The game was followed by the sequels Frontier: Elite II in 1993, and Frontier: First Encounters in 1995, which introduced Newtonian physics, realistic star systems and seamless freeform planetary landings. Another novelty was the inclusion of The Dark Wheel, a novella by Robert Holdstock which gave players insight into the moral and legal codes to which they might aspire. It added graphics and twitch gameplay aspects to the genre established by the 1974 game Star Trader. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of 'Elite'.Įlite was one of the first home computer games to use wire-frame 3D graphics with hidden line removal. Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporary home computer system, and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history. Įlite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984. Īidan Bell, Johann Strauss, David Whittaker. We are working on the others.ĭavid Braben, Ian Bell, Robert Holdstock. This game can be played also in a version for NES. If you think that the game in your browser does not behave as it should, try to choose another online emulator from this table. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'.
Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS.
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