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Elite

Frontier Developments·1984·
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About

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...

Genres
Shooter
Simulator
Strategy
Themes
Sandbox
Open world
Action
Science fiction
Business
Perspectives
First person
Game Modes
Single player

Details

Developer

Frontier Developments, Acornsoft, Ian Bell, David Braben

Publisher

Imagineer, Digital Integration, Acornsoft, Firebird, Hybrid Technology, Merlin Software U.K.

Collection

Elite

Release Date

September 20, 1984

Platforms

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

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