ⓘ
hasEntry	Archon II: Adept NERFINISHED ⓘ Archon: The Light and the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFactions	Dark ⓘ Light ⓘ
inspiredBy	chess ⓘ
notableFor	early Electronic Arts title ⓘ hybrid of board-game strategy and real-time combat ⓘ innovative blend of strategy and arcade action ⓘ
originalDeveloper	Free Fall Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries	Archon series NERFINISHED ⓘ Archon series NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform	Amiga NERFINISHED ⓘ Apple II NERFINISHED ⓘ Apple II NERFINISHED ⓘ Atari 8-bit family NERFINISHED ⓘ Atari 8-bit family NERFINISHED ⓘ Atari ST NERFINISHED ⓘ Commodore 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ Commodore 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM PC NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher	Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear	1983 ⓘ 1984 ⓘ
theme	fantasy creatures ⓘ
usesMechanic	light versus dark factions ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Reiche III → designed → Archon series ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archon II: Adept

Paul Reiche III → developed → Archon series ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archon II: Adept

Paul Reiche III → notableWork → Archon series ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archon II: Adept

Paul Reiche III → workedOn → Archon series ⓘ