''This entry was copied from english Wikipedia''
[[Image:Elite box.jpg|right|thumb|Cover art for Firebird releases of Elite]]
[[Image:elite.png|right|thumb|Amstrad CPC version screenshot]]
'''''Elite''''' is a seminal space trading computer game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers and subsequently ported to many others. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals to raise their combat rating from Harmless, through Mostly Harmless, Poor, Average, Above Average, Competent, Dangerous, and Deadly, before reaching the exalted heights of 'Elite'.