In our first review episode, we review EA’s Archon to find out if the game is good or evil. Then we set our sights on the XEGS packaged light gun game, Bug Hunt. We also have user submision from Shinto, the host of the The Atari Jaguar Game by Game Podcast and Kieran Hawkin introduces his new UK Budget Games segment. This time he reviews Fruit Machine Simulator and puts in his two pence on our two featured games.

Show Notes
Archon: The Dark and the Light
Other reviews & references:

ANTIC interview with Jon Freeman, Free Fall Associates
Free Fall Associates interview with Jon Freeman & Anne Westfall
The Digital Antiquarian: Free Fall, Part 1: Archon
Grognardia: Interview with Paul Reiche III
Game Manual
Wikipedia articles:
Archon
Free Fall Associates

Atarimania entries:
XEGS cart (1987)
XL disk (1983)

8bit Rocket (Jeff Fulton):
The 8-bit Game: Digesting Archon - An article on game design using Atari 8-bit Archon as the model



Other ports:

Archon was ported to the Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, IBM PC, Apple Macintosh, NES, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and PC-88
Archon II: Adept - 1984 sequel for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. Unfortunately, was never released on cartridge
Archon Ultra - 1994 remake for MSDOS, by Free Fall Assoc (published by SSI)
The Unholy War - 1998 spiritual successor by Paul Reiche III for PlayStation, by Toys for Bob (published by Crystal Dynamics)
Kombat Chess - mini-game (similar to Archon) within 2004’s Mortal Kombat: Deception for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PSP
Archon: Conquest - 2009 iPhone remake, by React Games. Licensed by Free Fall. Available today, via App Store!
Archon: Classic - 2010 Windows remake, by React Games. Available today, via Steam!

Where to buy:

Best Electronics - USD $34.95 (XE Cart)
B&C Computer Visions - USD $29.95 (XE Cart)
Ebay

Cartrige - $59.95 buy it now (from B&C), plus various sales in Europe (EUR 18.90 (~$21) to EUR 38.00 (~$42)) (2016-01-16)
Disk - ~$75 loose, ~$128 sealed, up to ~$200 sealed (2016-01-16)


Information Sources:

ANTIC interview with Jon Freeman, Free Fall Associates
Bug Hunt
Other reviews & references:

ANTIC interview with Alan Murphy
Retro Gaming Roundup interview with Rob Zdybel (& others)
Atarimania entry
Game Manual

Where to buy:

BEST Electronics - USD $12.00 (no box, cart + manual)
B&C Computer Visions - USD $20.00 (cart only)
Ebay - USD $39.00, cart + light gun, $2.99 to $29.95 (mostly cart only) (2015-01-16)
Ebay - Light gun only - $24.99, $26.50, $30.00, and $35.00 (2015-01-16)

Contributor Segments

Shinto (host of The Atari Jaguar Game by Game Podcast)
Budget Games featuring Kieren Hawkin - Review's Fruit Machine Simulator, Archon, & Bug Hunt