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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Archon and Archon II
Message-ID: <6065@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 9 Aug 90 16:59:32 GMT
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Reply-To: barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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	Both ARCHON and ARCHON II are available for the Amiga.  However,
neither one has been updated since Kickstart 1.1, so they don't run under
higher versions of the OS (or in the presence of expansion memory).

	You can make ARCHON run under 1.3 by applying a public-domain patch called
"fixarchon".  It is available by anonymous ftp from abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov
(the "new xanth"), 128.155.23.64.

	ARCHON II can also be made to run under 1.3 -- I did it.  However,
I don't remember what I did.  I definitely applied a patch contributed
by a USENET person, but that's all I remember.  Sorry.

	It is totally stupid that Electronic Arts did not update these
games.  I have seen dozens of requests like yours over the years, and these
are GREAT games with high playability and staying power.

                                                        Dan

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