my buds and i wasted more time playing archon on the c64 than anything else i can remember doing from back in the day. wore out several joysticks just on that one game until i bought the Big Red Stick (i think that was the name)

best game ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon:_The_Light_and_the_Dark

time to fire up an emulator. maybe build an proper arcade cabinet.