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'''Elite''' is a space trading video | '''Elite''' is a space trading video game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers. It is the first instalment of the [[:Category:Elite series|Elite series]]. | ||
The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their [[Pilots Federation#Ranks|combat rating]] to the exalted heights of "Elite". It was written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell, who had met while they were both undergraduates at Jesus College, Cambridge. Versions of the game for other platforms were published by Firebird, Imagineer and Hybrid Technology. | The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their [[Pilots Federation#Ranks|combat rating]] to the exalted heights of "Elite". It was written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell, who had met while they were both undergraduates at Jesus College, Cambridge. Versions of the game for other platforms were published by Firebird, Imagineer and Hybrid Technology. | ||
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[[File:Elite-30-Years-on-the-Frontier.png|thumb|200px|Elite - 30 Years on the Frontier]] | [[File:Elite-30-Years-on-the-Frontier.png|thumb|200px|Elite - 30 Years on the Frontier]] | ||
20th September 2014 was the 30th anniversary of the day the world first experienced ''Elite''. This is the classic | 20th September 2014 was the 30th anniversary of the day the world first experienced ''Elite''. This is the classic 3D space trading and combat game written by Ian Bell and [[David Braben]] in 1984. The technology used fits 8 galaxies each with 256 planets to explore on 32k of memory. It began on the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron and appeared on most gaming platforms of the era. [[Elite Dangerous]] continues the [[:Category:Elite series|Elite series]] into the future.<ref>http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/thirty/index.htm</ref> | ||
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