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Off Topic => Game/Book Reviews => Topic started by: ExChairman on July 03, 2012, 02:05:34 AM

Title: Elite
Post by: ExChairman on July 03, 2012, 02:05:34 AM

Does anyone remember Elite, this outstanding "graphical" game from around 1985:ish??
I found a game that is based on the Amiga version i think, its called Oolite and I found its very much the same game i played when I was much younger.
And now i remember, don't enter anarchy planet system... ::) ;D

http://www.oolite.org/

Title: Re: Elite
Post by: sloanjh on July 03, 2012, 08:27:08 AM

We had a long conversation on the board about oolite a while back (a couple of years), but I just did a search for it and couldn't find the thread.

Elite was one of my favorite games of all time, and oolite rocks as a reincarnation of it.

Have you tried X3?  It's got a very elite-ish feel in terms of combat, missions, and trading system.

John

Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Beersatron on July 03, 2012, 08:57:09 AM

I never played Elite, but the 'X' games by Egosoft are the reason I got on the internet all those years ago :)

Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Hawkeye on July 03, 2012, 10:30:49 AM

Elite was the very first computer game I played on my then brand new Amstrad 1512.

Ah, the memories :)

Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Steve Walmsley on July 03, 2012, 02:34:59 PM

I played Elite on the BBC Micro. My first game on floppy disk instead of tape :). I was wowed by the 2 second ready time instead of several minutes for tape :)

Steve

Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Ziusudra on July 03, 2012, 03:59:46 PM

Elite on C64 was my first gaming obsession.

All three Elite games have fan remakes, primarily Oolite, Pioneer (http://pioneerspacesim.net/), and FFED3D. Each also have a active sub-forums over at SpaceSimCentral (http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/forum/33-free-indie-and-open-source-gaming-projects/).

Title: Re: Elite
Post by: welchbloke on July 04, 2012, 02:16:14 AM

I started with the Spectrum 48k version of Elite moving onto the Amiga version.

I play Oolite on a semi-regular basis and it's great for a bit of nostalgia indulgence :)

Never mind Anarchy systems try adding in a few of the Thargoid mods with super carrier and the like.  Now that's scary  ;D