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Article #715961Re: Archon Classic!
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:53
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:53
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:33:44 +0000 (UTC), John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> wrote: >In <qd5o26h0b433s5s7g9a6ckuojv52b7vm64@4ax.com> Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> writes: > >> Archon and M.U.L.E are considered two of the greatest computer games >> of all time, period. > >MULE perhaps, but Archon? Really? Well I have seen them both on various "greatest of all time" lists over the decades. I guess it depends on who you ask. One of them is firmly planted in the strategy genre and the other is mostly an action game with a bit of strategy thrown in. MULE is probably more well-known, although I think some of that may have something to do with the somewhat eccentric author and his/her philosophies and practices. Neither one of them stood very well as a stand-alone game. Having great fun with them depended on having friends play with you in the same room. How much fun you had depended greatly on who you were playing with, so experiences probably varied there.
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