Remember Elite?

Renton · 6 Oct 2012 at 23:35

For any of you oldies who like me spent too many hour playing elite just to either become elite or to find the mythical massive mining ships then try oolite, just google it, its a free download.... suprisingly playable even after all these years especially with all the user missions/add ons

Neil I did have a quick look at your indie page but didnt see anything about it, apologies if its on there

Neil79 · 6 Oct 2012 at 23:45

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17841502&highlight=oolite

This one?

Will add it to the sticky thanks, btw I never actually played Elite I was more into games like FOFT

Renton · 6 Oct 2012 at 23:54

my bad, should have searched it, but its still a fun FREE game, give it a go m8 as you seem to like your retro games

btw whats FOFT?

Neil79 · 7 Oct 2012 at 00:20

Federation of free traders...

I think

, going by memory anyway.. you could go on planets aswell like elite

Malevolence · 7 Oct 2012 at 05:48

Remember Elite? I managed Elite status on both the original BBC/B version and the Spectrum version (even with that damn Lenslock device). I still have the novel (The Dark Wheel) that came with the Spectrum version.

All time favourite game!

badcompany · 7 Oct 2012 at 06:43

elite was so amazing back in the day !
but that bloody lens lock was a pain !

mattf · 7 Oct 2012 at 06:54

Frontier was awesome on the amiga

Ezah · 7 Oct 2012 at 06:54

haha, lenslock.. now I remember.. I played it on the BBC B and it will always have good memories for the best PC game of the era.

The Asgard · 7 Oct 2012 at 07:39

mattf said:
Frontier was awesome on the amiga

It was also pretty good on the PC after the patch. Fond memories of collecting hydrogen from gas giants in my explorer.

ivrytwr3 · 7 Oct 2012 at 07:54

i could never manually dock with a space station and lost interest very quickly

Craig1981 · 7 Oct 2012 at 07:55

mattf said:
Frontier was awesome on the amiga

Totally. I played the hell out of that game.

DirtyJester · 6 Nov 2012 at 10:21

NuggetUK · 6 Nov 2012 at 11:03

Saw the entry on Kickstarter for the remake for this. £1.25m seems quite steep...

Devlish · 6 Nov 2012 at 12:31

PvtJoker said:
Saw the entry on Kickstarter for the remake for this. £1.25m seems quite steep...

Dont want to divert the thread here, but if you think SWTOR cost £150 million to develop, £1.25 million is a drop in the ocean for any game with an MMO bent. I seriously doubt that they can do it for that, thats just an indication of interest to entice investors.

Gimpymoo · 6 Nov 2012 at 13:11

Sleepless said:
Dont want to divert the thread here, but if you think SWTOR cost £150 million to develop, £1.25 million is a drop in the ocean for any game with an MMO bent. I seriously doubt that they can do it for that, thats just an indication of interest to entice investors.

I agree.

£1.25 million is nothing in terms of AAA game development when everything is factored in.

As said, as with a lot of Kickstarters, this is to show potential investors there is interest.

NuggetUK · 6 Nov 2012 at 13:16

Sleepless said:
Dont want to divert the thread here, but if you think SWTOR cost £150 million to develop, £1.25 million is a drop in the ocean for any game with an MMO bent. I seriously doubt that they can do it for that, thats just an indication of interest to entice investors.

I wasn't referring to the cost of the games development, just interest. He's basically asking for £1.25m on the basis of a logo and nostalgia.

Windle · 6 Nov 2012 at 14:11

Not really, he represents a studio with over 200 staff and has successfully delivered a number of games. More than just a logo and nostalgia.

NuggetUK · 6 Nov 2012 at 14:34

I would have expected at least some concept art is all I'm saying. Very odd.

melchy · 6 Nov 2012 at 14:37

PvtJoker said:
I would have expected at least some concept art is all I'm saying. Very odd.

You can see the game running in the background in this video at about a minute in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165344

Some concept art here.

http://elite.frontier.co.uk/

JeditOjanen · 6 Nov 2012 at 15:11

ivrytwr3 said:
i could never manually dock with a space station and lost interest very quickly

There's a trick to it. You find the side with the door on it and fly across the station like so while looking out of the side of your ship facing the station.

---->
/-U-\

Once the door is in the centre of your screen, stop dead, revert to front view, turn 90 degrees so the station is above or below you, then bank up or down until it's in front of you. You are now directly facing the door and pointing straight at it. Throttle gently forward and you should dock without scraping the sides.