Elite - 25yrs old...
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Soldato
*21 Mining Laser Salute*
[I think it's the measure of a game that 25 years later, I can still remember the most cost-effective weapon in the game - 800 credits, or is my memory failing me?]
Oh, and while we're at it, let's have a flypast from the Red Polygons Viper display team, or something
[I think it's the measure of a game that 25 years later, I can still remember the most cost-effective weapon in the game - 800 credits, or is my memory failing me?]
Oh, and while we're at it, let's have a flypast from the Red Polygons Viper display team, or something
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Soldato
That's true
A fact I heard was that a screenshot of the game took up more space then the game itself! 
Brilliant game 
It was a stunning piece of programming - I remember how they managed to switch video modes part-way through the video refresh cycle to have high-res monochrome for the space wire-frame stuff and lower-res colour for the status panel. The BBC article also talks about how it fit into 22K of memory - bonkers!
I remember it was launched on both cassette and floppy disk but, at the show, the disk version was in short supply with people hunting round for the few copies left whilst vendors had plenty of cassette versions available.
I think back on that as being present for a moment in computer history. I was also present at the launch of the Spectrum!
I remember it was launched on both cassette and floppy disk but, at the show, the disk version was in short supply with people hunting round for the few copies left whilst vendors had plenty of cassette versions available.
I think back on that as being present for a moment in computer history. I was also present at the launch of the Spectrum!
Whats funny is that the average modern game is 600,000 times 16k. But are they 600,000 times better gameplay than elite, or has it all become about shaders and bumpmaps.
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Some friends of mine in the 'memories of elite' video on the site
I work at frontier, and I've never played it . . .
I work at frontier, and I've never played it . . .
This above lol my all time fav game ever
Still have 2 boxed copies mint with poster e.t.c and red lens lock for the spectrum
dont ask me why i have 2 copies for lol i picked another one up could not resist.
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I prayed for the day I could afford the docking computer, The first game on a floppy for my new and rather expensive floppy drive for me
Pf, docking computer is for wusses!
Played this on the electron back in 89-90 then picked up ArcElite a few years later. Epic game, certainly my all time favourite. I still have a blast on it now and again.
For the nerds among you, they made it fit into 16k by procedurally generating everything. They didn't have any databases or text files storing information on planets, it was all hard-coded into the game.
Still pretty mental. I miss the days when programmers had to write games to run on computers rather than people having to buy computers that run games, if that makes sense
Played this on the electron back in 89-90 then picked up ArcElite a few years later. Epic game, certainly my all time favourite. I still have a blast on it now and again.
For the nerds among you, they made it fit into 16k by procedurally generating everything. They didn't have any databases or text files storing information on planets, it was all hard-coded into the game.
Still pretty mental. I miss the days when programmers had to write games to run on computers rather than people having to buy computers that run games, if that makes sense
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Excellent game. But dont buy the tribble!
russ0r -- hardcoded <> procedurally generated!!
russ0r -- hardcoded <> procedurally generated!!
Excellent game. But dont buy the tribble!
russ0r -- hardcoded <> procedurally generated!!
Or if you do, fly close to the sun to burn them off.