Free Fall Associates was a video game developer of the 1980s and early 1990s founded in 1981 in Palo Alto, California
Association with Electronic Arts
Soon Freeman made a contact that would prove pivotal for both Free Fall and the fledgling computer game publisher, Electronic Arts (EA). The same day he incorporated his company, Trip Hawkins contacted Freeman. Freeman was attracted by EA's generous attitude and the welcome windfall of development cash. Soon, Free Fall signed EA's first two development contracts.
Their first game, Archon, was inspired by sword-and-sorcery themes and the holographic chess-like game in Star Wars. Freeman and Westfall significantly altered the gameplay, strategies, and premise of the game, adding a new board, spells, creatures, and abilities. Archon II: Adept was released in 1984.