Hmm if this was like 15 years and the PC DOS version of it I'd kill it. I had this cart a few months ago and ditched it as I couldn't get back into it. That said though Archon can be a fantastic game or outright terrible if you can figure out how the logic works and each character as they have their own attacks and stuff.

I don't have this game, so I'm going to have to play it on an emulator. I'm not familiar with this game at all, so I probably won't play it very much this week, but I do intend on submitting a score by Sunday.

It does take a little time to learn, but it is maddeningly difficult at first. Once you get the hang of it, it's all about knowing how pieces move and attack and how to exploit it. The dark side, for example, has a bad habit of bringing out the mimic, a potentially powerful troop that can be vanquished with simply a knight. This forces it to then waste the revive spell on the next turn.

 
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Phew, now THAT'S a really tough score to beat. You probably killed any chance right there. Having mastered this game, I know that's a nearly impossible score to get. Did you use my corn trick? I see him way out there. Let me give this another go now!

No need to post a picture because it doesn't beat it, but my high score is currently 47. It would have been much lower, and I was doing just plain awesome. Killed off like 2/3 of the dark side's troops with just one corn. Only lost three figures, moving in for the kill. Stupid sorceress imprisoned my wizard, so he couldn't cast spells or anything to go in for the kill. I had lost my faster corn and djinn troops, so I had to rely on the Phoenix, which worked, but by the time I took the chance she had already moved like fifteen fecking times. Getting there, but 35 is damn tough, very impressive!

You do know that the top 5 people get points, right? This isn't a beat my score only contest You should post your picture!

Well, let me see if I can beat you first! I took it just in case!

It's all over now.  Get ready for this boys...FEGGIN SCORE OF 23.  This is very difficult to beat.  I only lost two troops.  You basically have to kill a troop EVERY round to get this high of a score, or low I should say.  I did it basically entirely with two unicorns.  You have to get really good at killing upper level troops with lower level ones.  It's possible, for example, to take out dragons with knights if you're good.  The computer has a bad habit of preferring angular attacks, so if you exploit this you can do better.

Nice score Stan. There's room for a better score, but not much.

I have to warn you about your picture. You must include your full username somewhere in the picture, and take the whole screen of your tv.

Since it's your first participation in the contest, I understand it is an error. Please, just take another picture of your tv with your username somewhere to validate your score.

SHIT NOOOOOO! I could show you the TV and me in it or my username on a card or something. You can tell it's the same TV. Would that work? I obviously didn't leave the NES on or anything. I think that should be good. Otherwise I can try to beat myself again. Sorry for screwing that up, I just looked at the score I needed and didn't read further. Next time I'll put it in there!

That's exactly what I'm asking you. No need to take it with the score, just show it is your tv, and turn on Archon just for the heck of it. Attach the new picture along with your score picture.

Also, in order to makes Bimmy's life easier, put your score in big fonts at the top your post.

And correction, I lost three troops, two corns and one knight. Stupid dark side teleported a golem (or whatever the big, evil dudes are) on a knight for some reason early in the game. Game me an opening to pull out corn two and then it was all over. Swept the board.

Okay, I'll get that to you tomorrow!

Okay attached is both my original high (or rather, low) score followed by another picture of the TV with a note.

I can see you are all shattered by my power. It is okay to bow.

Like I said, most people don't post scores till Sunday night.  Don't get too excited there buddy

yup i dont post scores till sunday or saturday now. Im tired of getting bumped from the top 5. I probably wont even sniff it this week. I hate this game. Ive tried playing twice. Ill just finish for some participation.

Ha, we'll see Mog! It's highly, highly unlikely you can beat that score, and very difficult too. As I said, I only lost three troops. The ending would have come sooner if I was a little more daring. Very difficult. If you had beaten it you would have showed me already. KEEP TRYING AND KEEP FAILING!!!!!!

Hope your foot is clean. 

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VERY impressive. That, I will have to say, is pretty much impossible to beat. I actually just tried to conquer my score and in three tries was unable to get below 40 even. Part of it is luck in the placement of those annoying obstacles. Man, to beat that it's pretty much a no go. I'll give it a few more tries, but I've probably been destroyed with that one! One trick I tried which surprisingly didn't get me to my last score range, is teleporting the unicorn out to the third white space from the top. Kill the thingie there, then the mimic, then wipe out the sorceress (if you're good enough) and you can have at the whole board. I'm really not sure, though, why my last score wasn't lower because I wiped it clean pretty fast. I almost think there's something else to how the turns work, but I can't figure it out.

Also impressive that you apparently pulled off a good bit of your attack with the phoenix. That piece is near worthless, very difficult to learn how to use it properly. Against close troops it's easy, but ranged troops are difficult, you have to really work angles and get them cornered for it to even be manageable. The unicorn is by far the most important troop for the light side, it can kill all if you learn how to use it. Phew, man, don't think I can beat this one. You're counting is actually off, by the way, it should be 8.

No, he lost his Djini. 26 -17 = 9

Oh, missed that, I was looking at the right side primarily. This score is really quite impossible. The enemy has 18 troops, so that's at least 18 moves there, maybe 15 considering the attacks they'll pull on you. That leaves you only roughly 8-11 moves to make to get that score.

Man, even with a near perfect game I was only able to drop my score by two points for a total of 21. I have to ask you Mog, did you play this raw? I don't mean to sound like a little bitch, but you either cheated or played a perfect game, the latter being about a one in a million chance. I only missed roughly 8 moves (one screw up death, and a couple of extra steps to take here and there), and that's still WAY above your base score without subtracting troops. I smell a Mog!