1984 · Arcade & Origins

Elite

Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, David Braben, Ian Bell · Shooter · Strategy · Simulator

Developer: Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, David Braben, Ian Bell
Publisher: Imagineer, Hybrid Technology, Firebird, Merlin Software U.K., Acornsoft, Digital Integration
Original release: 20 settembre 1984
Genre: Shooter · Strategy · Simulator

Overview

Elite 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. 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. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of "Elite". Elite was one of the first home computer games to use wire-frame 3D graphics with hidden line removal. It added graphics and twitch gameplay aspects to the genre established by the 1974 game Star Trader. 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.

Game info

Developer: Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, David Braben, Ian Bell
Publisher: Imagineer, Hybrid Technology, Firebird, Merlin Software U.K., Acornsoft, Digital Integration
Release: 1984
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Simulator
Era: Arcade & Origins

Releases

Commodore C64/128/MAX

31 dic 1985
Amiga

31 dic 1988
Amstrad CPC

31 dic 1986
ZX Spectrum

31 dic 1985
MSX

31 dic 1987
Atari ST/STE

31 dic 1988
BBC Microcomputer System

20 set 1984 Original
Apple II

31 dic 1985
Acorn Archimedes

31 dic 1991
Acorn Electron

31 dic 1984
Tatung Einstein

31 dic 1987

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Game data

Original title: Elite
Developer: Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, David Braben, Ian Bell
Publisher: Imagineer, Hybrid Technology, Firebird, Merlin Software U.K., Acornsoft, Digital Integration
First release: 20 settembre 1984
Genres: Shooter · Strategy · Simulator
Era: Arcade & Origins