Looking for old fantasy game

bansh33 · Post by **bansh33** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:13 pm

Hey guys, hoping you can help me find the name of an old strategy fantasy game I played on my Amstrad years ago.

Here is what I can remember about it.
It was a turn base style, the layout was like a chess board, 1 or 2 players on same keyboard, at the start you select from a range of characters, from memory some of the characters where, water elements, fire creatures, flying ghost creatures, knights, ext… lol yeah the description is shabby, cant remember it well

The characters move around a board, like chess, but instead of taking over a spot you would do a bird’s eye view battle to take the spot

Sorry for a shab description, it was so long ago, but it was a sweet game, really want to try it again, any help on this one would be ace

Thnx bansh33

Post by **Wally** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:30 pm

this would probably be chinese checkers i think ..

was there flamangos?

bansh33 · Post by **bansh33** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:41 pm

Wally*Won_Kenobie wrote:this would probably be chinese checkers i think ..

was there flamangos?

Nope defiantly not chinese checkers, no flamingos!

Hrmm, a similar style game would be this
http://www.tacticsarena.com/play/
but the game im after is much older, based only on fantasy creatures and such

bansh33 · Post by **bansh33** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:34 am

Here is some more info about characters I can remember

- Sorceress of the blue flame Ice magic
- Conjurer Makes other units
- Demonic Mainly muscle also have roar attack
- Elementals Fire and Ice

A mate suggested battle chess, but I could not find the right one, I’m sure it has some other name

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:31 pm

The game in question is called Archon (at least on the Amega Computer that was what it was called). As far as I remember, the PC post was Battle Chess, and it was a lame clone.

I haven't ran across it, but if you do a google search for Archon, you might get lucky.

JKSM · Post by **JKSM** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:33 am

Here is a picture of Archon Ultra

There are different kind of Archron - Archon, Archon 2, Archon 3, Archon Ultra etc for different platform - PC, Amiga, C64, Apple II & Amtrad.

If you confirm the name of the game you are looking for, there might be a way to give you a link if you can't find one.

Post by **wardrich** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:50 pm

AU is by far the best game EVER!!!! I don't think it works on XP Tho

I could be wrong however, and dosbox may fix that.

CHRISTINA · Post by **CHRISTINA** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:38 pm

Did the chess pieces kill eachother as you took their spot? Like, would the queen smash other pieces with her chair?

Post by **wardrich** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:20 am

I'm like 99.9999999% sure it was Archon

1221 · Post by **1221** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:01 am

:cuccoan: [/b]

PureWhite · Post by **PureWhite** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:45 pm

Maybe you ment "Dark Legions"?
Here`s a screenshot from it -http://www.siliconknights.com/heritage/ ... egions.gif

Pontiac · Post by **Pontiac** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:18 pm

Im searching for the exact same game.
I used to play it round 98-99, and I think it was called Econ.
Never found it thought.
Post it here, if you find it.

Hayes · Post by **Hayes** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:12 pm

Sure it isnt Arcon, Pontiac?

Someone mentioned in an ealier post.

Getx · Post by **Getx** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:16 pm

i need a chess game please

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:00 pm

Wally*Won_Kenobie wrote:this would probably be chinese checkers i think ..

was there flamangos?