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Elite

Developers: Ian BellDavid Braben Publisher: Acornsoft
20 September 1984
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36 Ratings / 1 Reviews
#4,277 All-time
#6 for 1984
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1984 Ian Bell David Braben  
Floppy 5.25"
Elite Gold Edition
1985 Ian Bell David Braben  
Cassette
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Elite Gold Edition
1985 Torus Ian Bell  
Cassette
GB 5 012439 002079
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Elite Gold Edition
1986 Torus Ian Bell  
Floppy
GB 5 012439 002093
1988 David Braben Ian Bell  
Floppy 3.5"
5 012439 290117
1988 David Braben Ian Bell  
Floppy 3.5"
GB 5 017096 000130
1991 David Braben Ian Bell  
Cartridge
XEU 7 45694 00101 7 NES-EL-UKV
1991 David Braben Ian Bell  
Floppy 3.5"
GB
1991 Ian Bell David Braben  
Floppy 3.5"
GB 5 012439 290186
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A limited, but stunning space exploration game with completely fluid 3D play. You have an overworld and a huge universe to indulge in, but really your options and what to do are limited, when you mostly stick to trading things inbetween planets and shoot pirates who attack you. Buying additions makes life easier, but the primary objective of the game, reaching the Elite rank, is only attainable after you destroy about 6000 ships, which demands an impossible ammount of dedication for one person. More fascinating today as a tech demo, than as a skeleton of a gameplay that somehow wasn't even updated with Elite: Dangerous either.

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On the original, BBC Micro version, the controls are nice and tight, and I recommend it. (3.5)

The ZX Spectrum version has nicer wireframe rendering(to be perfectly honest, any port after the BBC Micro hardware is an improvement), but the controls have suffered and for some reason are slippery. The steering never centers but almost as if it intentionally veers off into the sides. I don't know if the programmers tried to make the game more tricky by providing this element of instability to the controls, but it is not useful in the slightest, and makes flying and navigating the cosmic waters a lot more taxing than it already is. (1.5)
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Giann96 Elite 2024-01-20T10:43:57Z
BBC Micro
2024-01-20T10:43:57Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
angerwolf Elite 2023-12-29T10:17:45Z
2023-12-29T10:17:45Z
3.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
onebluejay Elite 2023-12-10T07:36:54Z
2023-12-10T07:36:54Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
DJSuleiman Elite 2023-07-12T23:44:44Z
NES • XEU
2023-07-12T23:44:44Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
ranzac Elite 2023-07-06T00:57:29Z
2023-07-06T00:57:29Z
7.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
nbatman Elite 2023-07-05T23:54:29Z
2023-07-05T23:54:29Z
2.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
1068396 Elite 2023-04-07T16:25:30Z
NES • XEU
2023-04-07T16:25:30Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
gb7b5 Elite 2022-12-20T03:52:13Z
2022-12-20T03:52:13Z
1
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
MouseSeggi Elite 2022-11-12T10:28:44Z
NES • XEU
2022-11-12T10:28:44Z
4.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Dustz Elite 2022-06-08T21:16:11Z
2022-06-08T21:16:11Z
4.5
1
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Azel Elite 2022-06-02T06:48:44Z
BBC Micro
2022-06-02T06:48:44Z
5.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Game of the Year
Nagual Elite 2022-05-21T12:23:04Z
2022-05-21T12:23:04Z
2.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
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Single-player
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1x Floppy 5.25"
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  • Clownboss 2022-07-27 20:28:00.157414+00
    New players who want to run this on BBC Micro might wanna read this: https://pastebin.com/CgkRM05Q
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  • CrystinaZ 2022-11-16 06:47:41.229541+00
    The definition of more important than it is good. The much lauded NES port is the only version that's even remotely comprehensible and even then I die as soon as I'm attacked because I can't figure out how to turn my ship around to center on a target. If your game has a learning curve for turning around, it's unplayable garbage regardless of how impressive it is at anything else
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    • Clownboss 2023-08-16 11:50:10.237944+00
      That's really funny because I really *dislike* the NES port and feel like I'm completely out of control. But on a technical level I'm just stunned the little box can pull this game off.
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