Is ED played by mostly "Old Ducks" like me?
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I can simulate all of these on my $35 (or even the $5 version) Raspberry Pi. Now that's progress!
Speaking of, I should try OOLite on it
Just grow your pubes out and comb over.
Totally forgot about Knights of the Sky... I loved that game. Played the hell out of it.
My first experience with VR was in London at the Trocadero centre (early 90s) and there was a 4 player set up, each with cockpits and hotas controls, and the game was pretty much Knights of the sky in vr. I only had enough money to play for about half n hour but the grin on my face was priceless... Girlfriend at the time wasnt impressed lol.
Seems like they never are, in what regards video-games. But you have a LOT of female gamers now. Times change, luckily.
I loved FS, FS2 and the modded versions. Cap ship battles in FS were brilliant. Blowing great holes in each other while everybody else tries to bomb/defend them, rather than the fancy light show we get in ED.
Just made my day here!
54 here. VR is more than I ever imagined Elite could be like when I was peering at b/w wireframe on the ZX Spectrum back in 1986. Back then we had to use our imagination a great deal. Now, in VR, it is hard to imagine anything better as it all feels so real. Same with Spectrum Psion Flight Simulator --> XPlane in VR.
Kids today, eh? No idea how lucky they are. Now, where did I leave my driving gogs?
If you're on the Rift, have you tried Lone Echo?
You can play it with WMR and Vive devices as well. It's on my list.
I remember having a quick look when I first got the thing but I think it struck me as more of a puzzle solving game which doesn't really do it for me.
I've played ED since alpha release.
Have played earlier versions in my day on an amiga.
The game aim is much the same, but wow, the graphics are so much better. Now it looks like you imagined back then.
... Actually better.
Not keen on some new bits, latest Fss (?), squadrons or powerplay. But generally it's pretty darn good.
Have played earlier versions in my day on an amiga.
The game aim is much the same, but wow, the graphics are so much better. Now it looks like you imagined back then.
... Actually better.
Not keen on some new bits, latest Fss (?), squadrons or powerplay. But generally it's pretty darn good.
Later, I played the wing commander series in a mod of freespace 2. It was a blast! The cutscenes were missing, but everything else... woah!
Being divorced even more so. I don't have to wait for 20 years!I'm 68. I've played PC games since they first became a thing. I never played the original Elite, though. Now I have over 3000 hours in ED. Being retired has certain time advantages. All I ever wanted was to retire and play video games, so now I do
Calm down.
Though I'm a couple of years older, I too am retired. Living where I do in Mid Mexico's far West Coast. There's NO English TV or Radio, and with the exception of "CNN" which as a Republican I can't watch, the satellite "DISH" network is totally in Spanish. Thus I've got hours and hours and more hours invested in this game and a couple of other (Hit Man, No Man's Sky and Red Dead one and two).I'm 68. I've played PC games since they first became a thing. I never played the original Elite, though. Now I have over 3000 hours in ED. Being retired has certain time advantages. All I ever wanted was to retire and play video games, so now I do