NES

Archon: The Light and the Dark

Title screen

The board

Doing battle

The wizard summons a fire elemental, use it to attack one of the monsters of the dark side

Combat between light wizard and dark dragon on a light square. The light side gets a health bonus on these squares

Combat between light phoenix and dark manticore one a dark square. The dark side gets a health bonus on dark squares

Combat between light archer and dark square on a square of "neutral color"; neither side gets a health bonus on such a square

The wizard revives one of his creatures which had been killed in combat. You can cast the revive spell only once per game

Dark side controls all five powerpoints and thus wins the game

The NES port has a new gameplay rule that encourages combat. If no battle has been fought for quite a while the game ends in a stalemate