Elite
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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...
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Frontier Developments, Acornsoft, Ian Bell, David Braben
Imagineer, Digital Integration, Acornsoft, Firebird, Hybrid Technology, Merlin Software U.K.
Elite
September 20, 1984
DOS, Acorn Electron, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Acorn Archimedes, Tatung Einstein, BBC Microcomputer System, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Apple II