Publisher of Crazy Frog Racer to make new Archon game!

[A Black Falcon]

You can't make this stuff up...

Archon to rule again
Myriad Interactive licenses action-chess hybrid franchise from Free Fall, game to be published on unspecified formats.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Feb 9, 2007 4:41 pm ET

In 1983, the ancient board game of chess received an overhaul with the release of Free Fall Games' Archon. Originally released on Atari's 8-bit series of computers, Archon combined the strategy of chess with the action of games. When one piece attempted to capture another, the game pit the two units in a one-on-one battle to see who would emerge from the battle victorious.

Sequels and ports of the game made their way across a number of formats, from the Commodore 64 to the ZX Spectrum and the Nintendo Entertainment System, but the franchise has been largely dormant since the 1994 release of Archon Ultra on the PC.

Now the series is set to make a comeback, as Myriad Interactive this week announced that it has secured the Archon license from Free Fall Games with the intent to make a new version off the game that "combines the fun and spirit of the original with today's exciting technology."

Myriad Interactive publishes the Crazy Frog Racer games through its Mercury Games and Turtle Games brands. Specific platforms for the game have not been revealed, but Myriad said it would release details on them soon.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165700.html

[Dark Jaguar]

What is "Crazy Frog"?

[A Black Falcon]

http://www.tcforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4345

"Popular" character or ad campaign in Britain or something like that, I believe... I first heard about it on YakYak... (the Llamasoft forum, with mostly UK members)

As for Archon, the mention of the ZX Spectrum (a computer only popular in England) leads me to believe that this developer is likely British... maybe not, but why else the Spectrum reference? Gamespot US just thought of it?

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http://screwattack.com/index.html

Here's more about Crazy Frog!

... a video review of Crazy Frog Racer 2, for the PS2 (UK release only). Top video on the list, currently. Watch it, it's funny... :)

[Dark Jaguar]

Thing is, someone owes the guy who made that sound effect, it was never done by a "crazy frog" before!

And I want to unleash raw power upon the makers of those stupid commercials for BUYING ring tones and cell phone wallpapers, because aside from that itself being stupid, there's the stupidity of commercials saying "Be the FIRST" for wallpapers or the cheesy CHEEEEEESY blood boiling statements like "hi-laaaaarious jokes". I will bring a world of hurt, take my annoyance, my hate and all of my anger!

[A Black Falcon]

And I want to unleash raw power upon the makers of those stupid commercials for BUYING ring tones and cell phone wallpapers, because aside from that itself being stupid, there's the stupidity of commercials saying "Be the FIRST" for wallpapers or the cheesy CHEEEEEESY blood boiling statements like "hi-laaaaarious jokes". I will bring a world of hurt, take my annoyance, my hate and all of my anger!

Agreed, I really hate those things... it's like they are specifically designed to be as awful as possible...

[Dark Jaguar]

Normally I don't even see commercials, but sometimes one slips by and that one was JUST on when I typed that so...