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Background. Frontier Elite II was released by Gametek, and Frontier Developments was founded (and named after) that game was released. |
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| style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;" |<div class="eWikiColor" style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.4em; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.2em;">Background</div> | | style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;" |<div class="eWikiColor" style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.4em; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.2em;">Background</div> | ||
<div style="padding: 0.5em 1em;">In 1984 a video game named [[Elite]], written by David Braben and Ian Bell, was released to the public. It quickly became one of the most successful and influential space simulator games of all time | <div style="padding: 0.5em 1em;">In 1984 a video game named [[Elite]], written by David Braben and Ian Bell, was released to the public. It quickly became one of the most successful and influential space simulator games of all time. In October of 1993 [[Frontier: Elite II]], a sequel to the original Elite game was published by Gametek, and allowed David to establish [[Frontier Developments|Frontier Developments.]] In April 1995 they released [[Frontier: First Encounters]], also known as "Elite III". The Frontier titles are famous for their 1:1 scale, dynamic star systems, realistic physics and seamless freeform landings. After a period of developing other games, Frontier announced their plans to create another sequel to Elite and in 2012 they began a crowdfunding project for [[Elite: Dangerous]]. After a period of Alpha and Beta testing which was open to backers Elite: Dangerous was released on December 16, 2014.</div> | ||
| style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;" | <div class="eWikiColor" style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.4em; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.2em;">About this wiki</div> | | style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;" | <div class="eWikiColor" style="margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.4em; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.2em;">About this wiki</div> | ||
<div style="padding: 0.5em 1em;">The Elite: Dangerous wiki was created to allow a collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data that pertains to the game Elite: Dangerous. | <div style="padding: 0.5em 1em;">The Elite: Dangerous wiki was created to allow a collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data that pertains to the game Elite: Dangerous. | ||