Archon

Wow. What a fun game! Take Chess, add a few extra pieces, change their names, give them special powers, and allow battle scenes to decide who kills whom. Archon, subtitled: The Battle Between Light & Dark, you control the forces of goodness ( or possibly darkness in the two-player game) in a war against your opposing force. I enjoy playing this game much more than normal Chess, although once you defeat the CPU the game will be easy, for there is no way to adjust the difficulty; still Archon will provide a lot of amusement.

The Verdict: This is the game Battle Chess should have been.

Graphics C

Sound/Music C

Challenge B

Play Control A

Replay Value C+

Fun Factor A+

Overall A- 1/2 links