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In my view, you have not truly experienced the former Elite games until you try playing them using the actual machine it was designed for. It really adds to the experience. Emulators are all well and good, but there is just *something* about using those old machines, that old electronics smell, the feel of those chunky keys, the (sometimes) angst of loading the thing up, it's all part of the experience.
Ah, but I do love having everything available on the one machine, a single all-capable computer that can simulate all of mankind's electronic history!
On the original topic, there is definitely a bit of a forum split between the Elite crowd and the Frontier crowd, especially when it comes to topics like flight models. Elite: Dangerous is riding a line between both games, as well as doing its own things in many ways. What will the new generation be like, those who know only of Elite: Dangerous?
Sadly I haven't even brought my old Amiga from my parents yet, not even sure if it will start up. Never played the original, only Frontier. What I liked about it was its flight model and great attempt (for its time at least) to model something close to a realistic galaxy. Educational value was unbeaten. Maybe still is.(at least with game mechanics built in). Main thrusters being separate from retro and positional thrusters are to me key in having a realistic Newtonian flight model, as I can't come up with any explanation that it wouldn't. Maybe I'll just stick with Space Engine's spacecraft flight mode
Is there a chance for your players to turn into fertiliser if you bench them for too long?Now that looks a lot like a trade screen in Elite.
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. Someone posted in an intro thread a while back with a beautiful BBC setup complete with monitor and disk drive.
I am a different user, started playing Elite on my BBC in 1984, tried frontier on an Amiga, did not like it so continued to play with BBC. 30 years on and still play with it. Sorry Geraldine I cannot upload photo...
Is there a chance for your players to turn into fertiliser if you bench them for too long?
Well that happened with spacing slaves, so why not!
No worries Coll inder, there are loads of intro threads. All I do know is that it is there, somewhere. Anyways, that's great your still playing the game on the BBC.
Dunno what category I'd be:
Started with UK101s, TRS80s (skramble, etc), RMs and of course BBCs at school.
Mates had speccys (including ZX81s), one had a BBC, Cub monitor and cumana disk drives, fighter pilot AND Elite... Sigh. One had a Dragon.
Saved like mad, upgraded from Binatone and Grandstand tv games (with light gun), to Atari 800XL (great machine & games), Amstrad CPC6128 (Elite and other great games), Amiga 500 then... not much for a while. Real life and work intruded. And kids.
Dabbled with PS1, N64 and some awful PCs (FFE). Work and other stuff intruded again.
The Xbox (original) was little used apart from Halo, The Wii was fun for the kids (though I thought Zelda: Twilight Princess was teriffic).
Loved Elite at the time - astonishing game back then, loved FFE too even though it was flawed.
Coming back to it all now, and can't wait to get stuck into Elite: Dangerous.
Started with UK101s, TRS80s (skramble, etc), RMs and of course BBCs at school.
Mates had speccys (including ZX81s), one had a BBC, Cub monitor and cumana disk drives, fighter pilot AND Elite... Sigh. One had a Dragon.
Saved like mad, upgraded from Binatone and Grandstand tv games (with light gun), to Atari 800XL (great machine & games), Amstrad CPC6128 (Elite and other great games), Amiga 500 then... not much for a while. Real life and work intruded. And kids.
Dabbled with PS1, N64 and some awful PCs (FFE). Work and other stuff intruded again.
The Xbox (original) was little used apart from Halo, The Wii was fun for the kids (though I thought Zelda: Twilight Princess was teriffic).
Loved Elite at the time - astonishing game back then, loved FFE too even though it was flawed.
Coming back to it all now, and can't wait to get stuck into Elite: Dangerous.
This almost fits me, with the exception that
Type A2: Original Elite player from the 80s who loved the game, but more or less stopped gaming in the early 90's. He did still occasionally play some Civilization II/III and even fired up Frontier First Encounters when he finally got a PC in '97. But he returned to a more proper "gamer" status in around 2005 with the launch of the Sid Meier's Pirates! remake.
Characteristics: Preference of mouse/keyboard, but uses joystick as well when necessary for aircraft simulations... and Elite! Uses Steam.
Likely to say: Consoles? Bah!
Jeez.. i'm gonna horribly date myself...
Trash80, CoCo, Apple IIc.. Intellivision, Nintendo (original), Many self-built IBM PC's (played elite on one of those), PS3, Wii... now on my 3rd "high end" Gaming System with both the PS3 and the Wii under 2 inches of dust..
Asus Rampage IV Extreme motherboard (X79)
Intel 3970 6 core CPU OC'd to 4.2 Ghz (with speedboost enabled!)
16G 2133mhz dual channel ram
128G SSD (boot)
2 350G 10k rpm drives in Raid 0 (games)
2TB sata III drive (storage)
2 x Geforce 660ti 2Gb video cards in SLI
1 Geforce 550ti (drive additional monitors, dedicated to Physx)
27" 120mhz 3d Acer monitor
2x 22" Dell monitors ( for all that interfering work related stuff)
Saitek X52 Pro HOTAS
Logitech G13 gamepad
Logitech G930 wireless headphones
Console? I'll pass..
Trash80, CoCo, Apple IIc.. Intellivision, Nintendo (original), Many self-built IBM PC's (played elite on one of those), PS3, Wii... now on my 3rd "high end" Gaming System with both the PS3 and the Wii under 2 inches of dust..
Asus Rampage IV Extreme motherboard (X79)
Intel 3970 6 core CPU OC'd to 4.2 Ghz (with speedboost enabled!)
16G 2133mhz dual channel ram
128G SSD (boot)
2 350G 10k rpm drives in Raid 0 (games)
2TB sata III drive (storage)
2 x Geforce 660ti 2Gb video cards in SLI
1 Geforce 550ti (drive additional monitors, dedicated to Physx)
27" 120mhz 3d Acer monitor
2x 22" Dell monitors ( for all that interfering work related stuff)
Saitek X52 Pro HOTAS
Logitech G13 gamepad
Logitech G930 wireless headphones
Console? I'll pass..
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Probably a bit of a A+B
I played Elite on the spectrum, then C64, then CPC, then amiga.
I think it will be weird to play this game with anything other than QAOP and SPACE.
and Have a PS4 and PC and play lots of games.
Been wanting a next gen PC version of elite since time began, googled it lots but never found anything till last week.. and I cant believe its actually here and real..
Pinch me
I played Elite on the spectrum, then C64, then CPC, then amiga.
I think it will be weird to play this game with anything other than QAOP and SPACE.
and Have a PS4 and PC and play lots of games.
Been wanting a next gen PC version of elite since time began, googled it lots but never found anything till last week.. and I cant believe its actually here and real..
Pinch me
Probably a bit of a A+B
I played Elite on the spectrum, then C64, then CPC, then amiga.
I think it will be weird to play this game with anything other than QAOP and SPACE.
and Have a PS4 and PC and play lots of games.
Been wanting a next gen PC version of elite since time began, googled it lots but never found anything till last week.. and I cant believe its actually here and real..
Pinch me
I think most of us feel like we're in some sort of dream and shortly we'll wake up to the usual 'no news on Elite' posts.
What if we are in a dream.... aaaaaaggggggghhhh!
How about Old Enough To Know Better
Can remember playing the original Elite (on speccy anyway; also knows what speccy is). Still plays games, having owned several consoles and/or gaming pc
bit like me
Amiga A500
After BBC B I went on to Amiga A500.
I remember a good few years ago I picked it up from its home in the cellar of my parents house - together with my favourite amiga games: elite, godz, lotus 3, etc.
Turned it on and it booted up ok, however when inserting a disk, I was greeted with a horrible crunching sound - the floppy mechanism had completely corroded.
Thank the lord for WinUAE.
After BBC B I went on to Amiga A500.
I remember a good few years ago I picked it up from its home in the cellar of my parents house - together with my favourite amiga games: elite, godz, lotus 3, etc.
Turned it on and it booted up ok, however when inserting a disk, I was greeted with a horrible crunching sound - the floppy mechanism had completely corroded.
Thank the lord for WinUAE.
Other type - I did play the original Elite (Speccy version) but never stopped playing games. Have over 300 games on Steam
(ok, many never played and will never be played due to lack of time). Mostly play with keyboard + mouse (as most PC gamers) but will use my old trusty JS for Elite (after all I bought it for space games).
this oneOther type - I did play the original Elite (Speccy version) but never stopped playing games. Have over 300 games on Steam
Keep That Miggy Going!
A dead drive? Easy to find a replacement on Amibay, there are usually loads of em on there, or you could get one of these little beauties!
After BBC B I went on to Amiga A500.
I remember a good few years ago I picked it up from its home in the cellar of my parents house - together with my favourite amiga games: elite, godz, lotus 3, etc.
Turned it on and it booted up ok, however when inserting a disk, I was greeted with a horrible crunching sound - the floppy mechanism had completely corroded.
Thank the lord for WinUAE.
A dead drive? Easy to find a replacement on Amibay, there are usually loads of em on there, or you could get one of these little beauties!