Elite - Revision history

Stevejones at 05:00, 3 April 2017

2017-04-03T05:00:29Z

Francis Scott: /* Links */

2015-02-22T13:47:32Z

‎Links

Gryzor: /* Links */

2011-09-19T19:06:08Z

‎Links

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Gryzor: /* Links */

2011-09-19T19:05:34Z

‎Links

Gryzor: /* Links */

2011-09-19T19:04:43Z

‎Links

Morn: /* Videos */

2011-08-22T11:30:14Z

‎Videos

Morn: /* Adverts/Reviews */

2010-07-07T16:38:29Z

‎Adverts/Reviews

Alan Sugar at 11:54, 6 December 2009

2009-12-06T11:54:06Z

Cpcmaniaco: /* Links */

2009-10-28T10:26:01Z

‎Links

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CPCLER: /* Note on Amstrad version */

2009-10-23T10:15:00Z

‎Note on Amstrad version

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 * [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.fan.elite ''Elite'' newsgroup]
 * [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm alt.fan.elite FAQ]
-* [http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ dmoz.org ''Elite Series''] links
+* [http://opendirectoryproject.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ OPD ''Elite Series''] links
 * [http://oolite.aegidian.org/ ''Oolite'']: ''Elite''-alike for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
 * The [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Main_Page ''EliteWiki''] project

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 * [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=284 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
 * [http://www.cpczone.net/game/1579 CPC game base from cpczone]
 * [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's ''Elite'' pages]
 * [http://www.frontier.co.uk Frontier Developments] David Braben's games company

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 *{{CPCPower|801}}
 *{{EnWiki|Elite_(video_game)}}
-*[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2729 English and German versions] patched to work with the Plus machines by '''redbox'''!
+*[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2729 English and German versions] patched to work with the '''Plus''' machines by '''redbox'''!
 [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games 1986]] [[Category:Video contents]][[Category:3D]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:05, 19 September 2011
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	*''Elite'' was originally intended to contain 2<sup>48</sup> (approximately 282,000,000,000,000) galaxies. However, the number was limited to eight when Acornsoft noted that such a gigantic number would make the artificiality of the game universe evident to the player.		*''Elite'' was originally intended to contain 2<sup>48</sup> (approximately 282,000,000,000,000) galaxies. However, the number was limited to eight when Acornsoft noted that such a gigantic number would make the artificiality of the game universe evident to the player.

−
−	~~== Links ==~~
−
−	* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=284 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
−	* [http://www.cpczone.net/game/1579 CPC game base from cpczone]
−	* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=801 CPC game base from CPC Power]
−	* [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's ''Elite'' pages]
−	* [http://www.frontier.co.uk Frontier Developments] David Braben's games company
−	* [http://www.eliteclub.co.uk/ Elite Club], with downloadable shareware versions of the ''Frontier'' games
−	* [http://robertholdstock.com/ Robert Holdstock]
−	* [http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/Elite.html ZX Spectrum ''Elite''] emulated for Java enabled browsers
−	* [http://www.lotf.co.uk/ ''Life On the Frontier'' site]
−	* [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.fan.elite ''Elite'' newsgroup]
−	* [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm alt.fan.elite FAQ]
−	* [http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ dmoz.org ''Elite Series''] links
−	* [http://oolite.aegidian.org/ ''Oolite'']: ''Elite''-alike for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
−	* The [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Main_Page ''EliteWiki''] project
−	* [http://www.downloadfreegames.co.uk/games/details.asp?id=37 '''Elite: The New Kind'']: ''Elite''-alike for Windows
−	* [http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/750 Firebird's Elite: A Look Back at the Greatest Game Ever Made] article about the game
−	* [http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/ ''FrontierAstro''] a site covering ''Elite'', Frontier and Astronomy
−	* [http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/e/index.html#elite CPC Game Reviews review of Elite]

	== Videos ==		== Videos ==

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 *{{CPCPower|801}}
 *{{EnWiki|Elite_(video_game)}}
+*[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2729 English and German versions] patched to work with the Plus machines by '''redbox'''!
 [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games 1986]] [[Category:Video contents]][[Category:3D]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:30, 22 August 2011
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	== Videos ==		== Videos ==
		+
		+	'''CPC version'''
		+	{{YT\|PpgDqqbGd_g}}

	PC - CGA Version		PC - CGA Version

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 Image:Elite-beebug.jpg|Elite review by Beebug
 </gallery>
 [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games 1986]] [[Category:Video contents]][[Category:3D]]

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 * [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=284 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
 * [http://www.cpczone.net/game/1579 CPC game base from cpczone]
-* [http://www.phenixinformatique.com/CPCGAMES/index.php?page=detail&num=801 CPC game base from phenixinformatique]
+* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=801 CPC game base from CPC Power]
-*[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's ''Elite'' pages]
+* [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's ''Elite'' pages]
-*[http://www.frontier.co.uk Frontier Developments] David Braben's games company
+* [http://www.frontier.co.uk Frontier Developments] David Braben's games company
-*[http://www.eliteclub.co.uk/ Elite Club], with downloadable shareware versions of the ''Frontier'' games
+* [http://www.eliteclub.co.uk/ Elite Club], with downloadable shareware versions of the ''Frontier'' games
-*[http://robertholdstock.com/ Robert Holdstock]
+* [http://robertholdstock.com/ Robert Holdstock]
-*[http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/Elite.html ZX Spectrum ''Elite''] emulated for Java enabled browsers
+* [http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/Elite.html ZX Spectrum ''Elite''] emulated for Java enabled browsers
-*[http://www.lotf.co.uk/ ''Life On the Frontier'' site]
+* [http://www.lotf.co.uk/ ''Life On the Frontier'' site]
-*[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.fan.elite ''Elite'' newsgroup]
+* [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.fan.elite ''Elite'' newsgroup]
-*[http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm alt.fan.elite FAQ]
+* [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm alt.fan.elite FAQ]
-*[http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ dmoz.org ''Elite Series''] links
+* [http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ dmoz.org ''Elite Series''] links
-*[http://oolite.aegidian.org/ ''Oolite'']: ''Elite''-alike for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
+* [http://oolite.aegidian.org/ ''Oolite'']: ''Elite''-alike for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
 * The [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Main_Page ''EliteWiki''] project
-*[http://www.downloadfreegames.co.uk/games/details.asp?id=37  '''Elite: The New Kind'']: ''Elite''-alike for Windows
+* [http://www.downloadfreegames.co.uk/games/details.asp?id=37  '''Elite: The New Kind'']: ''Elite''-alike for Windows
-*[http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/750 Firebird's Elite: A Look Back at the Greatest Game Ever Made] article about the game
+* [http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/750 Firebird's Elite: A Look Back at the Greatest Game Ever Made] article about the game
-*[http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/ ''FrontierAstro''] a site covering ''Elite'', Frontier and Astronomy
+* [http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/ ''FrontierAstro''] a site covering ''Elite'', Frontier and Astronomy
-*[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/e/index.html#elite CPC Game Reviews review of Elite]
+* [http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/e/index.html#elite CPC Game Reviews review of Elite]
 == Videos ==

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 == Note on Amstrad version ==
-The Spectrum developers (Torus) only had a 6502 dump of code to base their conversion upon, so they ditched that and played the BBC original to death, and then tried to make the Spectrum version look as close to it as they could. What they had hoped would only take 3-4 months to code eventually took them a whole year! The CPC conversion took much less time thanks to the introduction of the PDS development system.
+The Spectrum developers (Torus) only had a [[6502]] dump of code to base their conversion upon, so they ditched that and played the BBC original to death, and then tried to make the Spectrum version look as close to it as they could. What they had hoped would only take 3-4 months to code eventually took them a whole year! The CPC conversion took much less time thanks to the introduction of the [[PDS development system]].
 ==Sequels==